Hock blades and Lee Valley

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david.marcus.brown


>toolsforworkingwood.com should have what you need -- and they're a sponsor here.

Re: Hock blades and Lee Valley

ThomD


>I'm not near my catalogue but LV used to sell the Hock replacement blades, they have their own A2 blades which are in the same quality ballpark also. The Krenov blades are not adaptable to stanleys.

Re: Hock blades and Lee Valley

arw01


>I've purchased 3 LV A2 blades, and be aware the machinging on the back will take you a LONG Time to get those scratch marks out of there. The ruler trick helps, but those can be some deep scratches.

LV only carries the high carbon Hock blades. An associate of mine loves all his Hock blades, but most of them are A2.

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Dave Mount


>When did you buy your irons? I have one LV A2, purchased 1-2 years ago for a 4-1/2 (OK, 604-1/2, beep beep!), and I did not have any trouble getting the back flattened quickly, and didn't even need the ruler trick to do it. FWIW, I was using King and Norton waterstones, 800, 4000, and 8000 grits.

No affiliations, just no troubles either. . .

Dave

Dave Mount

NE Minnesota

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Rob Lee


>Hi Dave -

That will be particularly true after September 1... when the bar gets set a LOT higher...

While I can't quote definitive numbers just yet, we can't see any scratches under magnification on current production right now... and typical flatness is at about .0002" over the entire blade. (note that's 3 zeros before the 2!) We'll probably restrict the tolerances to the part than will actually ever contact the frog(or Bed), or that will ever be sharpened... which may tighten the spec up some... :)

One of the changes we're rolling into the line...

Cheers -

Rob

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Jerry Nicholson


>I have several LV A2 irons and I haven't had trouble with any of them. I don't have any Hock irons so I can't comment on them although I really like the Hock chipbreakers.

Suggestion to Rob Lee: How about selling Hock or equivalent chip breakers so I don't have to buy my blades one place and my chip breakers another?

Jerry

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI


>Maybe I missed a part somewhere, but would be interested in knowing what is making the higher standards possible? If you are machining / polishing the irons flatter, will you also be able to flatten / polish the frog surfaces to higher standards?

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

arw01


>October 04 was the first one

January 06 for the second one. Several deep scratches right to the edge. A2 takes a long time.

I have new respect for Stanley Sweetheart logo blades now too. I am rebeveling one for a shootboard plane and it's taking HOURS on a course diasharp plate.

Some 80 grit drywall screen will be in my shopping cart soon!

Alan

Re: Hock blades and Lee Valley

Ted Wong


>In the same catagory you might want to check out the Finck irons. A little more $$ than Hock irons they seem to me to be a step up. The down side is the cap screw doesn't have the nice knurled edges like the Hock blades do.

http://www.davidfinck.com/

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Rob Lee


>Hi Moses,

We're lapping our blades now...should be 100% by the end of the month..

Cheers -

Rob

Hock blades from Ron Hock

david charlesworth


>Why not get Hock stuff direct from him at

www.hocktools.com

Excellent service, and nice website.

David Charlesworth

Why not?

Joe in a Cleveland suburb


>Just to save a couple bucks. No other reason.

Joe

Re: rough milling on LV irons?

Matt24


>They actually do sell the chip breakers, they just don't advertise it. I guess they just do it as a service to customers. Give them a call or send them an email. I purchased mine through them and I'm quite happy with it.