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Stanley #278

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Stanley #278

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>Here is one of my afternoon workshop projects. No, I am sorry to say that the lathe is not a foot treadle model. Patrick is not too kind to this plane in his B&G. Something about his finger not fitting into the round hole. Well, I have a different theory about that hole. Since this is a rabbet plane I think the hole is for a knob. Seems pretty reasonable that you would want to use this plane on its side. In that case, a wooden knob is just the ticket for holding on to the plane. So that was my project.


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Nifty idea!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Looks like it would be a pleasure to hold now. How'd you attach the knob?

I think it would be cool to do a dual knb so you could go from righty to lefty.

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No can do

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>The knob is held by friction and can be inserted from either side. Cannot have a through knob because of clearance required on the bottom.

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Uh - oh . . .

s.mackay@worldnet.att.net

>Now you've got me looking at my #78 side-ways ! Since I've discovered the trick of a stop at the end of the bench to hold the work piece I discovered I've got a free hand. Knob on the forward blade screw ? Hmmmmmm.

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Search the archives on "Woden"

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Alf (I think it's Alf) has posted pictures in the past of the Woden version of the 78, which, it seems, came with just such a knob.

I've got a duplicate iron and cap iron in the bullnose position on mine, and find it quite handy as a grip, in addition to being there anytime I need to use the bullnose feature.

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Re: Search the archives on "Woden"

Bruce Branson

>This a Woden 78 I own.


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