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Thread: Stanley SW. Really?!
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18th December 2017, 12:50 PM #1
Stanley SW. Really?!
On the local shop's gifts for guys table......
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18th December 2017, 03:25 PM #2
obviously old stock....very old stock......
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26th December 2017, 01:27 PM #3Member
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The pouches are still available from a couple of sellers on eBay and elsewhere, although it appears Stanley have dropped the product line. Do a Google search for "Stanley product code STA023".
The Sweetheart symbol appears to have been last used on a new Stanley plane produced from about 2009.
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26th December 2017, 08:13 PM #4
Like an old adage says When you're on a good thing stick to it or perhaps it should be when you think you're on a good thing stick to it !
Johnno
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30th December 2017, 07:17 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Hah, yeah I saw some of this gear recently here in Seattle. I guess they're rebooting the brand with some swag as well as the chisels.
FWIW I've read good things about the chisels. If a monster ever eats my workshop I might try them out in lieu of the Lie Nielsens.
Who knows, maybe they'll start making decent planes again?
Cheers,
Luke
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30th December 2017, 04:18 PM #6
I'm not sure if their last batch of SW planes were decent.
I only have experience with the 92.
I needed (wanted) a wider shoulder plane than the Record 041 (16mm) that I already owned.
I read a reasonably favorable review by Chris Schwarz (here) and paid far less than a vintage or premium version.
The plane is actually quite good. Now.
It took some work softening the edges and putting it together with the right tolerances/screw tensions that enabled on the fly adjustment.
It's earned it's keep.
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30th December 2017, 04:40 PM #7
The only full size plane I ever bought new was a new-era-sweetheart #62. I happened to be in Boston in 2009 and Woodcraft were having a Columbus day sale event where I saw a Sawstop demo and bought the #62, shop soiled, on sale.
I've never been able to get it to work. I keep it as a reminder that I need a good reason to buy a tool, not just because it's on sale. I must take it out again and have another go at tuning it up, I think the sole must be considerably concave.Franklin
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