Bought 5 router plane irons and got a free plane

[Jason Buresh]

I was working on a recent project and while fumbling with my router plane iron in my 71-1/2, the iron fell out of tool, bounced off the bench and landed on the concrete floor

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New replacement irons are about $18-19 from Lee valley which is reasonable, but yesterday while browsing market place I saw a deal I couldn't pass up.
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For $80, I got 5 blades, plus the plane, butt markers, 2 fences, some 78 parts, and some neat little leaflets.

I'm happy, now back to work

[George Yetka]

Whats a Butt marker? Good deal to make up for that awful feeling

[Marc Fenneuff]

What a great haul! I'm still looking for a fence and extra irons for my No. 67. Might try LV for the latter.

[Jason Buresh]

Whats a Butt marker? Good deal to make up for that awful feeling

I'm not an expert but I believe they are used to make a template on a door for installing butt hinges. It came with a little book I need to read on how to use them, but I didn't get time last night

[George Yetka]

I'm not an expert but I believe they are used to make a template on a door for installing butt hinges. It came with a little book I need to read on how to use them, but I didn't get time last night

Interesting, I thought originally why not trace with a marking knife but this is pretty clever
https://blaknissan.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/a-guide-to-using-the-butt-marker/

[Jim Koepke]

Nice score Jason, looks like you have a depth stop and fence that escaped from a Stanley #78 and an extra fence for the router plane. What I don't see is the mounting screws for the router plane fences.


Interesting, I thought originally why not trace with a marking knife but this is pretty clever
https://blaknissan.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/a-guide-to-using-the-butt-marker/

A shot of the instructions explains it a lot better than my mumbling words:

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It is faster than a Stanley #95 Butt Gauge. No, that is not something you bring out if your spouse asks if "these pants make her butt look big."

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[Jason Buresh]

Nice score Jason, looks like you have a depth stop and fence that escaped from a Stanley #78 and an extra fence for the router plane. What I don't see is the mounting screws for the router plane fences.



A shot of the instructions explains it a lot better than my mumbling words:

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It is faster than a Stanley #95 Butt Gauge. No, that is not something you bring out if your spouse asks if "these pants make her butt look big."

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Good eye Jim. The screw is there, it might have been in the box or under something when I took the picture. The threads need to be cleaned up though, it was threading a little hard

[Mike Manning]

Nice find and great deal, Jason!

[Cameron Wood]

Nice. I need an iron, if you want to cut loose with one. I have a couple of butt markers- the main thing I've used them for is to drill holes in them to size dowels.

[Jim Koepke]

Good eye Jim. The screw is there, it might have been in the box or under something when I took the picture. The threads need to be cleaned up though, it was threading a little hard

I wonder if it is the correct thread. Do you have a thread gauge?

Stanley often used 28 or 20 threads per inch on their fasteners.

My router plane is a Sargent so I have no way of knowing what Stanley used on their router.

jtk

[Jason Buresh]

What a great haul! I'm still looking for a fence and extra irons for my No. 67. Might try LV for the latter.


Nice. I need an iron, if you want to cut loose with one. I have a couple of butt markers- the main thing I've used them for is to drill holes in them to size dowels.

If I decide to part with any of the extra parts I will let you guys know. Sorry, I'm not trying to hoard spare parts, but after on fell to the floor and broke I don't want to send one away and regret it later.