Have seen on ebay recently a couple #9-1/2. Are these old enough to be a
good plane? Doing a google I've seen references to the # 6 as being a good
plane, but nothing on the 9-1/2's. Thanks.
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I don't know about age, but I have a 9 1/2 and also have a 9 1/4 (same as 9
1/2, except fixed throat). Both work well for me, the 9 1/2 for finer work,
the 9 1/4 for coarser work or chamfering.
A #6 (fore bench plane) and a 9 1/2 (block plane) are different species.
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"Paul O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Have seen on ebay recently a couple #9-1/2. Are these old enough to be a
> good plane? Doing a google I've seen references to the # 6 as being a good
> plane, but nothing on the 9-1/2's. Thanks.
>
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> Paul O.
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>
>
"Paul O." wrote:
> Have seen on ebay recently a couple #9-1/2. Are these old enough to be a
> good plane? Doing a google I've seen references to the # 6 as being a good
> plane, but nothing on the 9-1/2's. Thanks.
Palce numbers don't equate to plane age, type number does to
approximate age. Take a look a www.supertool.com to find out
about plane numbers, among other things. Follow the links or DAGS
on type study to learn about the dating.
Hope that helps,
Dave in Fairfax
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On Tue, 4 May 2004 04:36:57 -0700, "Paul O." <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Have seen on ebay recently a couple #9-1/2. Are these old enough to be a
>good plane?
I never recommend buying new, when there's bottom feeding to be done
on eBay.
But when it comes to block planes, do yourself a big favour, sell a
kid or something, and get the Lee Valley low angle.
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[email protected] says...
> I don't know about age, but I have a 9 1/2 and also have a 9 1/4 (same as 9
> 1/2, except fixed throat). Both work well for me, the 9 1/2 for finer work,
> the 9 1/4 for coarser work or chamfering.
>
I have an older (around 1950,IIRC) 9 1/2 and it's the best block
plane I've ever used. There's a similar one (the number I
forget), but the only difference is that it's a little smaller.
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> On Tue, 4 May 2004 04:36:57 -0700, "Paul O." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Have seen on ebay recently a couple #9-1/2. Are these old enough to be a
> >good plane?
>
> I never recommend buying new, when there's bottom feeding to be done
> on eBay.
>
> But when it comes to block planes, do yourself a big favour, sell a
> kid or something, and get the Lee Valley low angle.
>
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> Smert' spamionam
Yeh, been looking at those also, real nice, also looking at Steve Knight's.
nice also.
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