As of 2:30 last night:

Stain drying since, hope to wrap up these two pieces in time for Thanksgiving delivery.

 

That's looking sweet, Smitty. Nice work.

 

Smitty, your place reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen sans tools. That has been buggin me for years. Got any cookies?

 

OK I take back the OCD comment, I forgot you had a commission. I should have said dedication!

Looks good.

 

Your grandmother's kitchen, really? Sounds like a place I'd like, with tools in the cabinets and all. Must be the pink-ish rag rug on the floor that brings it home. Stef loves that rug, BTW.

Stain dry, now time for first coat of finish. Oh, and propane tank is empty and not up for refill until Tuesday, maybe. So I'm onto Oil Heater and electric coil heater in the meantime. And right now, it's short-sleave working conditions. Should get down to 20s tonight they say, with possiblity of snow.

 

BRK, where's the alcohol? That's the only thing missing from your near-iconic pic

 

I used to think that No.9 was ugly; now it s the purdiest plane I don t have.

- terryR

Lie Nielsen discontinued theirs, but I've heard they will still make one if requested by a customer. Should still be less money than an original, too.

 

Giving the old Stanley No.7c a little work out today..

Getting a pair of boards ready to glue up…

Will wait until the glue is done, then drag the 7c back out…

Then the glue joint can be flattened a little better…

 

I used to think that No.9 was ugly; now it s the purdiest plane I don t have.

- terryR

Lie Nielsen discontinued theirs, but I ve heard they will still make one if requested by a customer. Should still be less money than an original, too.

- jmartel

Is this true?

 

I hadn't heard that.
Kinda doubt it based on eBay prices.

 

I don't recall where I found the information, but I'm looking for it. It's worth a call to them if you are serious, though.

They discontinued it for a reason, though, as the 51 is better for shooting.

 

BRK, where s the alcohol? That s the only thing missing from your near-iconic pic

- Brad

Actually Brad, that quote didn't roll over very well. That's was a pic Al posted a couple months ago. Still cracks me up. But just he smell of Copenhagen makes me wanna spew.

My only plane action of late has been with a blockie. Those buggers are infinitely useful in chairmaking…..

 

This isn't about planes, but it is applicable to planes. I thought I'd see if I could make a reproduction box for a Stanley 42X saw set just to see if I could. I wanted to start small rather than trying to make a box for a bigger plane. It's not as good as an original, but I think it turned out OK. The box is made from a file folder. If you were making a box for anything bigger than a block plane you'd want to use heavier material. The label wasn't too hard to make in MS Word. The color looks better in person than in the pictures. You can download the instructions for the 42X off the Internet, so I did and made a copy on cream colored paper. I would never represent anything about this as being original, but it's nice to have even a reproduction box, and it was a fun little project.

 

Very nice job Bob.!

 

Nice bob. Now I want to make boxes for all my tools.

 

If anybody wants to make a Stanley label, I have a No. 4 plane and the No. 42 saw set labels that I'll share with you. It would be easier to modify one of those than to start from scratch.

 

Nice box Bob That would look nice on top of the cabinet under your saw till. That would help start your saw museum displays.

 

Very good idea and well done Bob. There was a 45 sticker done not that long ago as well, done for a wooden box ?

 

My favorite rug on the interwebz smitty.

 

I don t recall where I found the information, but I m looking for it. It s worth a call to them if you are serious, though.

They discontinued it for a reason, though, as the 51 is better for shooting.

- jmartel

Lie-Nielsons catalog says that they will still make that Miter Plane via special order if somebody wants it. It's on the same page as the Shooting plane.