Steve Knight wrote:
> >You'll love it. I have the exact same plane make by Steve early this year.
> >Although it came able to make curlies I could read through, I did spend
> >an hour or two scary sharpening the iron and learning how to "tweak"
> >it with a wooded carvers mallet.
> a hour or two? I spent 3 minutes (G) another 3 minutes and the blade would be
> perfect. you need to come to my shop and I will get you speeded up. lets see 20
> irons a week to start with (G)
>
> >I took it into my favorite Woodcraft store (Cleveland,Oh area east) for
> >a show'n'tell. While I was standing with it on the counter in front of me,
> >another customer on the other side of the U shaped counter spied it. His
> >eyes lit up and he asked, "Is that a Steve Knight plane?" That started a
> >nice little conversation and a session in the stores workshop making
> >curlies out of a piece of scrap maple.
>
> cool Now I feel all warm inside. well it could be it is 87 in here (G)
>
> > I ended up making two drill guides, a single hole version as a proof of
> >concept out of some cherry I had lying around, and then the two hole
> >version that Steve wanted using purpleheart.
> > As near as I could tell at the time I shipped them to him, both guides
> >would center up on any size plane body Steve expected to make and
> >do it to an accuracy of about .002".
> > I think we both did well on the transaction but I do hope that Steve
> >continues to have cash customers. Barter seldom pays the light bill.
> >
> it was a really good trade. I use the jigs on almost every plane.
> the only change I could see was a deeper body with more relief for shavings.
> I used your idea and made a tote drilling jig. I found the jorgenson clamp
> kits so I did not have to tear a clamp apart.
>
Glad to here it Steve. Do you think we should tell the others the secret of
the guides or keep it to ourselves? ;-)
I suppose I could post photos if anyone was interested.
ARM
Oooo...I hate you (but congrats anyway)!!
Steve, you got anymore of those 1/2 price purpleheart smoothing planes??
:)
Mike
"Ed G" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I just received my new Knight Coffin Smoother in Purpleheart with a 50
> deg angle. The gloat is that this plane is one of the ones Steve offered
> for 1/2 price a while back. This is ONE AWESOME looking plane. I can't
> wait to run it past some Bird's-eye maple once is acclimatizes. THANKS
> STEVE!!
>
> Ed G
I received my padauk razee jack plane from steve a few weeks ago, with the
ebony inlay. I was responding to the 1/2 price offer, too, but couldn't
bring myself to screw him out of his money, so just took $30 off, so I think
I still got a gloat. Together with the padauk smoother I purchased earlier
(before the inlay idea was upon us, darn it, they don't match exactly) they
make for some wonderful planing. I also bought the shoulder plane set he
sells, but haven't used them yet.
Mike
"Ed G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just received my new Knight Coffin Smoother in Purpleheart with a 50
> deg angle. The gloat is that this plane is one of the ones Steve offered
> for 1/2 price a while back. This is ONE AWESOME looking plane. I can't
> wait to run it past some Bird's-eye maple once is acclimatizes. THANKS
> STEVE!!
>
> Ed G
>
>
>You'll love it. I have the exact same plane make by Steve early this year.
>Although it came able to make curlies I could read through, I did spend
>an hour or two scary sharpening the iron and learning how to "tweak"
>it with a wooded carvers mallet.
a hour or two? I spent 3 minutes (G) another 3 minutes and the blade would be
perfect. you need to come to my shop and I will get you speeded up. lets see 20
irons a week to start with (G)
>I took it into my favorite Woodcraft store (Cleveland,Oh area east) for
>a show'n'tell. While I was standing with it on the counter in front of me,
>another customer on the other side of the U shaped counter spied it. His
>eyes lit up and he asked, "Is that a Steve Knight plane?" That started a
>nice little conversation and a session in the stores workshop making
>curlies out of a piece of scrap maple.
cool Now I feel all warm inside. well it could be it is 87 in here (G)
> I ended up making two drill guides, a single hole version as a proof of
>concept out of some cherry I had lying around, and then the two hole
>version that Steve wanted using purpleheart.
> As near as I could tell at the time I shipped them to him, both guides
>would center up on any size plane body Steve expected to make and
>do it to an accuracy of about .002".
> I think we both did well on the transaction but I do hope that Steve
>continues to have cash customers. Barter seldom pays the light bill.
>
it was a really good trade. I use the jigs on almost every plane.
the only change I could see was a deeper body with more relief for shavings.
I used your idea and made a tote drilling jig. I found the jorgenson clamp
kits so I did not have to tear a clamp apart.
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Custom made wooden planes at reasonable prices
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:13:18 GMT, Steve Knight
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:10:28 -0400, Alan McClure <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Glad to here it Steve. Do you think we should tell the others the secret of
>>the guides or keep it to ourselves? ;-)
>>I suppose I could post photos if anyone was interested.
>>ARM
>
>Ya its a bit secret (G)
Well ok, but;
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:10:28 -0400, Alan McClure <[email protected]> wrote:
>Glad to here it Steve. Do you think we should tell the others the secret of
>the guides or keep it to ourselves? ;-)
>I suppose I could post photos if anyone was interested.
>ARM
Ya its a bit secret (G)
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Custom made wooden planes at reasonable prices
See http://www.knight-toolworks.com For prices and ordering instructions.