>~  Subject: Re: Flattening a #8; what grit?
>~
>~  Odd, considering that aside from the fire, this is precisely how
>htey
>~  were flattened at the factory in the first place.
Jeff said:>
>Am happy to report, not quite so! Records are surface ground to
>plus/minus 1-1/2 thou - tested with a feeler gauge on a surface plate.
>British is Best!
>
>Jeff
>--
>Jeff Gorman - West Yorkshire
>Jeff@m...
>http://www.millard.demon.co.uk/index.html

GG's,
     Jeff is right about the Record.I bought a Record #7 at L@w...#'s
outlet store about 3 years ago for $65 (pre-oldtools!).When I tuned it
up last year to learn how to use it' I was delighted to find out how
flat it was.It was really quick to lap it down just a little better
starting with 120 grit.
     However, subsequently encouraged by the #7 I thought I would get
a Stanley #4 smoother ("Contractor grade -made in England).The sole was
way out of wack and took me more hours to lap flat than I care to
remember.The rest of the plane -frog supports,face of frog,squareness of
mouth etc.,etc., were also all very poor.It was a good lesson in
learning to tune up a plane though.
     One thing that still bothers me with that plane is the width of the
mouth on the sole  - much ,much wider than the early #3,#3c and #5
Stanley planes I now possess.
      I hear that Stanley now only belt sand their planes and I guess
some of the other fixes above can be described as seconds at outlet
stores.(Would I have received a better quality version via W@d... G@r...
- does anyone know? Not that I'll buy new again though).
      Maybe,I really found the wide mouth frog from my 3Yr old son's
book!!!
                   Best wishes to everyone,
                                            Phil.
     Encourage

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