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"Morris Dovey"

21/03/2007 7:46 AM

Ping: Rob Lee

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
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html


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"RicodJour"

in reply to "Morris Dovey" on 21/03/2007 7:46 AM

21/03/2007 2:12 PM

On Mar 21, 3:36 pm, "Rob Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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.... :)

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

R

CF

Chris Friesen

in reply to "Morris Dovey" on 21/03/2007 7:46 AM

21/03/2007 9:28 AM

Morris Dovey wrote:

> 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!

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

Chris

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Morris Dovey" on 21/03/2007 7:46 AM

21/03/2007 6:49 PM

Rob Lee wrote:
| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
|| 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?
|
| 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.... :)

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
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

RL

"Rob Lee"

in reply to "Morris Dovey" on 21/03/2007 7:46 AM

21/03/2007 3:36 PM


"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
>

Hi Morris -

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



Cc

"CW"

in reply to "Morris Dovey" on 21/03/2007 7:46 AM

22/03/2007 1:24 AM

How so?

"Rob Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It's not that SS is unsuitable.... it's just a pig to work with....
>



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