Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Blades for a 46...
Mick Foley
>Hey all,
I've got a Stanley 46 coming in the mail, but of course it only has a few (3) blades. I'd like to get more. I know of two options: Jim Reed sells a set and St. James Bay Tool sells a set.
Has anyone used either? Has anyone compared both? Are there other options I should consider?
Thanks!
Mick
You will love it
jim_reed@marietta
>It is one of my favorite planes. Shaves the wood like it is buttah.
Re: Blades for a 46...
Terry
>Mick:
I've got the St. James Bay set. I had to fine tune the angle slightly while sharpening, but they are really nice.
One heads-up to watch for, though. A long time ago I saw one of their tongue cutters that was machined from stock that was too thin to be clamped in the plane - probably an isolated instance. If you buy theirs (and I would if I had to do it over again) just check that all the blades clamp properly.
Enjoy it - I sure do!
Terry
Re: Blades for a 46...
Neal (San Jose)
>I bought several blades for my 46 from Jim Reed and I wouldn't hesitate to do business with Jim again. The blades are great and make the plane a real joy to use. The angles are tricky, and must be just right or it can lead to all sorts of frustration. I was even inspired to make a wooden box to keep the plane and all it's sundry parts together. Neal
Re: Blades for a 46...
Terry
>Neal:
I haven't heard about Jim Reed before now. Does he make other replacement blades as well as for the #46? Does he have a website?
Thanks,
Terry
Re: Blades for a 46...
jim_reed@marietta
>Email for a list.
Yes
Neal (San Jose)
>He sells a lot of different replacement blades including bench, scrub, rabbet, combo, etc. He sells some very useful blades that were never offered by Stanley, and he even has a few replacement parts for combo planes like slitter foot depth stops for 45, 46 and 55. He will also make custom blades if you need something unusual. email him by clicking on his name on one of his responses in this thread. I only have experience with 46 blades, but I'm sure the others are just as good. Neal
Re: Yes *LINK*
walt quadrato
>I've bought from Jim in the past..better than stock blades..and IMHO, as good as any of the big name companies aftermarket blades. Highly recommended.
walt q
toolworks
Re: Blades for a 46...
paul womack
>I had to fine tune the angle slightly while sharpening,
The tiniest difference in bed angle (both planes) and mouth opening alters the required angle on the blade. I suspect that the tolerances on the #46 itself would not be tight enough to allow identical blades to work, even if they were made.
In practice, I check and correct the skew angle of any skewed blade every time I sharpen, putting a little extra pressure on one side if required to make tiny changes as time passes on.
BugBear