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  1. 10th June 2015, 01:35 PM #1
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    Default A turn up for the books

    I am a Titan chisel person. I also appreciate other great tools, especially icons of Australian manufacturing like Turner planes. I have all the Turners except the 220 block plane which has evaded all my attempts to capture one. I guess in my seach I have seen about six of them but they either belonged to mates or I couldn't afford the asking price. Anyway, to get to the point. A Turner 220 block plane went for $595 on eBay the other day. Over $600 after postage. Is not that amazing? In my naive stupidity I thought around $200 was about the price. Silly me! I guess I'll never own one now. Just have to hug my Norris's closer and stick to my Titans.
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  3. 10th June 2015, 05:08 PM #2
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    Oh wow !
    I have 6 of the damn things, and to think I was gonna start giving them away ....

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  5. 10th June 2015, 10:21 PM #4
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    5 bidders and 2 bidding over $500.
    Looks like you are not the only one looking to round out the collection!
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Turner-bl...-/111681485395
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    Some of the larger sizes are going for good prices too:
    http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_f...H_Sold=1&rt=nc
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    Quote Originally Posted by hiroller View Post
    Some of the larger sizes are going for good prices too...
    Seems to me that of the four Aussie manufactures of Bailey type planes (Carter, Falcon-Pope, Turner & Stanley) that Turner are the pick-of-the-bunch. The finish seems better than the others. The only downside is the die-cast frog.

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  8. 11th June 2015, 02:07 PM #7
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    I agree but I am led to believe it's a reasonably notable (or can be!) downside. I've had many Turners and they all seemed to have some degree of bend in the frog. I don't have much understanding of how this impacts the planes efficiency though, and I can't really say how my work has suffered as a consequence. Anybody know the physics of this?
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    Default Turner die cast frogs.

    Quote Originally Posted by Doggie View Post
    I agree but I am led to believe it's a reasonably notable (or can be!) downside. I've had many Turners and they all seemed to have some degree of bend in the frog. I don't have much understanding of how this impacts the planes efficiency though, and I can't really say how my work has suffered as a consequence. Anybody know the physics of this?
    The frogs were die cast on the 4 and 5 sizes only.
    Turner inherited this from Pope.
    Some Stanley 4 and 5s made in Australia after the takeover of Turner also had them.
    I was the NSW education officer for Stanly in 1981 used to visit a lot of TAFE colleges and schools.
    The frogs bend so the lateral adjustment lever won't engage the blade.
    Heavy handed students were the main problem.
    Stanley also had the split sheet metal Y lever and the lateral with a joggle rather than a disc.
    I used to carry a pocketful of spare Y and lateral levers with me and that would get me past the "Your planes are crap nowadays" greeting from the TAFE teachers.
    Most of their effected planes were of course Popes or Turners.
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    I watched that auction with interest to & all I can say s WOW.
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    Omg! It drives me crazy... Can't imagine.
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