Veritas Router Plane, extra blades made in Taiwan… are they any good?
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I just bought (or got for Christmas actually) a new Veritas Router Plane, the fence, the extra imperial blades, plus the Inlay Cutter Heads. Wow! Something I have been looking forward to for a long, long time…. but, I was very surprised to find the extra blades were “Made in Taiwan.” I contacted them and expressed my disappointment, not that I have anything against Taiwan, but because I expected them to be made to high Canadian standards that I have come to expect from Veritas. Has anyone had any experience using these blades? Veritas said (as expected) they are made for them to very high standards and haven’t had any problems but I am skeptical. Oh well… I think I am going to stick to eBay or Swap Meets and find old tools and restore them.
5 January 2015 at 12:52 am #123060I recently bought the 1/4″ blade and have used it only once so far. It performed very well, but time will tell.
Yes, time will tell. It is interesting that the 1/2″ blades that came with the router are actually “Made in Canada” but the rest are not. I used the 1/2″ last night making a new shooting board out of phenolic ply wood and it worked great, but I don’t think the ply wood makes for a very good test. I will be trying out the other blades soon. I just thought it was sort of deceptive, but it probably said something in the fine print before I bought them.
5 January 2015 at 11:07 pm #123101On the online catalog page it says:
Made in Canada (except for blades).
I wouldn’t be worried about it though. I’ve found Lee Valley’s quality control and customer service to be excellent. I think in the years I’ve been a customer I’ve had one problem, which was rectified as soon as I brought it to their attention.
6 January 2015 at 1:35 am #123108I’ve put my router blades through some pretty rough stuff without a hitch, and it keeps its edge fine. I wouldn’t worry about Veritas and Lee Valley quality control.
6 January 2015 at 10:04 pm #123150My Large Router is a Stanley #71 with the Veritas blades and have not had a issue with them, they do what I ask.
Steve
When I bought my old Stanley 71 on eBay, it only came with the 1/4 cutter. After searching for a 1/2″ cutter for a while, I bought a Veritas cutter. Though it cut well and seemed to maintain an edge for a sufficient period, I did notice that the edge seemed to fracture; a problem I never noticed with the original Stanley. When I did locate an original Stanley 1/2″ cutter, I stopped using the Veritas cutter, primarily because of the further range of adjustment without having to turn the nut over. This isn’t a knock on Lee Valley/Veritas at all….I think they manufacture an outstanding line of tools. It was probably just an isolated substandard piece of steel.
10 January 2015 at 4:05 pm #123338I have just sold two 6 mm blades new!! ANSWER IS EASY
I bought a stanley number 271 on eBay with no blade. An Allen key fits……have not shaped it yet, it fits superbly.
I will grind a shape the same as real blades ie raised heel and cutting face.
No reason why you could not do the same with a number 72, I have one and can see it will work…….over to you…..JOHN10 January 2015 at 4:16 pm #123339Going back to your de rusting acid, I tried using rust dissolving acid…….I now have very pitted ex chromium lever caps……silly boy…….answer you can’t beat elbow grease. Bit of sandpaper (old used stuff) and WD40……works a treat and therapeutic???…John
I agree, the WD40 + EG works the old fashioned way. I have had some good success with pure Citric Acid (food grade, comes dry, mix with water) and a very carefully timed soak. I did do it too long on an old #45 once, and it didn’t pit but did change the color of the finish. It turned it kind of pinkish or maybe copper color. The tool is a user though, so I don’t care what color it is – it works great. For me, the Citric Acid soak works for the irons, screws, nuts, etc… extremely well. I still follow that up with a good WD40 + EG though. And, actually EG + Aluminum Foil works, but I started thinking it was the abrasion that was really doing the trick once the Foil gets bunched up.
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