Jay Maiers
02-01-2011, 12:17 PM
A friend has loaned me a Stanley #5c for an upcoming project. As the thread title indicates, it's missing the fine adjustment clip and the screw that attaches the clip to the body of the plane.
Are these things really necessary to the function of the plane? Do they make life a whole lot easier when adjusting the frog?
The best info I've found about the screw simply states that it's a non-standard thread. Does that mean uncommon thread, or is it a proprietary thread cut just for the plane? Does anyone know the thread size? (I ask because I have a great local hardware store; they stock approximately one billion different fasteners in every thread under the sun. Uncommon is not a problem, but proprietary is...)
According to a flowchart identifier, the plane is a type 19. If I can find these parts on Ebay, are they likely to fit, or did they switch thread sizes every other production year / model?
Sorry for all of the questions over something that's probably not an issue, but I have only the most basic idea of what I'm supposed to be doing with this thing. I'd like to take as many of the mechanical issues out of the way as possible so that any performance issues are with me and not the plane.
Are these things really necessary to the function of the plane? Do they make life a whole lot easier when adjusting the frog?
The best info I've found about the screw simply states that it's a non-standard thread. Does that mean uncommon thread, or is it a proprietary thread cut just for the plane? Does anyone know the thread size? (I ask because I have a great local hardware store; they stock approximately one billion different fasteners in every thread under the sun. Uncommon is not a problem, but proprietary is...)
According to a flowchart identifier, the plane is a type 19. If I can find these parts on Ebay, are they likely to fit, or did they switch thread sizes every other production year / model?
Sorry for all of the questions over something that's probably not an issue, but I have only the most basic idea of what I'm supposed to be doing with this thing. I'd like to take as many of the mechanical issues out of the way as possible so that any performance issues are with me and not the plane.