On Friday, November 6, 2015 at 4:04:27 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote:
> Since I already have a #4 for my smoothing work, do I really need a #5? There's a good deal on one.
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> Thanks,
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> Mike
Strike that question. I already have a #5. For some reason, I just think of it as my jack plane.
But checking on it reminds me of another question. Is there a way to refinish the "japanning" without making it look terrible, as I've seen other planes that have been spraypainted?
On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:14:37 -0800, Electric Comet
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:33:12 -0500
>woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> That's not a valid reason for having more planes.
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>you are saying that you always have a valid reason for buying more
>tools
Sure! "I want it" is valid enough.
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Michael <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Since I already have a #4 for my smoothing work, do I really need a
> #5? There's a good deal on one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
YES!
Multiple planes gives you multiple options. It's worth having 2 of a
style, so you can set them up in different ways.
Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On 11/10/2015 5:38 PM, woodchucker wrote:
> On 11/10/2015 1:49 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:V6mdndiRGrDw0NzLnZ2dnUU7-
>> [email protected]:
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>>> I stopped buying just to have. I don't want someone elses junk becoming
>>> my junk. I generally have to have a need, or see a future need.
>>> Or I have to see an unbeatable deal. Like a #55 for $20.
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>>> But yea, if I don't need it, I leave it for the next guy. If I need it,
>>> I buy it.
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>> If you happen to run across another of those #55s for $20,
>> let me know :-)
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>> John
>>
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> Hell no. I want it. :-)
Here's comes my antiquarian "you suck" storIES.
About 30 or years ago I stopped by an estate sale. Not much in the way
of tools but what was there was old and stuffed in a bushel basket.
Going through the box I found a Stanley 55 with perhaps 6 blades. A
little rough but everything was there. It cleaned up nicely. Cost? $25
About five years later, I'm BSing with a friend who was into leather
working and I happened to have a small set of leather working tools I'd
picked up somewhere. Mainly punches as I recall. Didn't pay squat for
them but I kicked them to Vince for nada. I told him about my estate
sale find and how I've got to try and find some blades for this classic
chunk of iron. He tells me to stop by his place as he "might" have some
- said his wife had some stuff left over from her grandfather's place
and he "thought" the box said Stanley.
He was right, he had a COMPLETE set of Stanley blades for the No. 55 in
their original wooden cases. IIRC, only one of them had any sign of
use, the others were untouched with some still wrapped in the amber
colored wax paper. Cost to me? The $10 or $15 I had invested in the
leather tools.
On 11/8/2015 12:39 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 14:04:22 -0800 (PST)
> Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Since I already have a #4 for my smoothing work, do I really need a
>> #5? There's a good deal on one.
>
> can you have too many planes
> i think you should have enough so that you only need to sharpen them
> once in a blue moon
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That's not a valid reason for having more planes.
I think a Jack is a great plane. I use mine quite a bit.
I guarantee once you have one you'll use it.
I have 2 jacks and jr jack.. as well as a 6 and 7
--
Jeff
On 11/10/2015 6:55 PM, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
> On 11/10/2015 5:38 PM, woodchucker wrote:
>> On 11/10/2015 1:49 PM, John McCoy wrote:
>>> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:V6mdndiRGrDw0NzLnZ2dnUU7-
>>> [email protected]:
>>>
>>>> I stopped buying just to have. I don't want someone elses junk
>>>> becoming
>>>> my junk. I generally have to have a need, or see a future need.
>>>> Or I have to see an unbeatable deal. Like a #55 for $20.
>>>>
>>>> But yea, if I don't need it, I leave it for the next guy. If I need it,
>>>> I buy it.
>>>
>>> If you happen to run across another of those #55s for $20,
>>> let me know :-)
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> Hell no. I want it. :-)
>
> Here's comes my antiquarian "you suck" storIES.
>
> About 30 or years ago I stopped by an estate sale. Not much in the way
> of tools but what was there was old and stuffed in a bushel basket.
> Going through the box I found a Stanley 55 with perhaps 6 blades. A
> little rough but everything was there. It cleaned up nicely. Cost? $25
>
> About five years later, I'm BSing with a friend who was into leather
> working and I happened to have a small set of leather working tools I'd
> picked up somewhere. Mainly punches as I recall. Didn't pay squat for
> them but I kicked them to Vince for nada. I told him about my estate
> sale find and how I've got to try and find some blades for this classic
> chunk of iron. He tells me to stop by his place as he "might" have some
> - said his wife had some stuff left over from her grandfather's place
> and he "thought" the box said Stanley.
>
> He was right, he had a COMPLETE set of Stanley blades for the No. 55 in
> their original wooden cases. IIRC, only one of them had any sign of
> use, the others were untouched with some still wrapped in the amber
> colored wax paper. Cost to me? The $10 or $15 I had invested in the
> leather tools.
>
>
>
>
Oh you really suck. I have heard all the stories about how hard they
are to work with, but in my limited use, and I am a lefty, I was able to
get some nice molding out of it the one time I had to play with one. And
that was a lefty switching to righty just to get it to work, I was able
to work lefty too, but in a reverse hold, on the opposite side away from
me if I remember. So it can't be that hard if I can do it.
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Jeff
On 11/10/2015 1:49 PM, John McCoy wrote:
> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:V6mdndiRGrDw0NzLnZ2dnUU7-
> [email protected]:
>
>> I stopped buying just to have. I don't want someone elses junk becoming
>> my junk. I generally have to have a need, or see a future need.
>> Or I have to see an unbeatable deal. Like a #55 for $20.
>>
>> But yea, if I don't need it, I leave it for the next guy. If I need it,
>> I buy it.
>
> If you happen to run across another of those #55s for $20,
> let me know :-)
>
> John
>
Hell no. I want it. :-)
--
Jeff
On 11/9/2015 6:14 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:33:12 -0500
> woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> That's not a valid reason for having more planes.
>
> you are saying that you always have a valid reason for buying more
> tools
>
> hats off to you
>
>
I stopped buying just to have. I don't want someone elses junk becoming
my junk. I generally have to have a need, or see a future need.
Or I have to see an unbeatable deal. Like a #55 for $20.
But yea, if I don't need it, I leave it for the next guy. If I need it,
I buy it.
--
Jeff
Michael <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Since I already have a #4 for my smoothing work, do I really need a
> #5? There's a good deal on one.
I see you answered your own question, but I'll point
out that one advantage of having two or more planes
of similar size is you can switch planes if the blade
on one gets dull, rather than having to stop and
sharpen in the middle of what you're doing.
John
woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote in news:V6mdndiRGrDw0NzLnZ2dnUU7-
[email protected]:
> I stopped buying just to have. I don't want someone elses junk becoming
> my junk. I generally have to have a need, or see a future need.
> Or I have to see an unbeatable deal. Like a #55 for $20.
>
> But yea, if I don't need it, I leave it for the next guy. If I need it,
> I buy it.
If you happen to run across another of those #55s for $20,
let me know :-)
John
On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 14:04:22 -0800 (PST)
Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since I already have a #4 for my smoothing work, do I really need a
> #5? There's a good deal on one.
can you have too many planes
i think you should have enough so that you only need to sharpen them
once in a blue moon
On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:33:12 -0500
woodchucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's not a valid reason for having more planes.
you are saying that you always have a valid reason for buying more
tools
hats off to you