Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Chipbreaker/blades
Chris Hedges
>I recently recieved a fine old Stanley 3C and am looking to apgrade chipbreaker and blade. Any suggestions would be apreciated. If anyone has already done price comparision and found the best deal, please let me know. Thanks!!
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Scott Burr in rainy Ben Lomond,CA
>Replacements form Ron Hock or LN. I have both in A2 steel and either one is a big step up from the orginal iron/breaker set up. Please note I haven't used the improved LN chip breakers in a Stanley plane. Hock chip breakers work perfectly.
http://www.hocktools.com/
LN Blades
Re: Chipbreaker/blades
Hank Knight from SC
>Chris, I upgraded several Stanely planes recently with Lie-Nielsen A2 blades and chipbreakers. I've been very pleased with them. One word of caution, though: my planes were Bedrocks and some of the LN chipbreakers didn't fit. I sent LN the specifications for the original chipbreakers and they made the new ones to order for no extra charge for machining. I don't know if their off-the-shelf chipbreakers will fit a Bailey #3; they might. Call and speak to one of their technical people. They are very helpful and friendly, and they should be able to tell you right off the bat if their chipbreakers will fit your plane.
I also have one Hock blade on a #604 that is very good, but I don't have any experience with Hock chipbreakers.