Thread: A few good finds

You still have a bit of luck - the 78 even has its fence! Haven't seen one for sale in 25 years without a missing fence, though that's not a big deal, I suppose as it's rarely needed. Hope it cleans up ok - the cutters are still freely available if it's unrecoverable.
Cheers,

Mick,

I just had three days at the other end of the Barron river, at Milla Milla, Malanda,Atherton etc.
Many nice water falls along the way but I still want to see the big ones in full flow!!

Jack.

Jack, that's where I go every weekend.

Our place in the hills is between Tarzali & Milla Milla.

I used to live in Townsville from '87 to '97, are you or were you a member of the woodturning club there?

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

I used to live in Townsville from '87 to '97, are you or were you a member of the woodturning club there?

Gee Cliff, you really know how to lead with your chin..... Jack reckons wood turning is a sport for old guys... you know, guys about your age!!!

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Gee Cliff, you really know how to lead with your chin..... Jack reckons wood turning is a sport for old guys... you know, guys about your age!!!

Thanks Peter,

You saved me the trouble of picking on another old guy!

Only joking Cliff. I once mentioned to Peter that I was saving turning until my mid-life crisis or roughly his age. That was some time ago and I am sure he is now well past mid-life!!!

I have not been a member of a woodturners club, I only moved to T'ville in January.
You are a lucky man Cliff if you get to go up there every weekend.

Jack

Glad to hear the wife is OK Mick

Did you know that Stanley still have parts on the shalf for the 78 I recently got Bunnings to get me in a new fence, depth stop and scribing blade. You need to supply the part numbers as the staff at Bunnings don't know what the names mean they think that a fence is something that you build along a boundry line.

I have the stankey spare parts catalouge on my hard drive if you would like it send me your email address if so.

Look after SWMBO

Regards

Phil Spencer

Phil,
thanks for your kind thoughts and offer of help. As far as I know the 78 is complete, I finished restoring it yesterday and got a nice thin shaving off a bit of old gum - I'll post a pic here as soon as I get the camera down to the shed. Not sure what you mean by a scribing blade though, maybe it's not complete after all :confused: There's a tiny screw on the side face with 3 circular indentations around it, is this where the scriber mounts? Or, just thinking about it, do I loosen the screw and turn the little three leaf clover shaped thingy around 180deg so part of it points down? Is this the scribing blade? I've looked at it previously when using a mate's plane and wondered what it was and thought it was just a fancy way of covering a hole made as part of the machining process. I'll PM you my Email address shortly.

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

:confused: There's a tiny screw on the side face with 3 circular indentations around it, is this where the scriber mounts? Or, just thinking about it, do I loosen the screw and turn the little three leaf clover shaped thingy around 180deg so part of it points down? Is this the scribing blade?
Mick

Yep Mick, that's the scribing blade. Good find, excellent price.

Best wishes to you & your good lady.

Hi Mick

The clover shaped thingmy is the scribing blade loosen the screw and turn it 90 deg to scribe across the grain. Stanley still sell these but they may need to be ground down to fit there were several differences in size. I got my 78 at a flee market for $20.00 minus the fence and depth guage whilst at the table SWMBO picked up a cpmplete No45 for me. Also have a look at my latest it is either a Mathieson or a copy of one around the turn of the century see post.

Hope the wife is getting better, will email stanley parts catalouge when you PM me.

Regards

Phil Spencer

Well I took out the spur and inverted it just to try it out. I found that it's about 1.5mm thick and not sharpened. Should I grind an edge on it and then sharpen it? I can't imagine that it will cut a cross the grain very well at all in its present form.

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Well I took out the spur and inverted it just to try it out. I found that it's about 1.5mm thick and not sharpened. Should I grind an edge on it and then sharpen it? I can't imagine that it will cut a cross the grain very well at all in its present form.

Mick

Yes, that seems to be the idea, Mick. Stanley must have left it to users to decide on how they wanted it sharpened. The old one I have has one spur sharp, and the other two are still more or less flat, with a slightly rounded end. I suppose you sharpen each one in turn as the previous spur wears out?
Cheers,