Billy made me.......
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Topic: Billy made me.......
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Subject: Billy made me.......
Date Posted: December-18-2011 at 7:09pm
..do it! The other day Billy called me with a problem with a sticking door he had on his house and needed to plane down the door edge. He had his late father's Stanley #5 hand plane and needed some tips on how it worked. Well, quite frankly, I needed to turn on the "way back" machine and do some thinking as well. We got it figured out and Billy no longer has a sticking door. In the mean time, it got me thinking that maybe I should check out my long forgotten and very lonely Stanley #5. Sure enough, it was still hanging on the wall where I hung it 26 years ago. Pulling it down, reviled plenty of rust. An hour later it was all cleaned up and oiled. It even still makes shavings out of solid wood!
The Stanley #5 was probably the best and well used hand plane out there. Yes, the good old days when it didn't come from Chiwaneze. BTW, I have a hand power plane and the reason the Stanley has been hanging on the wall all these years!  Oh, the amazing things electricity can do for us!  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: December-18-2011 at 8:10pm
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I was going to say,how do you plug it in? But I guess it is one of those cordless models. ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: December-18-2011 at 9:01pm
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Thats even better than a cordless,it's a "Green" model ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: December-18-2011 at 9:49pm
 Great one Dave!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
OverMyHead wrote:Posted By: peter1234
Date Posted: December-18-2011 at 10:47pm
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there is still nothing like the feel of catching that curl and the sound it makes ------------- former skylark owner now a formula but I cant let this place go |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 12:46pm
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I used one of those many times with meaningless projects as a kid. Hopefully didn't bang it up too bad, I'm sure the old man was cringing. ------------- |
Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 1:11pm
I'll second that. I dug mine out of the dust for the Hurricane project. Not that I have anything against power tools but sculpting with hand tools is an amazing feeling. There's a place for everything but sometimes you have to slow down and do it old school. My forearms are burning this morning from using a long board for 8 hours saturday. ------------- You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails |
Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 1:25pm
| I don't really see how anyone could properly fit a plank without a hand plane. |
Posted By: must_dash
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 1:26pm
I have to agree with you, some times the 'old' kit works best, I don't think that there is a better feeling than slowly with an old plane, add in not ear defenders etc. I'm in the lucky situation of a full set of electric and a full set of manual. Some electric are always used and never the manual, some items it's the reverse. ------------- 1986 Martinique - sold When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. |
Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 1:30pm
I went to a vocational school for woodworking and my dad was a builder at the time. We had to learn how to sharpen tools so I practiced on my dads. After a while he started bringing home more and more tools and I learned that they were from his whole crew. LOL. They couldn't believe how nice they came out. To this day Dad will bring that up any time we talk about the wood boat and I'm sure he will again this weekend when we visit.  ------------- You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails |
Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 7:49pm
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Sharpening, one more Artform.
The thing about is, a person has to like to do it. I never did. I worked with a guy who loved to sharpen pretty much anything that needed sharpening. I've only recently within the last few years gained an interest in learning the art of hand filing a chainsaw chain. |
Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 8:21pm
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Glad to see my call to Pete sparked an interest in old and wood. I grew up in my Dad's wookworking shop, with little desire to learn or particapate in my fathers hobby,big time loss for me.Good side was I was gifted with all my Dads tools, and most have not been used in 20 years.
I call Pete to ask sometimes what a certain tool or gadget I found in Dads stuff and what do you use it for, great group of guys here.. ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: Munday
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 8:35pm
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Great post, I have my great grandfathers tool chest. He worked at building railrode cars. Some very cool old molding planes,large hand made planes. For anyone who wants to sharpen the book "Ultimate Edge" will send you down the right path.
Cya Bob ------------- If the only tool you have is a hammer,everything starts to look like a nail. |
Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: December-19-2011 at 8:58pm
------------- Mike N 1968 Mustang |
Posted By: Keuka
Date Posted: December-20-2011 at 3:01am
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It's really cool to see the interest in old tools here, be it Pete's restored planer and jointer or hand tools. I too have a wooden carpenters box that was my Grandfathers. He was a machinist by trade but had this box of carpenter hand tools. I still will go to that box to find a tool I need at times. I have nearly a dozen hand planes that belonged to my other Grandfather. Most are Stanley planes similar to Pete's in various shapes and sizes. The wooden bodied planes are proudly displayed on my desk.
I have a friend who had a boat building/restoration business for several years here in the Finger Lakes. He had many tools that belonged to his Grandfather and Great Grandfather who were also boat builders. The coolest tools to work with were the 3 in 1 and the 5 in 1 that he had. Tablesaw, jointer, planer, bandsaw and sander all in 1 tool. David ------------- 86 Martinique |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: December-20-2011 at 3:21am
glad to see you on here Mike...been awhile since I seen ya here. Hope all is well... john ------------- "Loud pipes save lives" AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
Posted By: Okie Boarder
Date Posted: December-20-2011 at 4:47pm
| I have one sitting in a tool bin that was my grandfather's. |