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Thread: broken plane, broken heart
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13th July 2007, 10:48 PM #1
broken plane, broken heart
I have just dropped my sweet Stanley Sweetheart 60 1/2 low angle block plane and smashed the palm grip off the cap iron!
Not happy, I feel like I've lost a friend, where's that Brown Bros licqueur muscat?
b*^$*r!
Fletty
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13th July 2007, 10:54 PM #2
sorry, no sympathy until we see proof!
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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13th July 2007, 11:19 PM #3
... you're a hard man martrix, sending a mate back out into the cold to confront this ......
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13th July 2007, 11:29 PM #4
Should be able to get another one of those - least you didnt damage the sole - then you would be
Not too sympathetic are we
Have a nice port and contemplate a search - even such a small item could be easily sent from US or UK - do some searching I think all is not lost.
At least the part that broke is the silly part that let go of your grip - serves it right I sayCheers
TEEJAY
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
(Man was born to hunt and kill)
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13th July 2007, 11:30 PM #5
Oh dear. that is tragic.
I think I have the exact same plane. What makes it a sweetheart?I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
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13th July 2007, 11:37 PM #6
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13th July 2007, 11:47 PM #7Cheers
TEEJAY
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
(Man was born to hunt and kill)
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14th July 2007, 01:05 AM #8
Fletty,
here is alink to the Stanley repair parts catalogue
http://www.stanleytools.com/xhtml/li...atalog0304.pdf
Scroll down to page six ,the part you need is listed .
You just need to order through a Stanley seller .
I bought a screw kit for the smoothing planes took about a week to get.
Kev."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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14th July 2007, 05:43 AM #9
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14th July 2007, 07:51 AM #10
Sorry to hear. Horrible feeling. I know what you mean.
Those cap irons shouldn't be too expensive.
I don't have any block plane parts I'm affraid. But Hans Brunners got one here for 20 bucks.
http://www.hansbrunnertools.gil.com.au/stanleyPARTS%204.htm
Think he adds 9 bucks postage as well. Something like that.
Might be an option.
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14th July 2007, 10:39 AM #11
Since it's "only" the handle bit, not something critical to the actual tool-work, why not glue it back together with epoxy?
I reckon that'd work, and it'd give you a constant reminder of what happens if you drop it again!
Sorry,
P
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14th July 2007, 11:08 AM #12
Sorry to hear your sad news Fletty.
Will a knuckle joint cap fit your plane? Someone else on this forum should know.
I have found these to be more comfortable in the hand, than the style of cap that is now broken on yours.
They have the added advantage of being pressed steel and virtually unbreakable.
If this idea is a goer, then Stu Minuskin has a few. Look here:
http://www.toolexchange.com.au/OtherPlanes&Parts.htm
Once again Fletty - sorry for your loss.
Regards
SGLast edited by Scribbly Gum; 14th July 2007 at 11:08 AM. Reason: typo
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14th July 2007, 09:51 PM #13
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14th July 2007, 10:07 PM #14
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15th July 2007, 09:23 AM #15
Didnt think of that. That binding screw can still force down on the blade eh ?
You can buy a steel version of epoxy. I think its called 'steel paste' . Might be worth a go. Under 10 bucks a tube.
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