Jim Foster
01-28-2012, 8:18 PM
I have a Stanley 78, the one with the lever to adjust the blade. I'm curious about the "tunability" of it. In the first picture the twin frogs are only machined up from the sole for about 1/2", and the raw casting along the rest of the frog surfaces are rough cast and about 1/32" or so below the machined surface. This means that when the cap is screwed down, the blade deformed to some extent and maybe subject to more chatter than I would imagine to be OK. Any users of the same model of the 78 that can speak to the tunability of lack there of? I suspect this version was made during the decline of quality of manufacturing for this tool and am curious how people that use this one make out make out with it.
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