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Lie-Nielsen planes on Ask This Old House!

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Lie-Nielsen planes on Ask This Old House!

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Lie-Nielsen planes on Ask This Old House!

wilbur

>I saw an episode of Ask This Old House today, and Tom Silva did a segment on hand planes. The planes he was using were all Lie-Nielsens (!), although not explicitly identified as such.

He was basically talking about hand planing in carpentry work, such as using one to adjust the fit of a door being hung. But apparently he uses a Lie-Nielsen bronze low angle block plane to do so. As he held one up, he said, "I always keep one of these in my pocket."

The segment was only a few minutes long, which reminded me of an old Woody Allen routine that he did way back when he was a standup comedian. "I took a speed reading course. I was able to read War and Peace in just two hours. It's about Russia."

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in his pocket...

jim reed @ tallahassee

>Having spent time around construction sites, I highly doubt that Tommy has a LN in his pocket all the time. He may have a block plane, but not a LN. When you factor in the lost, broken, and *borrowed* items, I think nice tools on site have a half life of less than a week. Ugly, ratty looking, wheezey tools seem to last forever.

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#3

short pencils and yellow paint....

John in New Mexico

>I used to sometimes break my pencils into short stubs, so that they'd fit in my pocket or belt without injury, but also so that the shop annoyance wouldn't steal them (he liked new pencils).

I've also known guys to paint their tools with some ugly color paint- thats not news to anyone- but your post did bring to mind a nice new LN plane with a healthy splattering of yellow or green spray paint! Ugh!

John

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#4

Yes

jim reed @ tallahassee

>For the LN block plane, paint the body green and paint the lever cap bright orange. Then the plane would be yours forever and could also be seen from across the room.

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Re: in his pocket...

Neal in San Jose

>Yep. My job site plane was a maroon Stanley 220. No one would steal it, even tho I kept it very sharp, and had put a back bevel on the blade to tighten up the mouth. Still have it somewhere.

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