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19th April 2018, 02:08 PM #16Senior Member
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Because right now I'm not even 100% certain if I will do much planing by hand to begin with. I want to, and I probably need to as I dont have much room left for joint/thickness/plane machines, I just havent done it before and therefore I dont really know if it's for me. I hope it is.
In the past I always used machines for the heavy lifting and planes just for minor finetuning.
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19th April 2018, 07:37 PM #17SENIOR MEMBER
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One advantage of picking up an old Stanley or two is that you’ll almost always be able to get back most of what you spent on them if you decide later that you don’t need them any more. I can’t see a point anytime in my lifetime where there won’t be a demand for good usable old Stanley planes.
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19th April 2018, 09:07 PM #18
I second this point here if you want to save some $$$ more so if you're not sure of your hand tool requirements.Most of the good Stanleys will work fine some may need a little bit of attention better off saving your hard earned for other facets of your needs within your ww needs.
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20th April 2018, 12:23 AM #19Senior Member
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One day, not now.
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20th April 2018, 06:05 AM #20GOLD MEMBER
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I'm curious as to how old these record planes were, because I've had about 10 and they were all pretty good. I haven't had any that were at the end of the Record run, though.
they're so cheap in England that you can pay international shipping, use them, and still resell them at no loss in the US. Especially 4 1/2s. I think I bought two from the UK for 20-25 pounds each (they're not listed for that all the time, but if you're willing to be patient and participate in auctions, you'll find good deals here and there).
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29th December 2018, 08:11 PM #21Senior Member
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Just as an update 8 months later, I now have four Luban planes: plough, rebate, smoothing, jack
I like them.
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