Stanley #4 tune up

8/27/06, 5:46 PM #1

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee
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Stanley #4 tune up

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>I wanted to surprise a ww buddy, so I picked up a nice #4 and made a new blade for it. The heat treating batch just came back and I sharpened the blade last night. What a treat to use! It is 3/32 thick, Stanleys are 1/16. This thickness means that the adjusters work and the chipbreaker fits. The mouth is very tight but does not need enlarging. This plane cuts wisps little shavings and does not chatter. Sweet, sweet. Hope he likes it. I even stamped his initials in the blade.

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/27/06, 5:48 PM #2

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee
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Mouth

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>Sorry for the focus. If you look hard, you can see a little brown patch of bench peeking through the mouth. It is about the thickness of two or three sheets of paper.

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/27/06, 6:03 PM #3

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA
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What a nice guy!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA

>I'm sure your friend will enjoy it. Probably for many a year too!

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/28/06, 3:40 PM #4

Bruce, a MN Galoot
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If I send you my address...

Bruce, a MN Galoot

>can I be your new friend?

Nice job! What a good friend you are!

Bruce

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 1:38 AM #5

Roy Hennagir
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Re: Stanley #4 tune up

Roy Hennagir

>Having done that before I have to say you are not nice�.. Now he will be forced to find more planes and learn to tune them himself and then he will move to saws and then��. Well, then you won�t be picking them up in your area cheap cuz he will beat you to em! He will be working on tools not wood. Yes sir you have sent him headfirst down the slope!

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 11:55 AM #6

jim reed @ tallahassee
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3, 4 & 5

jim reed @ tallahassee

>So far I have set him up with a wartime #3, this #4, and a super clean #5. When he saw the #5, he immediately flashed back to his high school woodshop days. The #5 was his arch enemy. Now he is challenged to conquer the beast.

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 1:07 PM #7

Roy Hennagir
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Roy Hennagir

>Here is what a Stanley 40 that cost me $15 this weekend. I remember well the first plane I tried, I wondered why woodworkers did not look like Arnold and I also discovered why antique furniture cost so much.... It was a five with a good 1/8� of blade exposed and it well, you know��..

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 1:40 PM #8

Marc in Luxembourg
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Marc in Luxembourg

>Roy,

That's a NICE picture!!!!!!! Do you have others alike? If so keep them coming :-)

Marc

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 2:54 PM #9

jim reed @ tallahassee
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Arms like Popeye

jim reed @ tallahassee

>are yours if you have a #40. Scrubbing is hard work. Great picture.

Re: Stanley #4 tune up

8/30/06, 5:29 PM #10

Roy Hennagir
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Re: Arms like Popeye

Roy Hennagir

>It happened one day while I was attempting to sharpen a plane blade, I found the rhythm and held my lips just right and I had a sharp blade. For the most part you don�t need a machine shop and an engineering degree to do it. When they are sharp they hog the wood off and really flatten a board quick! It�s really not a lot of work to do it. I use the scary sharp method and don�t get wrapped up in angles to much. I just want it sharp. The picture was from this morning. The light just hit the mess I left behind last night and I must have held my lips just right for that too! Thanks for the complements!

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