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22 January 2018 at 10:38 am #447540
I didnt know what to reply because I felt that either my ability to check for square was doubted or I needed to try it out a bit first, which now I have.
I touched the bottom just a bit and corrected the sideways tilt by a 1-2 mm which does make a difference. However the handle does wiggle from side to side, with the origo of rotation in the front screw. This side to side action of the handlde happens while the top screw of the rod stays in place and does not shift. My first thought was that maybe the hole for the rod is too wide?
Richard, to what you are saying, yes, bad habits was exactly what I was asking about, given that I am a novice. And now to your questions: I have not expected the threads on the receving side of the rod (the base), and I am not even sure how to do this. I know that the rod itself had a wobble to it when slightly screwed, but i have not yet screwed it fully without the handle to see how it connects. The rod itself is not bent. And do you have any suggestions on how to check how well the handle engages the base? Is it just by eyeing it? There might be some discrepancy here, which may account of the wobble I am experiencing, but just eying it didnt tell me anything specific.
PS: Oh, and thank you for such an in depth answer!
PPS: Filing down the rod in the handle didnt seem to make any difference in the wiggle.
PPPS: This is definitely a worker and not a collectible, so function is primary concern.- This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Zdenko Tudor.
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18 January 2018 at 4:33 pm #442321I was afraid to tug at it too much when it didnt come off, thinking that maybe the rod widened at the top, but having solved this i assume the washer has just grown stuck.
Anyhow, certainly i will take the whole thing apart and adress whatever i can. I am now attaching a photo of the handle up against a square.
From what you write David I am forces to conclude that this handle was “homemade”
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You must be logged in to view attached files.18 January 2018 at 2:32 pm #442219I was actually able to reach the rod (outside the threads) from underneath and rotate it, so this is now solved, though I am would still like another opinion on whether working with a plan with a bent rear handle will train my hand-eye coordination wrongly, such that on a straight handle i would constantly be planing everything out of square 🙂
(I do have a #4 with a straight handle, so this will luckily not be my very first plane experiance)
18 January 2018 at 1:40 pm #442186The problem is that I cannot examine the handle properly without removing it, and it does not come off before the rod is out. Thus I cannot grip the rod anywhere else besides throught the scre hole at the top.
18 January 2018 at 1:13 pm #442167Thank you for the answer Ed.
The sole does look sound, as I verified from the pictures on ebay prepurchase.
I have seen Sellers’ videos on plane restoration and i am aware of the wobble and that i can also file down the rod holding it down. This is not the case, it sits well however there is the bend that I mention. Also, since we are discussing the rod as well, I am not sure how to undo the rod, because unscrewing it from the top only removed the top screw, while the rod itself is still conneted to the plane, any suggestion? I am afraid to damage the screw if I go at it with a pair of plyers :).
Thanks again,
Zdenko8 August 2017 at 7:16 am #314393Funny that i would sign up for the masterclasses yesterday and this would be about the first post i would see.. I have ordered the bulk of the tools i need following Pauls advice, including a nr 4 pre 1970s plane. As it turns out, the eBay Global Shipping Programme (GSP) stopped the shipment and confiscated the plane. I was refunded and the seller kept his money.
In a clarification email I was told the following: “There are many different types of woods that are restricted by CITES. Rosewood, Mahogany and Cedar are a few examples.”
So, your sellers worries are well grounded.
I even tried “attacking” the eBay representative saying that it is a crime to destruct (i guess thats what they’ll be doing??) such a fine tool when it has so many good years left in it, but of course, there is nothing to be gained by that. I just need to find a seller that will ship to me directly.
What a shame, that a tool that so much is resting on has been delayed so much…
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