BB,
If you have questions about items on “the Best Things”, just write to the proprietor, Lee Richmond. His email address is:
[email protected]
If there is a more knowledgeable person on old tools, I haven’t met him. Lee is very personable, and a great guy. If you don’t believe me, ask dkellernc . Lee’s standards for old tools are about has high as they get.
Lee is easy to talk to. I suggest you write to him, and get to know him. As you can tell, I am impressed by him.
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
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Mel,
Do it the old fashioned way and telephone Lee. He is the one who usually answers the telephone! Real nice guy to BS with and don't be surprised at the various directions your conversation will take.
T.Z.
Tony,
Yup, talking with Lee is always fun and an adventure. Also, I am guaranteed to learn something. (same deal as talking to you)
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel,
Thanks for the thought. I have spoken with Lee many times but I was putting this out to the general forum for there may be others who have different thoughts on it's whys and wheres.
One does get weary of the same authorities all the time. Sometimes they are wrong or prejudiced.
There may be others more knowledgeable here that you haven't met. I would like to hear from them. What the style was, how it had changed, what is the current version etc.. Discussion
Regards
Boiler
Boiler - Lee is the guy to talk to on this particular subject. He does, after all, have possession of the plane.
However, I've a guess based on a few antiques I've seen - the cross-grained tenon in the sides may capture a metal nut for each of the fence adjustment screws. I've seen this arrangement before, and my guess it was a "higher quality" type of construction than the standard 2 wood screws used to fix the fence, which may eventually strip out due to repeated loosening/tightening.
A modern maker would use a captured brass insert (that's the method on a moder Clark and Williams panel raiser), but my guess is that this plane is so early that machined threads and brass inserts were not available.
BB,
Thanks for the reply. Obviously I wasn't "telling you" to call Lee. It was merely the best suggestion I had at the time. Glad you know Lee. I see that dkellernc has already written to you with some info, and also the suggestion to call Lee. Mr. Keller is EXTREMELY knowledgeable, and has been very helpful to me on the selection, fettling and use of old planes. His standards may be higher than Lee's. :-) In any case, they are both great sources. Posing a question on Knots is always fun. Figuring out how to tell if any of the answers have any usefulness is most of the fun. Enjoy,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot. ue
Yup, those are mortises for captured nuts, covered up now. Given the look of the plane, I'ld guess those are later adaptations by a user when the original screw threads loosened. The original screws should have coarse threads and flat heads.
Nice looking plane all around.
Gary
Dedham, MA USA
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