Alf":2zty469i said:
Jake, I've looked at my (apparently) pre-1910 #50 and I have miniscule cupping but in an acceptable way - out at the cutter but in (by about 0.5mm as the very maximum) fore and aft. Older plane with heavier casting? Better made? Made while they still remembered why they did it a certain way? I don't know.
Cheers, Alf
You'd know the dates better than me. Quality etc. I'm not even shore what years mine are. Agree though its probably something to do with the casting. Feel the record 50 designers nailed it though. The one I have doesn't cup or even hint of it.....just looks tougher than the stanleys. Which I like. But then the blade doesn't naturally sit flat on the bed :roll: (got to hold it down with a finger at bind up, to get the daylight out)
As for if its acceptable or not. Does it plough freely when all skates and fence parallel (using callipers eh) ? .... thats what really comes down to I suppose.
When you bind a blade up and lay a ruler along, like I did in that picture above, does the blade corner touch the ruler as well ? If it doesn't, even if its real small, like .1mm, the plane just won't work, or will be sluggish to push. And thats just no good. Planing should be free and easy going.
I agree completely with Paul on the #45. The clampups better. You can wiggle the blade around a bit so its just right etc. That #50 design seems a little too ambitious eh.
Of all the clampups I think the #55's the best though. (if I can describe it). On the #45's second skate theres a catchment edge that binds the blade.....means you cant protrude the blade outside as you like.
The #55's sliding skate doesn't have this catchement edge(if thats what you call it :lol: )....its handy to be able to slide the skate where ever you like I feel.
Night. Must go to bed. What am I doing ? 3 in the morning and on the computer. :roll:
