Is it just me??

[Chris Knight]

Alf,
For hogging stuff off, I prefer a drawknife..

 

[Nick W]

Alf,

=D> =D>

And glad to hear your Pa is getting on OK.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Then there's the wonderous flexibility of the adjustable mouth #53/#54 which can go effortlessly from hoggin' to whispies - why in hells no-one's making one now I can't imagine

That's a great feature of those 'shaves - as you close up the mouth it also reduces the depth of cut. They work really well and, I agree, would probably sell like hot cakes if someone was to make them today.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Alf]

Alf,
For hogging stuff off, I prefer a drawknife..

I expected that one! Never really gelled with drawknives on seasoned wood myself, plus I like spokeshaves better and want to justify as many of them as possible... :wink:

Cheers, Alf

P.S. Thanks, Nick. Are we having a posting race now...? :lol:

 

[Scrit]

Then there's the wonderous flexibility of the adjustable mouth #53/#54 which can go effortlessly from hoggin' to whispies - why in hells no-one's making one now I can't imagine

Don't Kunz still make one (as featured in one or other of Krenov's books)? Can't see them on Dick's web site, though Larson in the USA still lists them. Dick certainly still do the #65 (chamfer shave) so maybe they could supply. All right, a bit of a ropey tool to start with, but it can be tuned

Scrit

 

[Alf]

Hmm, didn't know that, Scrit. <searchie> Ah, here 'tis. Hmm, wonder if it's any good at all? Now who stocks Kunz and has a good track record on picky customer requests? :-k Ah ha, maybe an email to Mike Hancock is in order, just to see what it might cost... Sooner have an old Stanley, but their numbers must be finite and at some point even a Kunz may be better than nothing.

Cheers, Alf

 

[Nick W]

Are we having a posting race now...? :lol:

Not if your Pa's well enough that you get back to normal service. :wink: Hang on a mo ...

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[Alf]

Are we having a posting race now...? :lol:

Not if your Pa's well enough that you get back to normal service.

Dunno about that - they're threatening to send him home tomorrow so then I'll get really busy. "Al, can you just get...?" "Al, would you just...?" ](*,) :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Alf]

Heard back from Mike and he reckons he could get hold of a Kunz to try out - short delay while he's off to the Auriou factory though and no firm idea of cost. I'll keep ya posted.

Cheers, Alf

P.S. There's a competition to win a 5 day course with DC at the moment, if anyone fancies a shot - dunno, maybe all interested parties have already entered? :lol:

 

[MarcW]

Hi all,

Here you can find the whole range of spokeshaves Kunz is producing for the moment. I guess if you ask Dieter Schmid from finetools.de he would provide you the #53.

I tried out DC's fettling tips on spokeshaves of volume 3 on a simple Kunz #51. I have to tell I'm impressed. It works great. Only thing is the blade. You better go for a Hock blade. I didn't come to sharpen it like it should and it dulls right quick.

If someone's interested, I can post some pics later on...

Regards,

Marc

 

[MarcW]

Oh #-o I'd better taming my cold and do something against fever. This way I wouldn't repeat what Alf already had said and done...

Sorry,

Marc

 

[Paul Chapman]

If someone's interested, I can post some pics later on...

I would be interested, Marc :wink:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[MarcW]

Back again with some pics,

First I flattened and polished the sole.

I slightly rounded off the edge at the front of the sole and at the end of the mouth, and finished with some fine wet and dry, 600 or so. As you see it doesn't take much to take off but it makes sensible difference in practice.

I checked the flatness of the blade's seating and filed off the laqueer and double checked with a small combined square and straightedge. At the top you see a new one in original condition.

I prepared the capiron, cleaning the back, in comparison, the new one,

elongated the slot for the screw and the recesses on the sides. I filed the front edge of the capiron at 45 degrees and polished with car wax and steel wool. The spokeshave now has a chipbreaker.

The tool makes fine shavings even on the whole width of the blade. As I said earlier, I'd like to replace the blade... Thanks David for your good advice =D>

Regards,

Marc

 

[bugbear]

marc; excellent description and photography.

BugBear

 

[Paul Chapman]

Many thanks, Marc, that's very helpful. You've done a very good job. I like what you've done to the cap iron.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Alf]

Marc, very helpful pics, thanks. So nothing a total rebuild won't cure there then... :wink:

Cheers, Alf

P.S. And perhaps some stripper for the green paint...

 

[MikeW]

marc; excellent description and photography.

BugBear

Hear hear!

Very nice Marc. Way to take a relatively inexpensive--and as importantly--available tool and make it perform better than the maker's cared to.

Take care, Mike