Wayne Jolly
04-26-2012, 6:48 PM
I hope this is the right forum for this. It is about machining on a metal lathe, but it is for a hand plane. Doesn't seem to fit anywhere really, but this seems the closest to me.
Anyway, I bought a Stanley #71 router plane off of that auction site a week or so ago. While I was waiting for it to arrive I did more research on hand planes in general and learned about depth stops for the #71. I thought . . .hmmm, a depth-stop might be good. So today I got bored (which is another way of saying that I didn't want to do what I had to do) and I took a shot at making one. I haven't finished it yet . . . probably . . . but I think it is in a useable state. All made from some scrap metal I had laying around.
The rod is made out of a piece of 304 SS that was a failed attempt at something else. I think the metal is a little soft so it won't stand up to years of use, but it should do for my uses. I think the small diameter of the rod needs to be changed a little too. I wasn't really thinking too much about using it and the small diameter is just over 1/4". I think I should have make it just under 1/4". And the very bottom edge might still be a little too sharp and it needs to be rounded just a little more.
The other piece, the shoe, was turned out of some mystery metal that I picked up at a scrap yard a few years ago. Most likely something like A36 steel. I don't know if I am going to go to all the trouble to trim the shoe into a more "Stanley" like appearance or just leave it, but my inclination for now is to just leave it. And of course, I need to get appropriate thumb screws.
Well, this wasted a good 1/2 day and it's lunchtime. Not enough time in the day left to do what I was supposed to be doing, heh heh heh. Now tomorrow . . . hmmm . . . what to do tomorrow to put it off some more . . .
Thanks for looking.
Wayne
Anyway, I bought a Stanley #71 router plane off of that auction site a week or so ago. While I was waiting for it to arrive I did more research on hand planes in general and learned about depth stops for the #71. I thought . . .hmmm, a depth-stop might be good. So today I got bored (which is another way of saying that I didn't want to do what I had to do) and I took a shot at making one. I haven't finished it yet . . . probably . . . but I think it is in a useable state. All made from some scrap metal I had laying around.
The rod is made out of a piece of 304 SS that was a failed attempt at something else. I think the metal is a little soft so it won't stand up to years of use, but it should do for my uses. I think the small diameter of the rod needs to be changed a little too. I wasn't really thinking too much about using it and the small diameter is just over 1/4". I think I should have make it just under 1/4". And the very bottom edge might still be a little too sharp and it needs to be rounded just a little more.
The other piece, the shoe, was turned out of some mystery metal that I picked up at a scrap yard a few years ago. Most likely something like A36 steel. I don't know if I am going to go to all the trouble to trim the shoe into a more "Stanley" like appearance or just leave it, but my inclination for now is to just leave it. And of course, I need to get appropriate thumb screws.
Well, this wasted a good 1/2 day and it's lunchtime. Not enough time in the day left to do what I was supposed to be doing, heh heh heh. Now tomorrow . . . hmmm . . . what to do tomorrow to put it off some more . . .
Thanks for looking.
Wayne