Return of the Stanley 271?

[willadams]

While searching, came across this:

purchase link unfortunately...

[Larry Jaques]

Here ya go. Better than new.

's the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met, you don't need them anymore. -- Michael Patrick King

[willadams]

$16 or so:

have to keep that in mind the next time I'm out that way)

The cutter does seem to be available though:

[Larry Jaques]

new.http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=stanley+271+router+plane>>Also a bit more expensive --- found one link which indicates it'd be >$16 or so:

Prices aren't bad at all there, are they?

-- That's the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met, you don't need them anymore. -- Michael Patrick King

[John Grossbohlin]

> No purchase link unfortunately...

I don't think this ever went away... I've seen them for sale in various places over the years and I bought mine 6-10 years ago.

They work fine!

John

[willadams]

You are shopping at much nicer, much better stocked stores than I am.

Any tips on where to look?

William

[John Grossbohlin]

I see them at my club's woodworking show in Saratoga Springs each year... but perhaps they are not new ones or are NOS (new old stock)???

of curiousity I looked up where and when I got mine. It was from in April 2003. I took a look there and didn't find them and a Google search left me with a bunch of "stuff" to search through. Perhaps they aren't in current production.

I know Veritas and Lie-Nielson have steel interpretations of the 271 with the L-N being closer in form to the original. I've seen wooden offerings in catalogs also.

?sku=271As an aside, this thread may have given me my lecture topic for the 2012 show in Saratoga... I've been puzzled about what to lecture on and routers may be a good topic. Last year I did scrub planes... Rob Lee from Lee Valley graciously loaned me some new and some antique scrub planes so I added a compare and contrast aspect to the presentation.

John

[tiredofspam]

John, did you resolve the problem with the Magnetic Switch? What did you find was the problem?

[John Grossbohlin]

Well, in the face of not having time to call Jet during business hours, I moved the "dial" one number higher... I tested it for a while and it seems to be working OK. I've got to cut and build 5 more patrol boxes for my sons' Scout Troop so I'll know soon enough if it's really OK!

[Father Haskell]

My 40 year old made-in-England 271 holds an edge forever, decent quality steel. Taking out a heavy shaving gives your thumbs a workout, not much to grip, but works great if you only cut a few thou per pass, much easier to sneak up on a precise depth than a 3 HP plunger. Use an index card stuck between the workpiece and the base of the router for a setting gauge.

[Larry Jaques]

new.http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=stanley+271+router+plane>> >The cutter does seem to be available though:

Yes, back then, they cared. My point was that today, an inexpensive tool is likely _not_ made of good quality steel and likely isn't properly hardened and tempered.

It's also dangerous. The plane accidentally jumps the groove and ends up on a section you wanted untouched. Now it has nasty gouges in it. DAMHIKT. BTW, unsharp blades cause the same type of mishap.

I have a dial indicator on my old B&D router, so I -can- change the depth by a couple thou and -get- it.

Excellent idea.

-- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw