I did. Please see my above 'testing' method. :p If you're concerned that there were a lot of damaged files left in my wake, don't be. I was a lot more careful than the store employees who decided...
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I did. Please see my above 'testing' method. :p If you're concerned that there were a lot of damaged files left in my wake, don't be. I was a lot more careful than the store employees who decided...
The file that you reported on was the one that I specifically went to the store to check on. To test it, I tried filing several other files in an inconsequential area that should have been hardened...
Upon George's semi-recommendation of these files, I went by HF a couple of weeks ago and checked them out. I took the file in question and first tried filing one of its kin; no luck there. Then I...
Lateral adjuster and depth adjustment knob are the two immediate giveaways. Save for the Buck Rogers-planes, those two things just never changed for MF. Correction, the knob changed (from having a...
Isn't that the (expensive) truth. Let's not even begin to discuss all editing software! :D
True, but the planes in the background are soft as well, so it's a shallow DOF in this case. There was no exif info in the image, so I couldn't tell what settings she used.
The image as a whole...
I've got one Grobet file, a 12" half-round mill, if I remember correctly. I absolutely love it.
Funny story, but my wife actually got this at an HR training seminar several years back. The...
To further that thought, even if you do break a few teeth by trying to squeeze out some of the set, it's almost the same as filing away the teeth in the first place.
Is it normal? Not in my experience. I will tell you, however, that being a newbie to saw sharpening, you should keep the factory teeth to help guide you on your sharpening journey. If you joint...
Another very easy thing you can do is to file, scrape or curse away the paint that is covering the vital contact points on both the frog and the plane body. On second thought, the cursing hasn't...
Have you thought about a 'go bar'-type clamp? If you've got a scrap 1x laying around, you could always cut it to length and wedge it between the nearest wall and your board. If it's snug enough,...
That's a new one to me. Thanks for sharing it. I know that tranny fluid is really slick (NEVER leave it on your garage floor! DAMHIKT), but I wouldn't have imagined that it could be thinned enough...
I concur with everything mentioned here, although I've never had any of my planes require more than a good soaking of PBlaster to get the depth adjuster unstuck.
Sorry about the misinformation earlier, but I mentally switched up two of my planes that I'm refurbing. While the depth adjustment knob is most certainly very similar to my Ward's Lakeside, it is...
That's certainly not a Miller's Falls item. I have a Ward's Lakeside that I am almost through refinishing and it has a similar frog, adjuster knob and lateral lever. I am almost positive that mine...
Indeed they did, on their Type 5s. I'm not familiar enough with any other manufacturer to know if they used them or not. One look at the lateral adjuster will quickly tell if it was an...
The first one is what everyone has said. The second item is an old pipe reamer.
On a curious whim, I bought one of those just to see if it did either task - rasping and chiseling - with any proficiency. I can attest that the chisel will take a surprising edge, but it doesn't...
That little plane looks awesome now! I love the idea of using the coin as a palm 'grip'. I've become a copper penny hoarder specifically to use them in making things like that. Haven't used one...
Have you (or anyone else) modified yours? If so, what did you do? I've thought about JB Weld in the chipbreaker hole to close it up some, but wasn't sure if it would be durable enough to be worth...
That's odd, because only one of my five MF planes has the single-threaded-end tote screw. They are all Type 3s and 4s, as best I can tell. Luckily, I acquired most all of mine a couple of years ago...
I love MF planes, with the only complaint being that there is too much slop in the depth adjustment knob. I don't know if the chipbreaker's yoke slot or the yoke itself have just been worn away over...
Tell me about it. Does a Powerwheel count? :D He already tries to get in the driver's seat whenever we have to go somewhere, and he's been studying my shifting *very* carefully. I'm going to have...
It's surprising to see so many feline shop familiars. While we've got a small army of feral cats in the woods around our house, the only neander pet that joins me in the shop is my 19 month old son....
I hope nobody walks up on me while I'm looking at this thread. At first glance, that fastener appears to be quite a bit more than 'G' rated. :p