Nice buy!! *LINK*

:)

Rob Lee

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I Had a Feeling.... :-)

Jim Shaver Oakville, Ont.

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Well...

Dean Lapinel

>I'm glad I know it went to a good person that is well respected for his contributions and innovations. Just out of curiousity...what is your address and security code? :)

Ah HA!

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Familiprix! :-D

DC

Re: Nice buy!!

paul womack

>I assume it's a late/rare model; the casting looks quite rough by Preston standards.

BugBear

Re: Nice buy!!

Dean Lapinel

>Bugbear,

I do a lot of looking and fortunately less buying but I don't even approach your experience. I've never seen this Preston and I thought it was gorgeous and unique. Have you seen other Prestons of this "Irish chariot" style?

Yeah.... (drool zone ahead...)

Rob Lee

>I'm not sure it's an upgrade for this one....

Other Preston

.. but the blade looks to be in better shape.

Here're some other favorites:

#2

#3

#4

Cheers -

Rob

(part Irish...)

Well, aren't they cute now :)

Paul Kierstead

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Re: Yeah.... (drool zone ahead...)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Those planes are really something, Rob. What are the approximate dimensions? What were they used for? Do you plan to leave the orange paint alone?

Pam

Re: Yeah.... (drool zone ahead...)

Rob Lee

>Hi Pam -

Conveniently shot on paper with a 1/4" grid....

Can't actually measure them, as they're in another location... those photos are from one of our internal archives...(14,398 photos so far... of 6457 tools, or groups of tools) ...

Our recorded data shows:

Preston is 22.7cm long, 5.3cm wide, 8.0cm tall, 1010grams

#2 is 20.0cm long, 5.5cm wide, 7.7cm tall, 920grams

#3 is 22.3cm long, 5.5cm wide, 6.5cm tall, 800grams

#4 is 24.5cm long, 5.2cm wide, 6.7cm tall, 800grams

Cheers -

Rob

(PS - small router plane blade will fit the Stanley, but does not have a flat ground on it. May be hard to put one one, as the shaft is made from drill rod)

Wow Rob!

Dean Lapinel

>I like them all but your Prestons look like race cars. I would love one of them suckers.

I have a Wayne Anderson mini-chariot that I use all the time that has a similar blade angle. Great plane by Wayne but these oldies. Umm Umm.

Dean

Re: Wow Rob!

wayne anderson

>Nice shape, those Prestons. I've always liked them. But here's a chariot I have just sitting on the shelf in my shop. A bit fancier, don't you think? ;^) -wayne

Re: Yeah.... (drool zone ahead...)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Yeah, noticed the graph paper, but didn't know it was 1/4". Thanks for the sizes.

And thanks for the Stanley fit, very cool.

Pam

Nice grouping!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>and I'm jelous...

Scott, who's part Irish too!

Re: Wow Rob!

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Love the grain on the side, Wayne. Did you apply acid for that effect? Fold two metals? What?

Pam

Does this mean everyone who's part Irish

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>gets one, and, if so, where's mine?

Bill, 1/8 Irish (Kelly, of course) through my grandmother

Too pretty to use!

Donald Pierson

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