Woodie & Mortise Chisel (Gloat)

[Chris Padilla]

Well, here are two sets of Neander items I picked up recently.

The woodie plane is from Gene Collison--an ECE 701 Primus Jointer (see the Classifieds). The mechanical adjuster is slick and the plane is nice and flat...although I found the counter it sits on isn't at all! It has a beech body and the sole is hornbeam.

The set of mortising chisels are brand-new from LN. Those handles are hornbeam, too! They have a nice heft to them.

Looking forward to some chopping and smoothing...when the shop gets done....

Fournd an interesting site on the American Hornbeam:

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...n_hornbeam.htm

[Donnie Raines]

Nice haul!.....especialy those LN's.....

[Keith Christopher]

Oh I am so green with envy, nice score Chris !

[Brent Anderson]

Where did you get the chisels from? (Not listed on LN website)

[Chris Padilla]

Brent,

you caught me! Uh...ahem...well...I kinda sorta have a lil' bit of an inside track at LN...kinda sorta........

[Gary Max]

Always nice to have freinds in the right places.
The stuff from LN would look good in my shop.
The biggggg thing-----where is the gas tank at---or the cord????
Looks great Chris

[Chris Padilla]

Always nice to have freinds in the right places.

Yep but it can get expensive, too!

The stuff from LN would look good in my shop.
The biggggg thing-----where is the gas tank at---or the cord????
Looks great Chris

The filler tube is my mouth...the gas tank is well...the refrigerator??

[Alan Turner]

Nice. Do you know when LN will release the mortisers? And, at what price? And, do you need to buy the full set?
Thx.
Alan

[Chris Padilla]

I think LN is selling off all of their pre-production chisels to anyone who'll phone them and ask about them<--just a guess I have. I have no clue about stock or anything but as my first set of mortising chisels, I decided just to get everything they had.

When I was ordering, however, she asked me what handle I wanted (hornbeam or rosewood) and which sizes. I said hornbeam and the full set! I paid $50/each plus $6 for shipping.

I would call and talk to them and see what you can come up with. A friend of mine that has these chisels is quite impressed with the hornbeam handles...he has beat the crap out of them and they look barely broken in!

[Gene Collison]

Chris,

You didn't tell me about the chisels! I would have traded the plane straight up for the chisels!!!

Gene

[John Miliunas]

Hmmm...Must be something with these Picture Police! I note that, BOTH of them recently acquired some real, REAL nice, big-time electron burners, but yet, BOTH of them are heavy into the calorie burning equipment. On the bright side, might be some good deals in the near future on some of the heavy iron! Nice scores, Chris. Too expensive for my budget, but would be nice to have.

[Tom LaRussa]

The woodie plane is from Gene Collison--an ECE 701 Primus Jointer (see the Classifieds).

Cool woodie.

OT: Some of the ECE's are a little weird looking for my taste -- the ones with the rhinosaurus (sp?) horn sticking up in front. In the first place it looks like it's angled in the wrong direction. In the second place it looks like it's supposed to be some sort of male fertility totem -- if you get my drift.

The mechanical adjuster is slick and the plane is nice and flat...although I found the counter it sits on isn't at all!

No problem now. Just plane the sucker, then check it with the straightedge you're getting for the aircraft carrier. Alternatively, you could detach the counter, flip it over, and run it through the aircraft carrier. Whichever tool is best for the job.

The set of mortising chisels are brand-new from LN. Those handles are hornbeam, too! They have a nice heft to them.

Those do look like NICE mortisers, and they are dang cheap -- for LN products anyhow.

Fournd an interesting site on the American Hornbeam:

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...n_hornbeam.htm

Speaking of the American Hornbeam...

Since you have something of an inside line at LN, I wonder if you could find out exactly what type of hornbeam they use? Do they use American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, (aka Blue Beech), or American Hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, (aka Ironwood)?

http://www.gate.net/~andykell/ftof/ftof5.html

[Pam Niedermayer]

OT: Some of the ECE's are a little weird looking for my taste -- the ones with the rhinosaurus (sp?) horn sticking up in front. In the first place it looks like it's angled in the wrong direction. In the second place it looks like it's supposed to be some sort of male fertility totem -- if you get my drift....

You do know how silly this is. Those planes IME (I've used the reformed smoother and a scrub) are incredibly comfortable to use, the horn provides great mechanical advantage for those of use who use hands.

As to wrong direction, you do have to be careful to get a left handed version if you're left handed and vice versa.

Pam

[Bob Marino]

Got the LN 's a couple of weeks back, just got to get around to honing. Real nice feel to them.

Bob

[Tom LaRussa]

You do know how silly this is.

Yes, I do.

But I never claimed to be very mature.