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Hello, may I trouble anyone to publish a picture or two or other links where I could see the brackets actually used/ mounted – preferably in an interior of a house or apartment. Those published so far were placed on a surface of a workbench or so, though they look great. I made 10 of them, found them very very handy but used them in our barn only to support shelfs for hoard of things… As for their usage in a our interior, well I did not get approval (from my Mrs.) as they might have not looked fancy enough… :/ many thanks.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by karol.
Hello Rick, a newbie here too offering you my experience…
My first #4 comes from from a local shop, bought it brand new half a year ago and at first I thought it was a disappointment, the only reasons being that it came with plastic handles instead of wooden ones and I suspect that it was manufactured in China, which is not considered as trusted source of any produce due to perceived inferior quality of products sold here where I live… After sharpening / honing the blade and its “tune-up” according to one of the Mr.Seller’s videos it worked as expected – I could get really fine shavings with a typical “shoooosh” sound and surprisingly pristine surface of the workpiece, too. Eventually, I got used to the plastic handles. Still, I was not sure whether this planer was the “right” one. So I bought several #4s from the UK eBay recently to compare this planer with a “real” one and nearly became a junkie – I ended up with a dozen of them – various brands (stanley, record, acorn, no-brand..), in as-found condition, claimed to be 30 – 80 years old, rusted, with loosen wooden handles, even one with plastic handles (again!, unintentionally though, with no refund…) or with other faults in them as well as restored by the sellers… there was one planer only with a screw missing (the one holding the blade and the “chip breaker” together), otherwise they were all complete and usable. The result – I cannot tell the difference… as long as the blade is sharp and the planer is overall in good condition (clean, no rust, lubricated sole, etc… and complete), I enjoy to use any of them very much – either the new one or the used ones. And obviously, I bought and found wooden planes – I like to use them, too.
Sorry for such a long reply, hopefully it helps. Best of good luck.
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