Thread: Show off your planes

luckduck - The correct comment is always "you sure know your stuff well"...never met anyone, women or man, who likes being reminded of how old they are!....personally I woke up aching from a stint in the shed Friday, and I'm only 31!

My collection of working planes although I don't use them as much now since I brought a long bed buzzer. The Norris look a like was made by J G Wilby in 1983 but I don't know anything else about it unfortunately. Its a good plane but heavy and very well made.

Very nice...what's the rightmost plane? Looks too long to be a #7

Originally Posted by andrewr79

Very nice...what's the rightmost plane? Looks too long to be a #7

Yeh... there are a couple of #8's there which I use in preference to the #7. One has a stanley New Britain Conn blade which is very hard and seems to be made of two layers. A few of the planes have the sweetheart blades from Canada and I've noticed the're a bit softer so it can depend on what wood I'm working as to which plane I use.

Well I finally decided that even though my collection pales in comparison to some I've seen that I'd like to post it

From left to right

- English Stanley #5 (a gift from Ern and most used of the lot by miles - I promised Ern it would see plenty of work and it certainly does)
- Salmens #4 (Dad's actually, but on loan until I can find a #4 of my own or he needs it, whichever comes first)
- Trojan Bench Plane - surprisingly good once the sole was lapped and the blade sharpened properly. It's my go-to plane after the #5's done it's thing
- Trojan low-angle block plane - again surprisingly good once lapped and sharpened
- Canadian Stanley #78 (in a state of repair still - I need to redo the japaning somehow. Missing a depth stop but I now have a fence for it thanks to another lovely forumite)
- Unbranded paperweight (but it's cute and it means I have more planes than without it, plus it was 50c!)

I've got a couple of decent pieces of maple and the blades to make a few woodies now (again thanks to more lovely forumites) so next up is a 80cm jointer, a scrub plane and maybe something else as well. Hoping to convince SWMBO to take me market hunting for my birthday in August and get me a #7 and possibly a #4 so I can return Dad's

Your planes are very nice Andrew.
There are very few things that you can't do with that selection of planes. Once you learn to use these tools well - and get to know what they can and can't do, you will surprise yourself with how many projects they will handle.
For those they can't, there is usually an alternative way of doing things anyway.
Become very good at sharpening and finding the best setup for each plane, and they won't disappoint.
Thanks for sharing
SG

Thanks SG . I'm finding every time I use them on a project, I learn a little more about how to go about it better...diagonal short strokes across rough surfaces, light angled cuts with the block for rounding edges etc...I'm beginning to believe the story about the woodworker who used a #7 for everything because I think with enough technique it would be possible!

This is my little collection (So far)
From
Stanley No 7, No 6, No 5 1/2, No 5, No 4 1/2, No 4, No 71 Router
Front row 2x No 140, No 92, No 65, a modern 'I don't even know what number' 9 maybe. and a No 46
Also a No 59 doweling jig and 3 different sized bevel gauges. Just because they're Stanley.
Still need to refurb and fettle a few of them and will make one good one out of the two 140s. Will then make the remaining 140 as good as I can and haven't decided what I will do with it then. Will see how it comes out.

Thought I'd show the updated collection and the little new house I built for them. In hindsight, possibly I should have added a bit more length in case I end up with the longer planes, but that wouldn't have fit into the space I had!

Every bit of wood is recycled - the MDF was from a palette, the maple from my bunk beds as a 5 year old, the maple dividers from the scrap under the local timber yards sawbench that has been going home with the boss as firewood.

Not happy with the dark finish, I'll recoat it in a lighter, glossier colour when I get a sec. That tin must have been on sale for a reason!!

Very nicely done.

Hi.
Here’s my humble collection

from Stanley block plane (3planes (don’t ask)), Stanley block plane adjustable mouth, record block plane with Stanley cap.
Stanley No 7 Bailey
Stanley No 78
Lie Nielsen rabbet block plane
Lie Nielsen No 4 Bronze
Kongsberg rabbet with fence plane (2planes) (not sure of correct English name)
Japanese Smoothing plane large and small, no makers mark
Japanese scraper plane made by Master Hiroetu in Sanjo, Niigata Province
Kongsberg hand plane (2planes)
Kongsberg rabbet plane (2planes)

Kongsberg is an old but common Norwegian brand, it’s the Stanley of Norway in a way. Kongsberg is the brand of the blades used and not the plane body.

You could fit this collection of planes in your pocket:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Q...2/P9103777.JPG



Tim

PS They are a combination of St James Bay, Ibex, and unknown Chinese - which are actually very good and mind blowing value.