am I becoming a plane nut?

[Vann]

Still not quite sure why I need a 4 1/2, or a 5 1/2 for that matter?

Look, there's no point in fighting the inevitable - you just NEED a 4½ and a 5½.

You said it yourself

...I need a 4 1/2, or a 5 1/2...

(hammer)

Cheers, Vann.

 

[Fat ferret]

Still not quite sure why I need a 4 1/2, or a 5 1/2 for that matter?

Look, there's no point in fighting the inevitable - you just NEED a 4½ and a 5½.

You said it yourself

...I need a 4 1/2, or a 5 1/2...

(hammer)

Cheers, Vann.[/quote

:lol: Seriously though what do the extra wide planes do that the standard ones don't? Ok so you remove more with one swipe but what else?

 

[Racers]

Hi, Mr ferret

They have mass so knots etc don't slow them down they carry on regardless (wasn't that a film) just wait untill you get a No8.

4 1/2 and 5 1/2 are my go to planes, or my No8.

Pete

 

[condeesteso]

re thread title... it appears I am. Just nicked a No6 SS Record for £36. The devil is just around the corner. I plan to hot it up a little... but that sounds like an excuse, doesn't it?

 

[jimi43]

re thread title... it appears I am. Just nicked a No6 SS Record for £36. The devil is just around the corner. I plan to hot it up a little... but that sounds like an excuse, doesn't it?

I think you should also list the other planes you have....it's no use just pretending you have two you know.

Every collector worth his salt has at least three No.4s and one in bits in the workshop!

:mrgreen:

Well done on your find...it is an older one...SS which is always a premium.

Don't forget to get steel toecap boots because the Stay-Set caps do fall on your feet...a major drawback of this type of cap iron! :roll: :mrgreen:

Jim

 

[Alf]

Every collector worth his salt has at least three No.4s and one in bits in the workshop!

There, I knew I wasn't a collector. :wink:

SS? Bad luck - as Jim says, watch your toes.

 

[Mike Wingate]

True, I just found another no 4 in a toolbox of mine carrying my Laminated Japanese laminated blade. , maybe 5 no 4's. 3 5's, 2 short 5's one with the Cosman blade,1 x 3, 1 x 4 /2, 1 x 5 1/2, 1 x 6 and 1 x 7. I am a user not a collector.

 

[jimi43]

True, I just found another no 4 in a toolbox of mine carrying my Laminated Japanese laminated blade. , maybe 5 no 4's. 3 5's, 2 short 5's one with the Cosman blade,1 x 3, 1 x 4 /2, 1 x 5 1/2, 1 x 6 and 1 x 7. I am a user not a collector.

Hey Mike..if I agree you aren't a collector...will you support me in my case against the cause! :mrgreen:

I fear though...that with that list above...you may have to plea bargain!!

Question for you though...is the No.6 ever used or is it as Patrick would say..."I am not a plane...I'm a number!" :mrgreen:

Jim

 

[condeesteso]

OK, so we've had: " I'm not an addict..I've just got a bit of a cold..." and then we have: I'm a user, not a collector"
There's an undercurrent running here... remember the Shakespeare "Thou doest protest too much"??

Question - what actually is a No6 for? I've bought one and I'm a 'user' of course, so I need to be able to tell people (maybe just myself) what I needed it for.

 

[markturner]

The Number 6? It's for when a 7 is just too big and a five is just too small......easy :wink:

 

[condeesteso]

Mark - I have to thank you for your considerable help this evening So the 6 fills the gap between the 5 and 7 (no s**t Sherlock), and you have likely cost me a few hundred on a tail vice that I did know I wanted, but could never explain why. A good evening's work, I'd say. Beer sometime, by way of thanks?

 

[Alf]

I think you'll find the #6 fills the gap between the #5 1/2 and the #7. Let's not neglect the fractions, kids. [-X

More seriously, there is some mildly convincing argument that the #6 is the ideal plane for the shooting board.

 

[dunbarhamlin]

I use my 7 as a joinery and finishing plane, and my 6 as a roughing and truing plane.
I use my 3, 4 1/2, 5 1/2 and CS88 as finishing planes (mmm just might be couple more than necessary there - but they're GREEN and so politically correct.)
I use my 4 and 5 for roughing and truing smaller stuff. I'll justify both by admitting a preference for the largest tool suitable for the job at hand. The green argument also applies.
My T5 gets used for shooting. It isn't green
Titchy planes are like gouges. the more the merrier. But I admit nothing. And anyway they're shiny. But with thumb prints.

 

[woodbloke]

SS? Bad luck - as Jim says, watch your toes.

[-( :-# :-" :mrgreen: - Rob

 

[Mike Wingate]

I use my no.6 as a jointer for guitar bodies and laminated necks as well as other stuff. I have only just got the no.7 and will use it as a proper jointer when it is restored, with a Japanese Laminated steel blade and undecided about the chipbreaker.

 

[condeesteso]

Hi Woodbloke - re the often stated 'mind your toes' - are we referring to the loose bit of the 2 part cap iron?? Damn, I drop toast on me toes that weighs more than that. Experts on the hazards of SS Records, please explain.

 

[jimi43]

Hi Woodbloke - re the often stated 'mind your toes' - are we referring to the loose bit of the 2 part cap iron?? Damn, I drop toast on me toes that weighs more than that. Experts on the hazards of SS Records, please explain.

Douglas...please rearrange the following words:

Can a opening you worms of are.... :mrgreen: #-o

Jim

 

[matthewwh]

Simple steps to establish whether you are a collector or a user:

Check out Aces and Eights recent post of a trainwrecked 604 with a sidewing smashed off and a crack extending across the side of the mouth that sold for $235.38 on eBay.

If words like 'Bargain', 'Drat' and 'Jammy Buyer' spring into your mind - you are a collector.

If you are thinking - 'How Much...?', 'Jammy Seller' or 'I'll keep an eye out for one of those, flog it to collector and buy a whole suite of gooduns' - you're a user.

Just because you have a couple of duplicates doesn't make you a collector - just an enthusiatically acquisitive user.

 

[condeesteso]

Jim - funny, yes. Explanation, no.

 

[jimi43]

Jim - funny, yes. Explanation, no.

Hang around a while Douglas and Rob will be along with an explanation....

8)

Jim