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Okay, I understand now. Thanks. Cheers, Vann.

I'm with Corneel, what is Hales Celebrated Plunge ****? I only got to see one or to Carry On movies, and if I heard that reference, it went straight over my head... Cheers, Vann.

I can't quite visualise that. Any chance of a photo? Cheers, Vann.

Hi Bod. I've not had the main handle off one of those. In the Record equivalent (the No.123) the handle just screws off, but that's no help to you. Unless you can afford a botch-up, or it's already loose and needs tightening, I think you're better to mask up the handle and leave well enough...

Ahh, Barbara - sigh - I remember when I used to think she was so hot. And her co-star Larry, in pre-Dallas days (no, I didn't think he was hot - ahem :oops: ). - Still, I'm not what I used to be either (another sigh). Cheers, Vann.

I guess it all comes down to how flat is flat enough? - and therein lays a root of a massive discussion. But Stanley did it successfully for years, and Veritas do it successfully now. I think I've heard of a Rider with ill-fitting toe-piece, and I can imagine that Stanley have probably let QC...

Surely, if the machined surfaces of the sliding piece (and it's matching sufaces in the plane) are parallel to the machined sole, then that piece will be parallel with the sole. If the sole is then given a final (parallel) surface grind, that sliding piece will always coplanar and flush with the...

I hope you make it to the show - and I'd love to hear your impressions of the various plane brands if you do. Cheers, Vann.

Hmmm. You may need to clarify - I think there's a typo there. Cheers, Vann.

Just my tuppence worth... I suggest you get the LV BUS (err... Bevel Up Smoother) for it's ability to easily change EP. This might be useful for removing rouge tearout during final smoothing. It has a very good reputation. Make the other two bevel-down because they're just more user friendly...

Is that an old photo Richard? IIRC you did that plane up 5 or 6 years ago. If that's a recent photo, you must have just taken it out of it's glass case :mrgreen: Shame it's not part of Peter's passaround :wink: I'd love to have a look at that (and a play). One day I'll pass through Palmie with...

You mean Mr McGoo? With a name like Mr Edd, I've have thought My Little Pony plasters would be more appropriate. :mrgreen: I'm assuming you had Mr Ed (the talking horse) and My Little Pony television series over there? Cheers, Vann.

Looks like MrP has beaten me to it, but... Yes... The Lie-Nielsens aren't exact copies of the Stanley Bedrocks (there are some improvements, including thicker irons). The Quangsheng/Qiansheng/Wood River Bedrocks are almost exact copies of the Lie-Nielsen. The Cliftons are not. The only ones not...

Whats wrong with those damned Yankees...? Yankees are really great tools (hammer) Cheers, Vann.

Welcome to the forum - from one Southern Hemispherite to another. Just don't get mixed with me... Cheers, Vann.

The Lie-Nielsen knockoffs of Bedrock planes are, without doubt, an improvement over the Stanley Bedrock (I'm amazed at what people pay for a battleworn Stanley Bedrock when they could buy two, three or four brand new L-N Bedrocks for the same money :roll: ). The Quangsheng/Wood River knockoffs...

I think that's a bit unjustified - and far more insulting than Derek's original comment (an offal [awful] thing to say :roll: :D ). And I'm not so sure his original comment is untrue. I've been dismayed to see people talked out of Clifton planes, and into buying Quangsheng planes instead, on...

If you're just worried that you've work-hardened it, you could anneal it by heating red hot and allowing to cool. If you felt it 'letting go' as you bent it back then there are probably fractures it the steel. Then you would have to weld it, file and polish it to get it back to looking original...

Thanks for the excellent review Mark. I'm surprised and pleased to hear that. After the great things I've read above the T10 I thought it might out-perform the Clifton. I wonder how much better the Clifton cryogenic iron is over the previous Clifton iron (of which I have 4). I agree. If Flinn...

Yeah, me too :!: :wink: From L-R: Yankee No.1530; No.1530; No.1545; No.545; and No.1555. Note the different length of crank arm. Both are No.1530 (not No.1530A). The top one I tarted-up for my 10yo daughter. Mine aren't in as good condition as yours Claus (I'm a bottom feeder :roll: ). The...