"B a r r y B u r k e J r ."
wrote in message
: My first bench plane arrived today, an antique Stanley #5.
:
: Anybody have any favorite plane reference material, on or off-line,
: that they would like to recommend? I'm looking to overhaul this baby,
: flatten the sole, and get it cutting super smoothly.
Please try my web site - Planing Notes.
Jeff G
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Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
Email address is username@ISP
username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
Website www.amgron.clara.net
"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." wrote:
> My first bench plane arrived today, an antique Stanley #5.
>
> Anybody have any favorite plane reference material, on or off-line,
> that they would like to recommend? I'm looking to overhaul this baby,
> flatten the sole, and get it cutting super smoothly.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
See:
http://www.yesterdaystools.com/tuninga1.htm
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
On 13 Oct 2003 15:09:49 -0700, [email protected] (Mike) wrote:
>Before you go to the trouble of flattening the sole, why not give it a
>try as is?
I did.
The sole is very far from flat.
Barry
B a r r y B u r k e J r . wrote:
> My first bench plane arrived today, an antique Stanley #5.
>
> Anybody have any favorite plane reference material, on or off-line,
> that they would like to recommend? I'm looking to overhaul this baby,
> flatten the sole, and get it cutting super smoothly.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/fw_feat_tools.asp
Here are some of my links to plane tuning sites, etc.
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/metalplanetune.shtml
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/japanning.shtml
http://www.yesterdaystools.com/tuninga1.htm
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/forumdisplay.php?s=1112ce80850d611b32aa8724d86ef1a5&forumid=4
http://host65.ipowerweb.com/~traditi2/forum/index.php
http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/index.html
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0.htm
http://www.geocities.com/plybench/plane.html
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt072_qtpop.asp
Gary
"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> My first bench plane arrived today, an antique Stanley #5.
>
> Anybody have any favorite plane reference material, on or off-line,
> that they would like to recommend? I'm looking to overhaul this baby,
> flatten the sole, and get it cutting super smoothly.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry
>
B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> My first bench plane arrived today, an antique Stanley #5.
>
> Anybody have any favorite plane reference material, on or off-line,
> that they would like to recommend? I'm looking to overhaul this baby,
> flatten the sole, and get it cutting super smoothly.
Before you go to the trouble of flattening the sole, why not give it a
try as is? Sharpen the iron and go for it on a piece of scrap. You
might find it works fine, which will allow you to spend your time
planing instead of preparing to plane. Good luck.
Cheers,
Mike