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Re: Who Begot Who? Comparing Planes from Lie-Nielsen, Wood River and Stanley

Hi,

In Australia we search and find old USA Stanley planes and restore them. I have a set of SW's that are razor sharp and can cut the finest of shavings consistently. There is nothing better than working with quality hand tools.

You can also purchase fully fettled USA Stanleys from a dealer who prides himself on his restorations and getting them "scary sharp". Say for late model USA 4 type 17 something like $A140.

Without question I am of the opinion that at around $A50.00 plus half an afternoon's work you end up with a quality plane with character - some of my earlier restorations are type 9's and they still perform very well.

My comment is this - the old planes are great and cheap provided you are prepared to do some work. The down side is that eventually the stocks may become exhausted.

Regards,

BJ

posted: 1:52 am on June 22nd  

Re: Making a Roubo Workbench: Part 2

Andrew,

I live in Australia and I have gone through the same processes you have described above in building a bench top.

I used a SW stanley 6 fore plane for across the grain, a "Type 9" No 8 for the diagonals and a SW 4 1/2 to finish off the "windrows".

It took me around 4 hours to complete the job and I agree with your comments that it was very enjoyable to use such quality hand tools.


Best regards.

posted: 11:27 pm on February 4th