Ping: Rob Lee

Mar 21, 2007 5 Replies
M

Seems like only yesterday - but was probably a year or two ago - that I urged use of stainless steel in LV planes and you indicated that stainless was an unsuitable material...



For a week now I've been drooling all over the front cover of my April LV catalog admiring - of all things - a beautiful stainless steel plane made by someone other than Lee Valley!



Is this an indication that you've re-considered the suitability of stainless steel - or are you just tantalizing us?


-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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C

According to the write-up, only the lever cap, screw, and adjuster are stainless. The rest is O1 tool steel.

Chris

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R

It's not that SS is unsuitable.... it's just a pig to work with....

One never says never.... but I can say "not soon". Don't try to nail down "not soon" though.... :)

Cheers -

Rob

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R

Just make it out of steel and stainless it afterwards. ;)

R
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Ok, I won't, but neither will I miss any opportunities to nudge. :-)

Just remember that I'd rather buy 'em from LV than from somewhere else.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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