Thread: The Second Stanley Plane Blade Order

The current bottom line with this project is most have received their blade order and Pagie is out of pocket $120 through no fault of his own.

The blades and chip breakers are good quality (by my standards anyway) and notwithstanding postage costs and the donations we all made, we have still got reasonable quality blades/chipbreakers etc cheaper than if we had purchased them from commercial sources. Yes there have been problems with the overall project as well problems with slot sizes etc but Pagie was not responsible for any of these issues.

I contend that being out of pocket $120 is just one of the costs Pagie has incurred. He travelled to pick up the blades, he sorted out records, he chased up people for names and addresses, he sorted and packed the blades (and very well too) and posted them as well as spending time keeping us up to date via posts on the forum. This was a herculean and time consuming effort.

The hat must go around for Pagie and I suggest everyone with a small order put in say $5 and those who had larger orders put in more. If we ALL do this Pagie will be reimbursed and hopefully might have enough to cover his own blade order.

Pagie this will mean more work for you, but I suggest you send a PM to everyone with your bank account details so that everyone can “toss something in the hat”.

Thanks to all those involved with initiating the order and getting the work done and three cheers for Pagie.


Therapy

Originally Posted by pjt

Yep Pagie, I can post the other set to JMK89

Thanks for that pjt, do you need my address?

Originally Posted by kman-oz

Peter, when the hat goes around I'll be sure to stump up.

As will I. However, having also made a donation to the DJ fund, that will be it from me.

Originally Posted by kman-oz

Peter, when the hat goes around I'll be sure to stump up. Thanks for getting my gear to me, it arrived in good order yesterday.

I also will be willing to contribute to the additional postage - when I receive the two blades and caps which i ordered and paid for. They have not turned up yet.

Cheers, Tony

Peter
Could you tell me how the blades will be distributed for the Canberra mob?
Could they possibly be picked up from a central point to reduce postage costs?

When this is over, does anyone think there may be a chance to analyse the process and if anyone wanted to do any thing like this in the future we would all be better informed? By 'analyse' I mean without looking to blame or criticise, just so we are all better informed and know what we may be getting into.

Thanks again for all your help (and to all concerned)

Marcus

Tonyh you were only sent the 2 3/8" blade and cap. there were no more 2" left.

After posting the above at work, When I arrived home my blades were here.
They look good, although the chipbreakers will need a slight tweak [bend] near the end.
Unlike the Rob Cosman IBC and Lie Neilson chipbreakers which have a slight lip machined at their ends to provide clearance, these are a just like another [shorter] blade, so when they are together there is a small gap at the tip. I'll mount one in a plane and see if the gap closes before tweaking.

Thanks again for all the work done. Happy to kick in for postal costs.

Marcus

Pagie should in no way be disadvantaged for stepping up here.

Peter, please provide me with a list of people who had goods posted by you, along with your bank details and I will forward that to all members on the list.

Regarding Bulk Buys, read this post by the Forum Administrator

More of you should have got blades by now. if you want to contribute to the Poor Pagie Postage Pot Pm me and I will send you my Bank details.

Thanks to all those involved with the most recent (and problematic) developments of this blade order.

Can I get some confirmation that mine have been sent as I have no mention yet in the mail and have been home all week.

Thanks,

Nick

My experience is that Austpost from Melbourne to the Gold Coast ,and by the look of the other expectant Brisbane replies - SEQ in general, can take up to a week. It all comes road freight and has to go through at least two mail centres. I guess GC stuff goes to BNE first and then comes down the M1 to Burleigh MC.

Waiting patiently in Burleigh....

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Peter

I think that you should be properly recompensed for what you have done, and not left out of pocket. However this is not yet over, & before I commit to anything I want to see someone take the responsibility, of producing a proper final account. I and others have already provided additional funds, which did not appear to produce any positive effect, and I don't think we should be doing so again until we know there is a finish to the process.

I emphasise that this is no reflection on you as I think you have produced something out of what was clearly a mess, and if necessary I am prepared to put my hand in my pocket on your behalf. However I think everyone is entitled to see this whole thing properly, & finally sorted out, and not just left to continue to stagger from crisis to crisis.

I am not looking to blame anyone, as there is no future in that, and I certainly will not gain any satisfaction from that.

I have my blades, and I suppose I could just go off and sort these out, & cease to communicate, but I prefer to see this correctly finished.

Regards

happy to chip in some extra.

However Pagie has already said amounts originally paid for postage for a few (not sure how many) orders including some sent overseas did not go close to what the postage actually cost him. I would agree with Denim that it would be good at least for these people to be contacted and asked to pay what is due.

I think the central pick up coordination point for Canberra has been arranged. But happy to help out if needed.

I too will be happy to help make sure Pagie is not out of pocket on this one but I'd like to make sure I get hold of my blades first.

Still missing a 2" blade and chipbreaker and a spokeshave blade. Not sure if these are in the post yet but hopeful.