Thread: Depth stop

Hi,

How many cutting irons does your
Record 040 have. In the book on planes
I have it shows 3 ?

Martin.

Well done. I also recently picked up a Record 043. Mine is missing a few more bits.



I found it in a second hand shop. They clearly did not know what it was. [emoji3]

However, I believe it will not be too hard to make a new lever cap and I still have some 1085 to make a couple of blades.

For the depth stop I don't have to think how to do it. Thanks to you [emoji6]

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Hi Martin and CK. Yes, it came with the 3 blades. The smallest one was used to make the groove in the timber that it's resting on. The lever cap is a shaped chunk of metal with a threaded boss at one end. I can take more photos if you need, I believe they both planes have the same sort.

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Well-done, MA, we'll have you making innfills before long!

One of the messages I constantly push is that working with metal is not that much different from working with wood - the tools like saws & rasps (files) do the same things, they just have to be a bit tougher & finer & consequently, things go at a somewhat slower pace. That's not always a bad thing - you can (sometimes) see the disasters coming & take evasive action.

And metal does have that wonderful property of malleability - you can't peen wood to make a tight, seamless joint...

Cheers,

MA,

Well done I’ve said this a few times Metal is really just very very hard wood,I know that sounds cocky, but in a lot of ways the tools are similar, an metal does behave in some ways similar too wood,you can cut it chisels it drill it bend scrap it !!
(Weld it but let’s leave that for later, or call that glueing it).

As Ian said you’ll be doing a Full Body metal plane in no time, We know you want too.[emoji41]

Just keep at it,

Thanks Ian and Matt. Alright, I will have to give it a go, definitely, someday, soonish.

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Thanks Ian and Matt. Alright, I will have to give it a go, definitely, someday, soonish.

It’s good too have a Plan [emoji849].

Just needling, MA, just needling....

I reckon if you get into infills & the planes of the late 19th C you'll be a lost cause in no time, so maybe they should wait 'til you have the time to indulge in wherever it takes you. I didn't make many planes before I retired & I have no doubt whatever, based on what you've done so far, that you'll be well ahead of me once you get going seriously!

It doesn't take long before you branch out into stuff you don't really need but catches your interest for one reason or another, and there's so much stuff online now. I've been reading up on the history of metal planes these last few days & there's some fascinating planes from centuries back that would make a very interesting project. But I'm not making any more planes......

For the moment, I'm just enjoying using what I've got. I'm actually making some pieces of furniture atm, for the first time in ages. LOML decided she wanted a new desk to replace the ugly utilitarian veneered particle board thing she got when they were throwing out stuff from her old workplace (the only appeal was its enormous size). Unfortunately, the design she chose is very simple - what I'd call "California round-over style" from the 70s, so not a big challenge in preparing the parts but the wood I used needed lots of hand-planing. My two work-horse Stanleys did most of the grunt work, but my small infill smoother took over the final finishing. It's so nice to use I was tempted to just go on planing 'til there was nothing left...

Finish all your other projects before you start buying in brass...

Cheers