Wooden jointers

Re: Wooden jointers

Andrew in Plano

>Heck, now I'm getting confused! So as long as I'm not planning to build anything like a dining table (and I'm not), then a decent sized jack plane would probably be just as good for edge and face jointing, or at least close enough?

Peace,

Andrew

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Tom Williams

>In a word, yes, but the LV 5.25W is unique in that it has a particularly long bearing surface before the blade (this is shown on their web site) which makes is helpful when setting up to make a jointing run along a narrow edge. What scale work do you envision? Jewelry boxes or blanket chests?

Tom

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Russell Seaton

>I have a Stanley Transitional plane. I think it qualifies as a wooden plane since its mostly wood. Its 28" long, not sure which official Stanley number that is. It works for rough jointing. But it does not produce as fine a shaving as my 1930s era Stanley Bailey #7, which does not produce as fine a shaving as my 2001 Clifton #7. The Transitional is much, much lighter weight though.

If you wanted to give wooden planes a try for cheap, you should be able to get a Transitional pretty cheaply. All of the ones I've seen appear to be in great shape. I suspect because no one ever used them or thought they were valuable "antiques" and kept them safe and secure somewhere until they discovered they weren't antiques and have minimal value. Tuning them isn't too complicated since they are pretty basic. You do get the advantage of the Bailey adjustment mechanism and don't have to use a wedge and hammer.

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D

>Here is a [link] to a much bigger picture of Yeung's toolbox.

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Dennis

>Transitionals are one of the "best bang for your buck", why people don't understand all the things you can do with them i will never understand.

Can make new base any length you want, add fences,bevel and if you want add steel sole.

I got 2 i use and love them,one day i think i will make a 5' or 6' base and mount it upside down on bench vice and have one nice jointer.

Dennis

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Steve Knight

>hey I understand I hate when something does not work. and if someone helps me hout I sure like them better (G) a new plane is in the works.

How tiny IS your engineer? ;-)

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

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Re: How tiny IS your engineer? ;-)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Soooo tiny that my eyes glaze and my brain goes dead when confronted with Lyn's long message describing all the ways the ECE jointer is bad is for him. However, I know that he's probably correct and very precise in whatever he says, that it's all very useful information to most everyone else. It's most likely horror at the sight of all the work I have to do convert long verbal descriptions into visualizations.

My engineer is big enough, though, that when confronted with a tool that doesn't work for me, I know/figure out how to fix it or whether it should be tossed.

So I've come to think of it as having a much stronger right brain than left brain, the differential becoming much greater with age, probably will be grunting by 65.

Pam

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Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

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