Skip in Falls Church, miter planes

Handle placement 

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

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Skip in Falls Church

>Thanks Scott, I really appreciate the pictures. I think I'll try altering my 05, it seems like it would be a fairly easy thing to do. I might try a couple of different handle designs while I'm at it.

Skip

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Somewhere, I saw a picture of a plane on the side of which someone had mounted a regular tote - kind of reminded me of (warning:power tool content) those classy old Delta tenon jigs for the Unisaw on which the push handle is a plane tote.

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Skip in Falls Church

>I actually thought of that - and I do have the original plastic tote for the plane I plan to use laying around some where. OTOH, while I can think of a way around drilling an angled hole for the tote, I can't really think of a way to do it without drilling two holes in the plane. That might not be a problem if I like the way it works though. :)

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Well there was a time when...

Scott Burr Ben Lomond,CA

>It would be sin to alter such a rare beast;). I for one would see it. Please let me know how it goes. Please remember...just make sure the sides of your 5 are square.

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Skip in Falls Church

>Well, I wouldn't do it to an old Stanley or old Record either - but since I bought it new a few years ago I feel sort of guilt free about it. :)

I'll let you know how it goes, I hope to give it a go today or tomorrow. If the side isn't square, it should be easier to square it up after there's a handle on the opposite side! :) But thanks for the reminder.

Skip

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Skip in Falls Church

>Ever start a simple job and suddenly find that you need to do a bunch of other things to do it right. (Yes, that was a rhetorical question.) The 05 I used was my first "real" plane and was quickly relegaed to occasional (jack plane) use status as I got other planes. Consequently, I never really fettled it.

When I started taking it apart to drill the hole in the cheek, I realized that I hadn't flattened the face or the bearing surfaces of the frog - not to mention that I hadn't even cleaned the blue paint off the bearing surfaces on the body. None of that really mattered as long as I only used it as a jack - but it seemed that it would be important if I was going to do anything else with it. Of course the cheek that will be down was *way* out of square.

I fixed all of the above except that the cheek still needs a bit of squaring up. *Then* I got to drilling and tapping the hole in the other cheek - 1/4 20 about 3/8" deep. That was pretty easy - once I got the other stuff out of the way. For the handle I used the discarded handle off a socket chisel - squared the bottom, drilled a 1/4" hole in it and epoxyed in the remains of a 1/4 bolt that I had cut the head off of.

I got the hole a little close to the sole - but that's no real problem I haven't had a chance to use it yet - but the handle feels solid. Maybe I can avoid a few blisters the next time I do some shooting. :)

Skip