Block Plane/Lateral Adjustment Lever Q.

Re: Block Plane/Lateral Adjustment Lever Q.

Ted Shuck

>I don't have a Millers Falls block plane, but I do have Stanley block planes with a threaded lateral adjust lever. I don't think the exact positioning is critical where it sits on the threads. I try to keep it as close to the bottom, where the thread goes into the body, as possible.

Ted

Thanks, Ted

Joe Hurst

>Ted-

Thanks for the response!

I used to own a maroon Stanley (my bro-in-law "adopted" it), but I could've sworn that the adjuster had plenty o' play.

My big problem now is the depth adjuster lever. The 2 teeth were worn down. Now they don't engage the notches in the blade. I'm planning to make a replacement out of a piece of brass.

This was my first ebay plane...I should have wondered why it looked so good...I think the seller buffed everything. Shiny isn't alway a good thing.

Thanks again,

Joe

Re: Block Plane/Lateral Adjustment Lever Q.

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I went out and looked at my only block plane with a lateral adjusting lever, a Stanley No. 18, and it looks like the lever is threaded onto the screw that the lever cap pivots on. The threads are fine enough that the vertical motion of the lever over its short travel wouldn't be much, but there'd be some. It's extremely wide-tolerance threading, by the way, so the lever moves quite freely.

In my experience, this sort of thing isn't uncommon. Easiest engineering solution, I guess.

Re: Block Plane/Lateral Adjustment Lever Q.

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>Joe, my MF #16 has a threaded lateral adjuster. It's one of a dozen or more ebay planes I've bought. The plane is dirty but very sound. Haven't gotten around to cleaning/tuning/using is yet. I've been well satisfied with all my ebay planes, lucky I guess.