Stanley 51&52 Shooting Board

[Alf]

Presumably the caggy-hander apprentices were simply beaten until they learnt to use right handed tools.

AKA "The Good Old Days"... :wink: :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Looking at the photographs of the Stanley #51/52, it would appear that it can only be used "right-handed", if you see what I mean. Is that correct?

Where a tool is "handed", I don't think I've ever seen a factory made instance that wasn't right handed.

Presumably the caggy-hander apprentices were simply beaten until they learnt to use right handed tools.

The point about handedness and shooting boards is that, depending on the work, you sometimes need to be able to use the plane on the right-hand side of the shooting board, and at other times on the left-hand side. Seems to me that despite its gloatworthiness, for this reason alone the Stanley #51/52 is not such a good buy (at least from a user point of view). Although if I saw one going for £50 I'd probably buy it nevertheless

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[bugbear]

The point about handedness and shooting boards is that, depending on the work, you sometimes need to be able to use the plane on the right-hand side of the shooting board, and at other times on the left-hand side. Seems to me that despite its gloatworthiness, for this reason alone the Stanley #51/52 is not such a good buy (at least from a user point of view). Although if I saw one going for £50 I'd probably buy it nevertheless

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Yeah - the #51/#52 is not the ultimate shooting board.

This might be closer....

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... iter#30750

BugBear

 

[Alf]

Now we're talkin'... =P~ If I'm gonna break summat, it might as well really be something. :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

The point about handedness and shooting boards is that, depending on the work, you sometimes need to be able to use the plane on the right-hand side of the shooting board, and at other times on the left-hand side. Seems to me that despite its gloatworthiness, for this reason alone the Stanley #51/52 is not such a good buy (at least from a user point of view). Although if I saw one going for £50 I'd probably buy it nevertheless

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Yeah - the #51/#52 is not the ultimate shooting board.

This might be closer....

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... iter#30750

Blimey, BB, that one's flash :shock: :shock:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[bugbear]

Blimey, BB, that one's flash :shock: :shock:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

That Rob Lee, eh(*)? Table full o' infills, truly cool miter trimmers - ain't he quite the show off?

BugBear

(*) joke learnt from South Park

 

[dedee]

I note that Rob's post is now over 2 years old and we've still not seen an LV model.

Andy

 

[Paul Chapman]

That Rob Lee, eh(*)? Table full o' infills, truly cool miter trimmers - ain't he quite the show off?

Well, as they say, 'If you've got it, flaunt it'.... :roll:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Alf]

I note that Rob's post is now over 2 years old and we've still not seen an LV model.

Slackers. Could one of the Canadian members pop over and chain Terry Saunders to his CAD package until he's come up with something, please?

Cheers, Alf