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GLFaria":266ffwml said:
"...now all i have to do is get the sole flat and square the sides."

Ah?! The sole on mine is flat and the sides are square to the sole; I may have been lucky, but judging from the overall quality of the plane I would take it as a "normal" feature of this brand. The only work I had to do on it before using it for the first time was honing the iron, of course, and lighly sanding the sole with P400 wet sandpaper (or did I go down to P600? Can't remember...) on a glass plate - not really necessary, as the sole was perfectly usable as it came from the manufacturer.


FWIW my QS / Juuma planes came amazingly flat and square, which was a surprise for me. Even a my Juuma fore (which i suppose could be harder to get flat all over) came pretty flat and square - only a small midway concavity between mouth and tail, which common wisdom tells me is nothing to worry about. I can´t honestly say my Lie Nielsen 60 1/2 is much better.

Já agora, um abraço e bem vindo! :)

best,
Miguel
 
Obrigado. Mas devemos manter o Inglês, certo?

Sorry for the digression, guys, I was just thanking mqbernardo for a welcome greeting in our common idiom.
Just don't expect too much from my contributions, I'm here to learn!
 
Mr_P":11kqjexz said:
Bought a new but possibly old stock Rider 60 1/2 today available at Axminster for £33.95 + £4.95 or free carriage if you spend £50

axminster-60-5-rider-block-plane-review-t41698.html
axminsters-rider-60-1-2-block-plane-review-t47226.html

First impressions, nice heavy weight (838 grams) , japanning very thick/gloopy but sides and sole look good. Haven't tried it yet but 2 reviews above.
Make sure you check the mouth / bed. On mine the grinding is out and the one side of the blade is higher than the other, so only cuts on one side to the middle of the blade. :(
 
Might be a bit late for this, but...

If you take a couple of turns off the cap screw (the one that comes up through the middle of the cap) you can wind out quite a few more turns on the thumbwheel, thus adjusting the amount of room for the thumbs.
 
:oops: That must be why I've never found mine to be a problem. Saves me chopping up the lever cap, not that I needed to do it anyway.
 

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