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Thread: my new woodriver no. 6
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25th November 2011, 04:49 PM #31
WoodRiver #7
Woodcraft were a little uncertain as to when the WR #7 would be available as the QC Dept had failed the first batch that arrived at woodcraft about 6 weeks ago. They tell me that a couple of the Product Development fellas visiting the factory in an effort to improve the quality, subsequently a small batch was airfreighted to the US last week and passed QC - I have my order in transit at present and expect them in my stock next week.
They will be checked, mouths set at 0.010" (10 thou.) and honed prior to sales.
Andy was correct - US$300 in the US - I will have them at $375 including the tweek 'n hone and GST.
They tell me they are the size of a #7 but the weight of a #8.
I also have IBC Premium blades of the same thickness for those who want an extra blade.
I have them up on my website already - good pic and full description will come in a week or so.
Take care and Stay Sharp,
Jim Davey
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25th November 2011, 05:01 PM #32
Jim - thanks for the update
I'll wander on down and pick one up when you have the #7 in stock, so maybe you could post here when you receive them or PM me?
Always an excuse to head down the escarpment and visit Phil Gould's fine timber repository on the same trip !
Cheers
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25th November 2011, 05:23 PM #33gravity is my co-pilot
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25th November 2011, 05:44 PM #34
The other planes I own are Veritas BU (including the jack), but for a jointer I wanted something with a bit more heft to it.
The Veritas BU jointer is a nice plane (and I could use all my existing blades...), but it is fairly lightly built for such a long plane.
I've tried the WoodRiver #6, which was surprisingly heavy for that size of plane, so their #7 should be a great jointer (at about half the price of the LN).
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25th November 2011, 06:27 PM #35
Andy - local price for the LN#7 is $539 + postage, total probably $560?
Undoubtedly cheaper to buy from LN USA, but since the thing weighs just under 4kg I think you'll be up for about the same or more by the time you get it here !
For some of the bigger or heavier planes, local prices on Veritas and LN aren't actually that bad, plus no chance of it getting damaged in transit.
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25th November 2011, 06:41 PM #36GOLD MEMBER
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Yep, I just realised after posting (which is why I deleted my post). Same goes if you bought the WR overseas!
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25th November 2011, 06:51 PM #37
I just checked, and even the WR #6 actually weighs slightly more than the Veritas BU jointer. Just confirmed the impression I had from picking up the Veritas plane at Carbatec.
At that rate, the WR #7 might even be heavier than the LN......
It'll need a good run up....
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28th November 2011, 02:49 PM #38
WoodRiver #7 Delay
WoodRiver #7 Bench Planes are included in a shipment which has been delayed through Aust. Customs - AQIS have very strict rules on wooden items from China, which I totally agree with because they have some nasty wood eating bugs in Asia and we don't want them here eating our wood.
Consequently there will be a delay of 7-14 days before I receive them.
Take care and Stay Sharp,
Jim Davey
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1st December 2011, 08:56 PM #39Novice
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So, Jim...
Any chance a 5 1/2 size Woodriver might be making its way into production?
Cheers,
Liam
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1st December 2011, 10:10 PM #40
Hi Liam,
Sorry but I don't have any news of a WoodRiver #5 1/2
Take care and Stay Sharp,
Jim Davey
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1st December 2011, 10:32 PM #41GOLD MEMBER
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I heard from Rob Cosman that Woodriver may be bringing out a scrub plane next year....
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2nd December 2011, 02:04 PM #42
Well that got my attention!
I've been considering getting a 4 & 6 from Jim but I've got planes that do the job atm but Jim would receive my order the instant it was available.
Regards,
Denim
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7th December 2011, 06:40 AM #43
WoodRiver #7
The WoodRiver #7 Bench Planes have been processed by AQIS and arrived 7th Dec 2012
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Take care and Stay Sharp,
Jim Davey
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10th December 2011, 05:23 PM #44
The WoodRiver V3 #7 has landed......
......and at just over 4.2kg it landed pretty hard
Picked up my WoodRiver V3 #7 from Jim Davey yesterday, and couldn't be happier with it. Machining is first class, all controls operate very smoothly (esp. the lateral adjust with bearing), and having been prepared by Jim it easily took sub 1 thou shavings straight out of the box. A touch of wax on the sole, and she's flying.
I have attached a few pics from the family album (with jarrah shavings....). The third pic is just my baby Lie-Nielsen block plane sniffing around the rear end of the newcomer to check it out; you know what planes are like....
This is the first proper plane I've bought from Jim (I'm a bit slow to catch on... ), but would highly recommend his fettled WoodRiver planes. It may have taken WoodRiver a couple of goes to get there, but when you could get two planes of this quality for the price of one L-N bench plane......
One thing this plane did show up was that the outfeed table of my jointer was ever so slightly misaligned, as every dressed board I've tried with the #7 had ever such a slight hollow along the length - now fixed
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