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LN Planes Arrived....In the Rain!

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LN Planes Arrived....In the Rain!

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LN Planes Arrived....In the Rain!

Erik S. Friis, wish I was in Dodge!

>Yes, I found the FedEx box sitting by my garage and it was pouring rain....the outside of the box was wet, but everything inside seemed to be nice and dry. Could have been a disaster!

Anyway, now that I have the tools, LA block, #3, #4.5 and a dovetail saw, what's next for this new slippery sloper? I thought the panes would come in some nice plane sock or something like my last pair of Allan Edmonds shoes, but they were just wrapped in paper. Do I buy something for them...sock? Do they need to be wiped down, waxed, oiled? I noticed a fine coating of something on the DT saw...do you wipe it off or leave it?

I despise the rust that seems to form on my hand tools and would hate for it to appear here, so please offer some guidance. The bronze body seemed to have some darker areas on the metal...is there a way to buff these out?

As you can tell I'm real new at the proper care of these high end tools, as most of my tools are power, so sorry for the dumb questions, but I'd like to take care of these correctly from the start.

Thanks, Erik

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Re: LN Planes Arrived....In the Rain! *LINK*

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

>Eric-Scroll down in this thread for the last post from Dave Anderson, one of the moderators over on SawMill Creeek. (He has several posts in the thread.) He describes a pretty comprehensive tool protection regime. HTH, Tony


Sawmill Creek Thread

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Adam Cherubini

>Congrats on the planes Erik,

You'll need a long plane eventually. The planes you have excell at surface work, but a long plane will start heading you toward joinery. Personally, I think joinery is more importnat than surface work for either begining wwkers or begining hand tool users. So I would have recommended a long plane as your first plane. No matter. But that should should be next for you.

In my shop, rust is a serious problem despite my attempts to control the humidity. I think its helpful to never put a plane away with shavings in its mouth. I store my bench planes sole down but with their toes on a 3/8" thick stick. The guys in Williamsburg store their molding planes upsude down! That was their solution.

Adam

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>MY LN 62 sat on my In-Laws steps over the weekend whilst my FIL was in the hospital. Glad nobody thought it was of value.

Dan Clermont

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How long is long? *LINK*

Bob Fawcett

>I have an LV LA Jack which is 15". Is this long enough for joinery? DO I need to start saving up for the new Low Angle Jointer?

What is the maximum practical lenght that can be joined by what I have? Is there a rule of thumb?

A plane 1/4 the lenght of stock? or something similar.


Low Angle Jointer

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