Possibly broken lateral adjuster?
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Hi everyone
Took delivery of a War Finish Record number 5 today. Very good condition.
However, the lateral adjuster lever is very very loose. With the blade out, its completely loose. You can tilt the plane and the lever falls to the other side. It does work when the blade is in, it moves the blade but I’m concerned with how loose it is. My other plane which is a later 70s number 4 Stanley has quite a stiff lever. Not too stiff but stiff enough that it doesnt move by itself.
Is this how its supposed to be or is there a problem here?
Some planes seem to be worse than others. Photos are always helpful with this kind of problem, but so long as the adjustment lever doesn’t move in operation, it shouldn’t really matter. Worst case, it reminds you you have to adjust the blade again after you put it back in the plane 😛
Yeah it should be ok.
Taking a break from the restoration now, the iron was out of square and also I think it was left at the 25 degree bevel. I’m grinding a new 30 degree bevel using my honing guide on some 60 grit paper. Its taking much longer than I would have thought lol
I also sanded the handles down and put some shellac on them. They look much better now. For some reason the colour was faded slightly before. I don’t know why as they aren’t stained they’re just regular wood aren’t they?
Raze, I believe the adjustment lever is held to the frog with a pin. The pin is probably peaned (not sure if that is the right word) or hammered with a nail set to slightly expand it in it’s hole. This would have to be done with a solid backer so that the pin doesn’t push through the hole. Not sure if I painted a decent picture here.
Hmm…I get you. I tried it and I cant seem to get it to tighten up very much. Tried a different method, use the vice to tighten a pair of pliers that are on both sides of the pin, it worked a bit but when I went to tighten it more the pliers snapped xD
Cant trust those free tool sets you get when you buy printer paper.
I’d use a nail punch and some gentle tapping with a light hammer. I’ve not tried it, but it’d probably be pretty easy to go too far.
Well I’ve finished working on the plane, the iron doesnt move while in use so I think I’ll leave this as it is.
One problem though, I’ve noticed that the cutting edge has a slight curve to it. I assumed using the honing guide would straighten any curve that was there…does it not do that?
If your blade is straight and flat, then the honing guide should result in a straight edge. If your iron has a belly or is concave along its length, that could result in a curved edge. If you had not already done it, make sure the back of the blade is flat and polished.
I guess another thing that could cause a curved edge after sharpening is a dished out stone (if you’re using natural sharpening stones). If so, maybe the stones could use flattening.
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