If you get the USB microscope, get a cheap stand for it too. It is not easy to focus and hold steady by hand.
Or you can skip the visual and go to cutting pressure:...
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If you get the USB microscope, get a cheap stand for it too. It is not easy to focus and hold steady by hand.
Or you can skip the visual and go to cutting pressure:...
If you are on Facebook, another place is Just Plane Fun - the parts division it is run by Michael Jenks, who has a large inventory of parts
on i’m gonna put a big cardboard box in my shopping write A Safe Place on it. I have way too many safe places now and can’t find anything
My favorite part of not using machines is avoiding most measurements. The part just needs to be the “right” size, it does not need to be a specific number. Dividers rock!
I wonder I f it is that younger people just have no life experience with things built with a quality that last generations. Now it’s all buy it use it. It breaks, throw it away buy a new one....
I'd prefer sending it to Robin Lee! Well thought out!
Vic Tesolin just started selling tools from Melbourne Tool Company, they have a large shave, about a foot across:...
Jim, do you know what happened to Johnny?
I think the Esty guy in France just does it as a hobby.
My Paste-fu skills are weak.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1443488206/made-to-order-half-set-of-hollows-rounds
This guy on Etsy makes good looking planes. He is in France IIRC
I agree with Jim. That plane looks perfectly serviceable, if a bit dirty. I have doubts that it was new when his grandfather got it. Clean it up a bit, sharpen the blade, flatten the bottom if...
If anyone else is interested. The prices don't seem too bad.
http://pechar-rasps.com/en/
Maybe for working in clay sculpting?
I have not used the Trend series. I have used a few of the DMT stones and found that I preferred Atoma stones for the speed and longevity of the cutting action. But I don't think they make dual...
If you have to ask, keep buying.
^^ This! And the DX.
That is a good idea. I use a couple of fast food trays, but the stones do slip. Some silicone sheet in the bottom would fix that. I like the trays as they have a lip to retain the water.
I have this grinder. The wheels it comes with should be discarded, typical for cheaper grinders. It is very smooth in use and has sufficient power....
I've been told that a thin cut-off wheel in a Dremel type tool works well.
Atoma 140x diamond plate.
2 3/8" seems an uncommon size. I have lots of 2 1/4" and 2 1/2". Some of the latter are 1/64 or 1/32 shy of the full 2 1/2". How well does the blade fit the plane? Is there enough side to side...
Thank you Eric, that is a great looking result! I tried one of the Caswell "mini" plating kits years ago and did not get good results. It looks like I need to go for something better if I try this...
Eric, I would like to learn more about this.
I have a box of antique blades, mostly tapered blades. Most have some minor pitting due to poor storage in the decades past, so a bit of elbow grease will be needed. What is the width of your iron?