Veritas Skew Rabbet / Rebate plane
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I recently purchased a Lee Valley skew rabbet plane and want to pass on one detail that might help others. The plane includes a nicker similar to a pizza cutter that is screwed eccentrically to a cylinder let into the side of the plane. This cylinder is retained by a locking screw on the off side of the plane. The screw is loosened to allow the nicker to be brought down to depth.
On my plane, I could only loosen the locking screw about 1/4 to 1/2 of a turn and then it started to feel like it was misthreaded. After that small turn, the nicker could be adjusted. The plane was 100% functional, but I wondered about whether the screw was meant to be withdrawn or not, so rather than forcing the screw, I asked Lee Valley. They replied that this is normal. The locking screw meets the cylinder that holds the nicker at an angle, so tightening probably swages the end of the locking screw a little, which makes it not want to pass through the threads.
So, if you get one of these and notice that the locking screw starts to bind after a partial turn, probably the best thing to do is to let it be. Don’t force it. The plane is completely functional and there’s really no need to ever remove that screw. The guy at LV unscrewed his all the way, just to see, and said that while it came apart and went back together, it was hard to restart the screw, so the best thing is to just not do that.
So far, this seems like a wonderful tool except, like all rabbet and shoulder planes, I seem to cut myself every time I touch one. Some day, I’ll remember there is a second side to the blade and it’s poking out on the other side, waiting to draw blood.
At first, I didn’t like the fence because it seemed stiff, but now I like it a lot. It doesn’t become loose and floppy when the collets are loosened, which means I can just tap it to the dimension I like. Making a big change is slower, but not by much and usually adjustments for me are just a few eighths back and forth around 1/2″.
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