Thread: Old Rosewod Plough

Originally Posted by jimbur

Why else do we make them Ian?
Cheers,
Jim

Hmm, good point - but just be careful making "good" resolutions in earshot of 'significant others' - they have a habit of reminding you when you think they would have long forgottten.....

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

.... I've already decided I need a router (which I'm determined to make, not buy...

Well Ian, let me nudge you down the slop - not that you need much of a push

I think that the most important feature of a router plane is the depth stop. This allows you to control the depth of cut, and replicate cuts.

The other item I can recommend is to build the plane around the Lee Valley irons as there are a wide selection now, and this will immediately create a wide range over which the router plane may be used.

Here's the one I built, complete with depth stop ...



The iron is held against angle aluminium by a screw ...





Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Well Ian, let me nudge you down the slop - not that you need much of a push

Derek - thankyou! You are dead right, it doen't take much of a shove to get me going on a new tool - even a barely required one, but I think I can justify this, at least to myself...

Your post is perfectly timed, as I remembered your making the little woody, & was about to ask you about it, so you have pre-empted my request. I am plotting to make mine with a metal sole & blade support, not because I think the wooden one is inferior, but more for the challenge. The big decision is whether to use brass or steel for the sole & blade column. If I use brass, I have more of a problem attaching the blade holder - it would require a combination of mechanical fastening & silver-soldering to make it robust enough for the task, I would think. Steel is p'raps a bit less attractive, is rust-prone, and a little tougher to work, but a few dabs with the welder (& a lot of grinding, filing & cleaning-up!) would solve the column-fixing problem.

I was thinking of making a screw depth adjustment, but it is probably more trouble than it's worth, and a simple collar like you have used is probably the smarter way to go.

Hmmmm, now where did I put that chunk of 3/16 brass, and is it big enough....?

Good timing for me too Derek. I have a bladeless Stanley #71 that I inherited recently - am I correct in thinking that the LV blades are suitable for it?

Cheers
Brett

http://www.tooltrip.com/tooltrip9/st...misc/71man.pdf

"The depth post shown can be used to control the size of the chip or cut and to stop splitting ahead of the cutter."

Any comments?

also: "Cutters are graduated on the shank to make depth adjustments easily."

Thinks ... "They are???????" ...

I have a Record 071 ... now that I look at it, it's brazed where the depth adjustment meets the front bridge which I'm pleased about 'cos I'd forgotten ...

and yup ... there they are ... never saw that before

What about the LV and other replacements? the same?

Thanks,
Paul