Thread: Any Lefties want to split the discount on a pair of LV Skew Rebate Planes?

I like it both ways (my Dad was a southpaw and I guess I copied how he did things, so I have always been able to saw, plane and chisel with both hands).

It is tempting, but I think I wil have to let that one go thru to the keeper SG

SG
if they are anything like the LN#140s and the edge trimming planes, they wont be handed in the sense you're talking about
left hand equates to planing with the grain going to the left
right hand equates to planing with the grain going to the right

for example I find that the #95s work as a pair -- If I'm not pushing one, I'm pulling the other along an edge.


ian

Thanks Ian,
Just to clarify,
In this picture I would regard the plane labelled A as the right handed and that labelled B as the left handed.
Are we all singing from the same songbook?
Or am I back to front?
Regards
SG

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

Thanks Ian,
Just to clarify,
In this picture I would regard the plane labelled A as the right handed and that labelled B as the left handed.
Are we all singing from the same songbook?
Or am I back to front?
Regards
SG

Hi there SG,

Your a bad man SG, flaunting your new purchase, (proposed) in front of us all. Onya.

Well, I aint no or-fority or nuffin on planes but,... My understanding of the Left and Right designation for planes, (based on the others about) is:

If you are planing from Right to Left, because the grain is Rising up from Right to Left the plane is designated a Right Hand plane. If the grain is Rising from Left up to the Right, as you face the workpiece, then you need to plane from Left to Right for best results. So a fenced plane, one designed for a fence on only one side, has to have a mirror version to allow the Left to Right planing. Hence you get the Left Hand plane.

And yes, unless you reposition the workpiece, to use the Left Hand version you would generally need to push it with your Left Hand.

Just my thoughts on the Right / Left philosophy. I may well be wrong, so please no beating me up, OK .

Others Darkside Masters might be able to enlighten us more accurately.

They are beautiful planes, Rob has done a great job on these by the look.

Cheers
Pops

Scribbly
I'm not much good with the left and right stuff either

but in the picture, the R/H plane is working from right to left which is OK if the grain is rising from right to left, i.e. the lane is knocking the grain over

however, if the grain were rising from left to right the A plane would be trying to dig it up so you would need the B (left hand) plane. Then by planing left to right you would be knocking the grain over.

which is what Pops said, I think

bottom line you need both or a #78 (I think te Record equivalent is #778)



ian

Thanks Fellas.
I'm sure that you are both right.
I suppose we are all thinking the same thing - it is just my naming of the planes that has caused the problems.
So, ........ Who wants a leftie, ...or perhaps a rightie ..... depending on where you are standing?

Regards from Tele Point
SG

Sorry, I'm getting a pair too.

You'll need both, only getting one will mean you'll be planing against the grain in some cases

http://popularwoodworking.com/iwf08

this will answer it all.

I suppose by now there must be some proud owners of these lovely planes out there.
I am guessing that Derek will be giving us one of his excellent reviews in due course, I hope that I haven't missed it - his reviews are always worth reading.
In the meantime here is a brief introduction from another forum by an English gentleman called Paul Chapman.
http://trevera25.proboards85.com/ind...ay&thread=1856
The results look very impressive indeed.

Regards from Tele Point
SG

I will have a Sweetheart 289 Stanley and the lefty LV( did a split deal) and hope to offer some useful comparative information. Just Ole' Lefty

Originally Posted by J.E. Mike Tobey

I will have a Sweetheart 289 Stanley and the lefty LV( did a split deal) and hope to offer some useful comparative information. Just Ole' Lefty

Thanks Mike,
I'll look forward to the review. It will be very interesting to see the differences. From memory, the 289 has a wider blade but doesn't have the depth adjuster.
This will be worth waiting for.
Regards from Tele Point
SG