Skew Block Plane - Useful?

Re: Thanks Dean

Dan Clermont

>I think their is a new ductile iron version and the price of the iron version with nicker is the same as the Bronze without.

Dan Clermont

Re: Thanks Dean

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Nodular makes a lot of sense in that plane. In bronze it is already heavier than it needs to be, and the flex in the nose when the side plate is removed (in rabbet mode) is noticeable enough that a bit of compensation in the skew of the blade is needed to take an even cut. A stiffer, lighter body would be an advantage. Some day, all the bronze L-Ns will probably be collector's items as they go to more and more of their casting in nodular iron.

Re: Thanks Dean

Dan Clermont

>The Nodular planes provide another price point and personally I like my ductile iron LN 102 better then the bronze version.

Sure would like to get my hands on a Bronze LN #9 Mitre plane. hint, hint ;)

Dan Clermont

Re: Crowned wheel, top clamping?

paul womack

>If I'd just used the model number, Jeff (who isn't here) would have been majestically justified in saying "wazzat den".

BugBear

Re: Crowned wheel, top clamping?

Alice Frampton, UK

>If you'd just used the model number I'd have been going "wazzat den"...

Cheers, Alf

Re: Thanks Dean

Dean in Burlington

>You're right....I always get my b's mixed up....bronze and brass :)

Dan is right also. There is a ductile iron version available.

As for the weight advantage of the Brass....sorry...Bronze....who cares......it's so pretty :)

Re: Skew Block Plane - Useful?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Derek,

Why do you advise against choosing the Lie-Nielsen #140 for shallow, cross-grain rabbeting? With the optional nicker, and using the included fence, it would seem to be a good choice.

Re: Skew Block Plane - Useful?

MikeW

>Hi Don,

Heck, I was just a contrarian somewhere else this morning, might as well here too--only contrarian, though, if the #140 is found to be useless for fillsters.

Now don't get me wrong. I have and use a nice (old) wood moving fillister. It is one plane that I would never trade off or sell.

But I do use the LN #140 often. Fillisters--cross-grain rebates or whatever term is being bantied about--on long-grain [insert favorite term here]. And I use it on my shooting board all the time instead of my #9 if it better fits the work.

As long as it does what I intend it for, who cares?

Oh well. I better have a second cup of coffee.

MikeW

Re: Skew Block Plane - Useful?

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Don

You are right. No doubt the LN #140 with knicker and fence does do a fine job. I have never used one, however - I have the original Stanley version which is minus the knicker and fence. I have had a lot of success using my #140 for some cross grain work (such as trimming tenons and in raised panels). But the absence of a fence is a limiting factor in my opinion when it comes to rabbets. So the plane of choice for cross grain ploughing and rabbeting is the Stanley #46 (but, as I mentioned before, I struggle with mine).

Regards from Perth

Derek