Talk to me about Stanley 180 Rabbit planes

Re: Talk to me about Stanley 180 Rabbit planes

ernie miller

>I have sold several over the years they are the same as on a 78 I think so you should be able to find one do a search on flea bay and see what the compleated auction prices are you will get your answer there I think I got in the area of 20-25 for a depth stop and thumb screw

Nice plane

jim reed @ tallahassee

>The 180 rabbet is a nice plane to use. Not as handy as the 78, but helpful. Without the depth stop, it is a door stop. A depth stop scrounged from a 78 or ordered new from Stanley parts would add value and utility to the plane.

OK,....so

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>Jim,

You guys are making a good case for me to keep this plane. A reply on SMC's hand tool forum from Clint Jones gave me a pdf that contained the part numbers for a replacement depth stop. I think the total was $10. So that is a no-brainer.

But one of the reasons I never used it was my uncertainty on where and how to use it. How do I learn to use it properly? Is there some kind of article I can look at? Or book?

Later,

Dominic

Personally...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I'd ditch it and get a 78 or even better a Record 778 or even better a 289, but that's just MHO

What I don't about this plane is pretty much everything about it. It has no depth adjuster, no nickers, and most of all no fence. Pretty worthless as a rabbit plane, again MHO.

Get a copy of a book called "Planecraft". It was orignally produced by Record tools and features the use of their planes. It's a great referance. You should be able to find it at the libary, or it's available on line for purchase.

Disagree, except for the part about "Planecraft"

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Anyone who wants to know how to use metal planes should own a copy of "Planecraft." It's cheap, still available new from Woodcraft for about $10 last I looked, and comprehensive. Yes, you have to get past the British writing (not hard if you're British, I imagine, but a chore for many Americans), but it will reward study. When I first got it, I read through it about four times, and, 30 years later, I will refer to it.

If you don't own any other rabbet plane, Dominic, this will be a good starting point - after all, you don't need to spend money to buy it. I use my 78 without the fence and without the depth gauge frequently, when I need to correct an existing rabbet, or (more often for carpentry in this case), when I need to cut a rough rabbet or plane something down that is up against a surface. You can tack battens on the stock for width and depth of rabbet. For gauging depth, you could also just use a marking gauge to set your depth, and plane to the mark. If you do buy a copy of "Planecraft" (by the way, buy directly from Woodcraft, not from the online booksellers - the book tends to be more expensive used than new!), look at the discussion of the No. 10 bench rabbet plane for an idea of how to use a plane without a fence and depth stop.

Rabbet planes are handy

jim reed @ tallahassee

>if just for cleaning up after an electric router. No need for fancy attachments when you are just trying to clean up a joint.

Jim, what;s an "electric router"?

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

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Here's one, Todd..... 

Rob Brophy...lost in Niagara

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