New Plane Announcement Coming...

Ah...

Rob Lee

>... no - it's not just a larger/smaller version of an existing model...

This one has a patent applied for...

Come to think of it, so will one of the next two.... :)

TTFN -

Rob

I hope I didn't...

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>...blow my year's new plane buying budget too soon...

Naaahhhhh. Just have to start hinting early for next year.

Watch out Ernie...

Rob Lee

>... slobber causes rust....

;)

Cheers -

Rob

Re: I hope I didn't...

John Meikrantz

>A few hints from a different forum by the esteemed Mr. Lee -

"As for availabilty of the planes - the #90 and large low angle plane will come first... we're milling pre-production versions of both right now, and are in user testing. Relaese should be early May-June. The large shoulder will be late June, possibly July...."

"The next piece of the puzzle (the "Jack") is coming in a month or two, and will consolidate our approach further. It is again, unlike any other low angle Jack on the market."

Dang, I'm waiting for the large shoulder!

Can't wait to see them.

John

Re: New Plane Announcement Coming...

John Meikrantz

>Rob,

What about the timetable for the new sharpening jig?

John

Re: I hope I didn't...

Rob Lee

>Geez -

...didn't realize I've been so busy....

Cheers -

Rob

Re: New Plane Announcement Coming...

Rob Lee

>Hi -

Honing guide is fall - may or may not make the main catalog (we're working on it now!)...but should be well before Christmas.

Cheers -

Rob

Re: New Plane Announcement Coming...

Guy A - Ohio

>I hope your right! I'd Like it to be a low-angle Jack

Re: New Plane Announcement Coming...

Guy A - Ohio

>Mr. Lee

I would be glad to start a "user testing Lab" in my shop! Just what we need in northern Ohio

Let me know . . . I'll send you my address ... and I'll wait on the porch for the UPS guy!!!!

DARE

Eric Hedberg

>Devotees Addicted to Rob's Emails

Perhaps we should start some sort of group program to deal with this incurrable addiction to new Veritas plane introductions. Some of us (self included) seem to have severe physiological responses to these pre-announcements such as sweats, drooling, shakes, nervousness, impatience, confusion, financial jitters, etc. Maybe we could establish a 12 plane program or some such to cure this obsession, or maybe we could just ignore such emails and start a new group

Devottees Overlooking new Plane Emails

Re: DARE

John Horobin

>Its amazing the effect of new planes on people! Its really good to see Rob coming up with all this new stuff, especially as there has not been that much new in planes from LN recently (and nothing from Clifton). Just wish they were easier to find in the UK

John

I'll take two!

David Barnett

>As long as it's that low-angle adjustable-mouth spill plane I've been waiting for.

And when are those Veritas anodized spile rods with the English/metric ullage marks due, Rob? One can never own enough measuring tools.

Re: I'll take two!

Rgordon U

>A real nice description of the plane in question on woodnet this afternoon.

Re: I'll take two!

David Barnett

>Yeah, now if only I could resolve the aesthetics-ergonomics thing that continually vexes me. I'm vain, I suppose. I paid an extra twenty dollars to get the grey Elu router instead of the exact same Fisher-Price yellow DeWalt monster. I'll spend a couple hours chanting my mantra every night.

"Butt-ugly's BEAUTIFUL if it's functional"

"Butt-ugly's BEAUTIFUL if it's functional"

"Ommmmmmmm.... "

No, really, what Rob said over there, the East German swim thing, makes complete sense, of course, but it reminds me of what a music theorist said to me when I winced during an atonal Boulez piece (evoking an image of cats, bowling balls and a silver tea set falling down the stairs), "David, it's really MUCH better than it sounds!"

Re: Jim -

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>Yes those LN are hitting the shelf's but at 250-300 I can wait my Hirsch are plenty good. I always like to know what's for dessert before dinner. Thanks Jim

Re: what we need...

paul womack

>I suppose for us OLDTOOL afficianados, the supply of vintage Stanley and Record is probably sufficient (for a few decades :-).

But with the demise of Record, I think there are now NO rebate, plough or combination planes on the current market, excepting Cliftons rather poor and hideously overpriced #405 clone.

Now if LN, or LV (or Clifton) could take a look over the #50/#050, #45/#405), #46, #289, #043, #044. #778, and combine the "best features of", we might just have something :-)

BugBear

I'll leave working out which numbers are which manufacturers as a quiz.

Some people may want to substitute "rabbet" for "rebate", and "plow" for "plough". Feel free.

Re: DARE

SimonA

>err...no new planes from Clifton? What about the new 4 1/5 and the new 5 1/5.....

SimonA

Re: Hang on a minute...

Alice Frampton, UK

>Okay Rob, just checking ;~) What I should have said was "Hang on a minute, you can't bring out another one; I haven't even started on the ones already available yet!" :~(

Cheers, Alf

a #7, of course

glh of Nashville, TN

>

Re: what we need... *LINK*

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>You are forgetting the Kunz and Anant planes!




Traditional Woodworker

No joy...

Rob Lee

>... we won't be doing a #7.

One of the reasons our mouth positions are different from Stanley planes, is that we've modelled the location along the sole, in order to optimize how each plane "flattens".... our #6 will produce as flat a surface as a Stanley #7...(I seem to remember it acts "longer" than a seven).

If one looks at at the larger Stanley planes, it appears that mouth location was much farther forward than optimal. I suspect that balance was one of the reasons - a more forward location resulted in a rear handle location closer to the center of gravity of the plane.

I guess the trade off is how the plane performs in the air, vs how it performs on the wood! :)

Cheers -

Rob

holding out for the Travisher

Dennis

>Will order one of those for sure.

Dennis

remove nospam for email

I like the way you think Paul

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>"Now if LN, or LV (or Clifton) could take a look over the #50/#050, #45/#405), #46, #289, #043, #044. #778, and combine the "best features of", we might just have something :-)"

Where do I sign up. I want 1 or 2 or 4 or...

Ouch! That hurt Don...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Where's the off switch on that thing.

Re: Roy's response from last night

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Roy_Underhill: The new LV Roy Underhill autograph model with the compass in the stock. Can I pre order this one?