new tool euphoria :)

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>Nice haul. I bet you become comfortable with the thru hole. Possibly your grip and hand size may require only a fingertip to be inserted.JR

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Jim in Burlington Ontario

>Mike where did you pick up the screwdrives. I saw a nice set on e-bay a while back but always lusted after a nice set.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Oooooooooooooo la-la-la, going drop drawer now eh Mike? Definatly take your time finding a comfortable way to hold that LV shoulder plane because it is a sweet plane no doubt. When I did my put-up-or-shut-up testing for Rob Lee I took it to a fellow Galoots shop so he could fondle it as well. He has mitts that make mine took like a ladies hand and he managed to holding it quite nicely after a few minutes of rolling it about in his hand. the great thing about this plane is that there is so much plane to hand contact that is literally becomes an extension OF your hand.

LN Scrub. Brother, what can I say? I hope to be buried with mine, I guess that about covers that eh?

Congrats on the new toys.

Todd O.

Scrub plane

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I bought mine at a garage sale (Stanley, not LN) because I almost never turn down a plane at a decent price, and didn't use it for a long time much. I've recently discovered what a useful tool it is since I've been shaping porch railings.

It's similar to a drawknife, in that it allows considerable speed in shaping work with hand tools - rough with the scrub (or drawknife for other types of work), then finish with planes, spokeshaves, etc.

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Todd from San Jose

>Cool deal, Mike, congrats.

I'm glad you discovered the usefulness of a scrub plane, I just learned the same recently. I took a hand plane class where we surfaced really rough, twisted lumber. Started with the scrub along with winding sticks for initial flattening, then the jack, the jointer, and finally the smoother. The scrubs kick ass at taking off monster shavings in no time(or should I call them "chunks"). It shocked me how quickly one can true up rough lumber, as square and smoother than my machines can.

I too just took delivery of some new toys- My new ECE Scrub and Primus Jack, to complement my Primus Smoother and Primus Jointer planes. Now it's time to buckle down for a weekend of sharpening and tuning, but the rewards are so sweet.

Todd

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Mike in Mystic

>here ya go Jim:

http://www.thebestthings.com/newtools/turnscrews.htm

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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>MIke

I recently bought a set of these on the Bay, 5 in all. Very nice in the hand and, as important, the steel seems several orders of magnitude tougher than the usual fare I have put up with in the past. I would like to find a couple of Philips-headed drives like these as well (yes, well they can't be avoided). Any ideas where such can be found?

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Bill Ward

>I'll echo Bill's use of a scrub plane for making molding. I needed to remove a lot of material from a 5 ft. long piece of maple along the one edge. I hooked my left thumb over the knob and a finger or two under the front of the plane to act as a guide. This technique worked surprisingly well.

I have the same LN scrub which is sized like the old Stanley #40 1/2. I have yet to find a Stanley scrub (either size) in three years of estate sales. I gave up an bought the LN.

Me too

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I'd love a phillips set too. I'm still looking.

Thanks

Jim in Burlington Ontario

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Mike in Mystic

>Unfortunately, I haven't ever seen the equivalent in phillips. I've seen much lower quality wooden handled screwdrivers, but nothing as nice as the turnscrews in question here.

Mike

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Jack Guzman from Maine

>I gave up trying to get a cheap scrub on ebay.They always sell for $50 or more. I bought the ECE and I'm glad I did.---Jack