Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
AHHH! No Metric!
Jamey Amrine
>NONONONONONO! Please Rob, I know you live in an enlightened country, but metric tools have been a huge hassle to me. The Hirsches I bought from you guys are a great set of chisels (bench and mortise), but they don't match my Imperial plow irons. This causes headaches on every project I do (simply because I seem to use frame/panel on everything).
Please keep the new stuff fractional (or at least make it an option)!
Re: Yahoo
ThomD
>Yahoo groups has a metal scraping group.
Metric? Yes! 12 mm and smaller would be nice.
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
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Better get one soon...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>Before the Article comes out and ebay goes nuts!
BTW, the 043 should come with 3 blades.
You�re absolutely right!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>I just listed them for sh#t's and giggles. ;^)
Video: Basic Hand Scraping, w/book *LINK*
David Barnett
>There's more than one video on scraping ways, tools, bearings, and so on. Technical Video Rental used to offer one in their catalog and may yet (although I can't find it now). Lindsay (publisher) offers a little and useful pamphlet on scraping.
Basic Hand Scraping
Re: now you've done it
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
>Don't forget to look for a Rapier #043 if you can't find a Record #043. They are the same plane. I have the Rapier version and I think it is better finished than my Record #044
The #044 is a beter plane than the #043 insofar as it has a blade depth adjustment screw (which the #043 does not have). I find the #044 better balanced and easier to control, so generally prefer it for a blade width of 1/4" (the point where the #043 and #044 overlap).
As a quick observation, the #044 can accept a 3/4" blade but I think that this is too large for the plane and would stop at 1/2". There is an upper limit on these small plough planes. I think that the #043 goes up to 1/4".
It is quite easy to make blades for the #043 and #044 (see the recent thread on the #044), so one can grind any small width one desires.
Below is a picture of the 4 planes commonly used for ploughing: #043, #044, #046 and #045 at rear.
Regards from Perth
Derek
You just have to...
HC Sakman
>...add some twist to it, otherwise you wouldn't feel relaxed, right? ;-)
Chico...
Re: now you've done it
Alice Frampton, UK
>Might already be too late; I see it gets featured in the Spring issue of Woodworking magazine...
Cheers, Alf
Re: now you've done it
ydb1md
>I know I know. :( I have the new issue. Good news is I already have the 044 and the 050. :)
Just like the fervor after Smalser's chisel article, I'll have to wait out the tides or just bite the bullet now.
Sharmanco 043 copy (sort of) *LINK*
Dave Thompson
>Here's another 043 version (though with one fence arm)
enjoy,
Dave
Sharmanco on ebay
I like
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>how they ran out of room for the company name and kind of squash that "O" in at the end (shows on the eBay example). My kind o' graphic design.
Re: Sharmanco 043 copy (sort of)
Alice Frampton, UK
>Interesting; new one to me. Sharman Co. I suppose? Depending on its age, technically more of a #040 copy. The #043 started life with one fence rod, very quickly acquired a second one and the single rod version became the #040. Single rod versions marked #043 are rare and valuable I believe. But I digress.
Cheers, Alf
Re: now you've done it
Alice Frampton, UK
>I think the Rapier is a #3, fwiw. I did have one, but the casting was a little lumpier and coarser than the Record to my eye, so I sold it. Works just as well though. I've not really come to love the #044 yet; it doesn't have its centre of gravity low on the work like the #043, or the weight to take it through the cut like the #50/#050/Lewin/#45/#405. A nice set of short rods on the #043 and you can even use it one-handed.
But what am I saying? No, you're right. Everyone go and buy #044s. Those #043s? Nah, not worth the shelf space...
Cheers, Alf
:>)
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
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Re: DRIVEBY!
paul womack
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Re: scraping too slow...
paul womack
>I guess it's time for BugBear's obsession to be wheeled out again :-)
But it's NOT scraping. Really. Read the whole page.
Excellent way to flatten plane soles
BugBear (who is reminded of a thread about cheap granite surface plates on woodnet)
Sharmanco -> Australian manufacturer *LINK*
Andrew F in Australia
>Hi Alice/BB/others,
I'm 99% sure that Sharmanco was an Australian mfg. We see a lot of their stuff here - copies of Record, mainly.
Cheers,
Re: collecting!
paul womack
>So one could aim to ave one of each of the versions of the #043...
BugBear
Far, far better than one example of every 75
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>which appear to be legion
Re: collecting!
Peter Evans in Oz
>More like a #040. There is another Oz version, the Davleco, which is japanned; neither is hard to find in Australia, I wish I got this price for the Sharmanco I sold a while ago.