Ok I know that a block plane iron is positioned bevel up and that a bench
plane is bevel down, but I just picked up a #78 duplex plane and was
wondering which way the bevel should go on that. If used as a shoulder plane
it would be on end grain the way a block plane is and if used as a bull nose
then it would be used with the grain. Bought it off ebay for $10 so there
was no instructions.
Also after I google it I may be asking if anyone knows an online source for
Stanley instruction manuals, wouldn't want to ask before I google though.
;-)
KY
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ok my brain is a bit slow today, rainy and dreary day. Too wet to work on
what I had planned on so the day off is blown.
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"Lawrence Wasserman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The #78 has the bevel down. I believe the actual name is "duplex
> rabbet plane" and it is in fact designed for cutting rabbets.
> It's use as a shoulder plane would leave much to be desired :)
>
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thanks so much
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"Anthony Diodati" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/wood/planes/stanley-078.html
>
> Tony D.
> "KYHighlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Ok I know that a block plane iron is positioned bevel up and that a
bench
> > plane is bevel down, but I just picked up a #78 duplex plane and was
> > wondering which way the bevel should go on that. If used as a shoulder
> plane
> > it would be on end grain the way a block plane is and if used as a bull
> nose
> > then it would be used with the grain. Bought it off ebay for $10 so
there
> > was no instructions.
> >
> > Also after I google it I may be asking if anyone knows an online source
> for
> > Stanley instruction manuals, wouldn't want to ask before I google
though.
> > ;-)
> >
> > KY
> >
> > --
> >
> > http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
> >
> >
> >
>
>
thanks so much
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"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:41:48 -0500, "KYHighlander"
> <[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>
> >Ok I know that a block plane iron is positioned bevel up and that a bench
> >plane is bevel down, but I just picked up a #78 duplex plane and was
> >wondering which way the bevel should go on that. If used as a shoulder
plane
> >it would be on end grain the way a block plane is and if used as a bull
nose
> >then it would be used with the grain. Bought it off ebay for $10 so there
> >was no instructions.
> >
> >Also after I google it I may be asking if anyone knows an online source
for
> >Stanley instruction manuals, wouldn't want to ask before I google though.
> >;-)
>
> Stan Faullin used to have the manual (78.pdf) on his website.
> http://www.tooltrip.com/
> I can email a copy to you if it's not.
>
>
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The #78 has the bevel down. I believe the actual name is "duplex
rabbet plane" and it is in fact designed for cutting rabbets.
It's use as a shoulder plane would leave much to be desired :)
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[email protected]
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:41:48 -0500, "KYHighlander"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>Ok I know that a block plane iron is positioned bevel up and that a bench
>plane is bevel down, but I just picked up a #78 duplex plane and was
>wondering which way the bevel should go on that. If used as a shoulder plane
>it would be on end grain the way a block plane is and if used as a bull nose
>then it would be used with the grain. Bought it off ebay for $10 so there
>was no instructions.
>
>Also after I google it I may be asking if anyone knows an online source for
>Stanley instruction manuals, wouldn't want to ask before I google though.
>;-)
Stan Faullin used to have the manual (78.pdf) on his website.
http://www.tooltrip.com/
I can email a copy to you if it's not.
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Tony D.
"KYHighlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok I know that a block plane iron is positioned bevel up and that a bench
> plane is bevel down, but I just picked up a #78 duplex plane and was
> wondering which way the bevel should go on that. If used as a shoulder
plane
> it would be on end grain the way a block plane is and if used as a bull
nose
> then it would be used with the grain. Bought it off ebay for $10 so there
> was no instructions.
>
> Also after I google it I may be asking if anyone knows an online source
for
> Stanley instruction manuals, wouldn't want to ask before I google though.
> ;-)
>
> KY
>
> --
>
> http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
>
>
>
[email protected] (Fred the Red Shirt) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Apologies for replying to my own article, but it should also be
> noted that the cutter for the 78 is asymetrical even in the
> earliest models. It only fits right one way, and that way
> is bezel down.
>
> Unless you're making your own cutter, it would take considerable
> effort to get it wrong.
Never underestimate people's capacity for doing something that's
completely illogical. At a recent swap meet I found a wooden fore
plane with the double iron in backwards and a wooden molding plane
with the wedge in backwards. But the grand prize went to the guy
selling a Craftsman jack plane with the tote on upside down.
Cheers,
Mike
[email protected] (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> The #78 has the bevel down. I believe the actual name is "duplex
> rabbet plane" and it is in fact designed for cutting rabbets.
> It's use as a shoulder plane would leave much to be desired :)
On the newer (I think that means post-1920 or thereabouts) models
the underside of the cutter has teeth milled into it to engage
the fine adjustment lever. This removes all doubt.
Bezel down.
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[email protected] (Fred the Red Shirt) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > The #78 has the bevel down. I believe the actual name is "duplex
> > rabbet plane" and it is in fact designed for cutting rabbets.
> > It's use as a shoulder plane would leave much to be desired :)
>
> On the newer (I think that means post-1920 or thereabouts) models
> the underside of the cutter has teeth milled into it to engage
> the fine adjustment lever. This removes all doubt.
>
> Bezel down.
Apologies for replying to my own article, but it should also be
noted that the cutter for the 78 is asymetrical even in the
earliest models. It only fits right one way, and that way
is bezel down.
Unless you're making your own cutter, it would take considerable
effort to get it wrong.
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FF