Stanley 4 1/2 Plane

[Paul Chapman]

have given pride of place to the Veritas LAJ.

I'm sure you've got yourself a good plane there. I've never used that model but everyone who has one seems to rave about it.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Smudger]

Paul - thanks for all your help with the Stanley #4.

I ended up buying a new iron and iron cap (the original was badly ground, had a rounded corner and only met the plane iron for about a half of its length) for the #4, ground off a lot of paint from the frog and set it up, and it now works very nicely.

I picked up a #3 at a boot sale for a fiver, cleaned it up, put in a new blade, having found that our local ironmonger has (had) a small supply of age-old Stanley replacements, and that works very nicely, too. As does the #71 in its original box, all cutters present but only one ever used, in immaculate condition for £25. Good boot sale. I might go to another one.

Now I'm after a hand brace and original auger bits, having just missed a nice one on eBay.

Does this tendency make me a neanderthal or a galoot, or is there a difference?

 

[Paul Chapman]

Does this tendency make me a neanderthal or a galoot?

Probably - but don't worry about it :lol:

Pleased to hear that you have your planes up and running 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul