Reply To: Stanley 78 rabbet / rebate
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Per request, here are photos. I lapped the plane a couple days ago, right after our exchange, so you can already see some oxidation. The crack is at what I think you’d call the main frog (not the bullnose). Drilling sounds like a good idea, but is there any chance this will cause things to move so that I’ll need to lap it again? If so, I may just live with what I have. Currently, the nicker side is perfect. The off side is perfect at the mouth and just a thou or two off at the very front, which doesn’t matter. The sole needs more lapping. It is a hair off of square, but it’s close enough that a few test cuts came out well. I think it is close enough that the error can be absorbed in the blade. I’d be compulsive and lap this out, but I had trouble with some slight numbness in one hand after lapping the side, so I think I’ll let it go for now.
I ran a couple rabbets straight out of the titemark gauge line (regular blade, not the scoring blade) and didn’t have much trouble. To the extent that I had trouble, it was from laying the plane down too quickly rather than working deeper as a V plane first.
Just need to make fence extension now.
By the way, it was harder to lap the off side, even though it had less material. This was because the off side was convex, so it took extra control to keep from having the hump persist. I probably should have filed slight hollow and gone from there, but didn’t.
Finally, if you’re curious, the final dimensions produce a taper from toe to heel of about 1/32″. I’m trying to picture why this relief matters and am not picturing the “tight spot” you had in mind. Leveling the floor of a very wide groove?
You asked about the webbing in the casting, so there’s an extra photo from the off side.
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- This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Ed.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Ed.