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Oh boy, I got it bad

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Oh boy, I got it bad

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>So I take a small detour (10 miles) from my trip to the Garden Center and hit a local flea market. I figure I could find some "parts" planes. I have a couple planes that need small parts in order to get them in shape 100%.

Now for the lofty sum of $10 I'm the proud owner of a Sargent #6 Jointer Plane. Only,.....it needs a new blade. Someone substituted a blade from a #4. Which is WAY too narrow.

@^%$&#! Now I have ANOTHER plane to recondition and find parts for!

I'm just glad I didn't buy those wooden rabbit planes that were making goo-goo eyes at me! I had to draw the line somewhere! :>)

BTW, does this addiction ever lessen?

See ya around,


Dominic


Neander in Training

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>Congrats on the new toy Dom. Now worries on the blade, they're easy enough to find.

And do tell, why didn't you buy those rabbit planes?!

No, this addiction never does lessen, matter of fact it grows and grows and GROWS!! Think a lathe is bad, you ain't seen nothing yet! Best to run while you still can is my advise. Another tool or two and escape will be impossible.

T.O.

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Heh,Heh,Heh..another one

Andy Lincoln,In Dearborn MI

>bites the dust and gains the shavings!!!Dom spend the $30-40 bucks and buy a Hock blade for that #6.If you get tired of the six that blade will fit the#4 1/2,and/or # 7 you don't own...yet......

Andy

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Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>Andy,

You wrote:

".....fit the#4 1/2,and/or # 7 you don't own...yet."

Got a Union #7 (I was hopping for a lever cap for it),......and a Record #8 (what a MONSTER!) already!

As far as the 4 1/2 goes,.....we'll see. The summer is young yet and here are many more garage sales and flea markets to hit. :>)

See ya around,

Dominic

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They were REAL beat

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>Todd,

You wrote:

"And do tell, why didn't you buy those rabbit planes?!"

There was some big cracks in the crucial areas, and the bodies were pretty beat. However, the person selling them must have thought they were made of gold. It's one thing to have a working wooden rabbit plane and ask a lot of money for it. But another one altogether to ask a mint for a piece of garbage! Momma' Greco didn't raise no fool!

See ya around,

Dominic

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There is only one cure for what you got. *LINK*

Roy Anderson

>Get the following therapeutic device and apply frequently.


Cure for rust collectors

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I told you!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>See Dom, you should have listened. Watch out for those rabbit planes, you get 2 together and they breed... FAST! DAMHIKT

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Ernie Miller

>Dom e-mail me you list of needed parts I will see what I have for you. I got a big parts box just ask Todd O Don't think I have a #7 lever cap how about 2 #4's that will give you a total of eight no that won't work?

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Re: Oh boy, I got it bad *LINK*

Walt Q

>Dom,

I have never seen someone slide so far so fast...what kind of grease are you using?

I like to think we all have a little machinist in us or at the least we all had erector sets when children.

Me, I tend to go for different designs (see link below)...many ways to get to the same place..always amazes me

we just can't get away from that exceptionally good feeling of putting something together and seeing that it actually works.

walt q....who slid many years ago

and is still nowhere near the bottom


what I really like

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Ever since I was a little kid

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>I've loved making "old things" work. I guess I inherited that from my Dad. I used to monkey around with anything broken I could get my hands on just to see if I could make it work. I guess that is what drives me to restore these old beauties. Plus I love to see how well they work after they've been tuned. It makes me feel like I'm bringing "back to life".

See ya around,

Dominic

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Ernie Miller

>You are a kinky old man Walt trying to get us infected with you fetishes. Poor ol Dom I think you just applied a little heat yo the grease he's using.

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