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12 June 2019 at 9:55 pm #580472
It stays in the up position 99% of the time. I did have to go back and “re-engineer” slightly, and that was to get larger (and longer) insert nuts—going into the end grain of 2×4 pine proved to be too weak for some of the heavier planing. I also epoxied the threads.
18 January 2018 at 11:41 pm #442692FWIW, I have a Millers Falls 16 (copy of Stanley 9-1/2 I believe) which I keep around solely because it was my great grandfather’s. I only ever used it when helping my dad with carpentry tasks, never for fine work, but I still keep it in my apron just as a keepsake (OK, and it helps me “look the part” also…).
18 January 2018 at 11:29 pm #442685for a 65 1/2 that went on walkabout
I hate it when they do that…
10 January 2018 at 1:33 am #431941The Saturday before Christmas, was Christmas come early, when I got a Tyzak brass back Tenon saw for £1.50, an immaculate, boxed, Stanley No. 4 1/2 for £15, and a really clean Stanley No. 78 10″ Brace and 41 bits (yes, 41) for a fiver, oh, and a wooden marking gauge for a quid.
BRB, booking a flight to the UK…
8 January 2018 at 1:45 pm #430943low-rent “antique malls”
You’re giving away all the secrets! 90% of my scores are from these.
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7 January 2018 at 2:26 pm #430331Not only that, but if you had a router, you typically only had one, whereas with bench planes, you would have had several. The US was built on (comparatively unskilled) 2×4 framing, which is why everyone’s grandfather had the middle bench planes and crosscut D-8s. The US was full of carpenters, not woodworkers.
As mentioned above, outside of eBay (at least in the US and UK) you can still find remarkably cheap CARPENTER’S tools.
7 January 2018 at 1:40 pm #430304I only consider current prices for the routers ridiculous. While prices of all the older items have risen, paying even $40-50 for a well-made bench plane that will last you a lifetime is still a good deal in my book. My cut-off point is usually around 50% the value of a new, equal-or-better-quality tool. So, with the routers, it makes much more sense to buy new, unless you’re the type of woodworker who likes to feel superior or brag about using vintage tools. But, like I said, even though eBay prices of, say, the #4 have risen from $10-15 a few years ago to $50 or so today, that is still a great price to pay for the tool you are getting, and not something anyone should be complaining about. These tools were much more expensive for the craftsman who originally bought them. I believe Paul said in a blog entry that his tools cost him HALF of his first year’s wages, so keep that in mind when purchasing any tool today, regardless of if it’s new or new-to-you.
2 January 2018 at 9:13 pm #426577“Vintage tools”
“Antique tools”
“Old tools”It will take a bit more work to sift through all the extraneous results, but you will certainly find some steals that way. This is also more likely to turn up “lots,” which could be 5, 10, or 15 different tools, but may contain the one or two you are desperately looking for, at a bargain. I recently saw on eBay something labeled “vintage tool lot,” which contained a 71, 2 bench planes (a 3 and a 5, I believe), a try square, along with a dozen other junk tools I wouldn’t ever use, that sold for about $70. The description didn’t list any of these tools, so I doubt many would-be buyers even saw the listing.
2 January 2018 at 5:52 pm #426385Nope, $140 in the US for the full-sized “71.” Their “271” lists here for $80.
It “only” comes with a 3/8″ square cutter, but you can get the adapter to use the smaller 271 cutters in the larger 71, if you so choose.
The depth stop on the LN is a simple design and comes in handy. It’s located directly on the cutter post, and it works by simply preventing you from lowering the cutter any further. So, what you could do is set the router to final depth and tighten the depth stop, use it as a marking gauge, back off the cutter as far as necessary, and then repeatedly work to the original depth setting. I’m sure there’s a video on YT that shows it better than I can explain.
2 January 2018 at 3:04 pm #426243I would argue that even the most “basic” used 71s for sale are disproportionately expensive (in the US and on eBay, at least). I can’t justify $100 or so for a rusty tool with whatever cutter is already installed in it, when a new Lie-Nielsen retails for $140.
2 January 2018 at 1:13 pm #426170Maybe one day I’ll have he luxury of being able to afford a used router 😂
31 December 2017 at 5:55 am #424474I travel frequently with my job (bulk of the east coast US) and stop in every antique store / flea market I pass by…and I hadn’t seen a single router plane in the 6 months or so I had been searching for one. I’m pretty damn good at tracking down hard-to-find items, and I’ve found every other tool you would need (and at bargain prices–recently picked up a pre-war #4 for $10), but nary a router ANYWHERE. I finally threw in the towel and sprung for a LN…love the tool but every time I use it I’m reminded of my failure. A few weeks back I was passing through Pittsboro, NC, and stopped in the tool store at Roy Underhill’s school. The place is truly impressive, hundreds of bench planes, boxes and shelves full of chisels, spokeshaves, etc, but only one lonely router plane, a 71 in poor condition, going for $95. I spoke with Ed who runs the place, and he was equally lamenting the absurd prices being asked for the routers these days and how hard they are to come by. Part of the problem is every router has “Stanley 71” (or the equivalent) cast right into it, so it’s incredibly easy for anyone who finds one to do a quick Google search and realize they can charge a premium for it, which is further compounded by the next person who’s selling one, cue the vicious cycle.
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