scott grandstaff wrote:
>> to replace?
>> Anything for which to watch out? ;-)
>
>  This is a good question. You want all the parts present and 
> functional. Or at least able to be made functional (what's perfect, I 
> ask you??) Little cleaning/tweaking and lube?? Wax??
>
>  Who has a Stanley or other big box exploded drawing??
>  
You can find a parts list and pictures for MF and Langdon boxes on page 
194 and following of the 1939 pdf found here

http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id82.html

And then page 77 and 102 of the 1934 pdf found here for Stanley

http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id16.html

Before you buy, I'd check for blade square to the bed in both the 
horizontal and vertical directions.  On the GP type boxes, there is 
still an unanswered question on how to fix that. 

Also a nice touch, but not mission critical, is that the blade is 
sharpened an even distance from the back, otherwise all those cool 
travel stops for tenon cutting don't work so well.  I suppose it could 
be jointed and resharpened, but this was sharpened last by Tom Law, and 
I hate to mess with a good thing.

Referencing the Stanley pg 77 drawing, making sure the upright bars, 
item 10, are tight and not bent.

-- 
Kirk Eppler
Pharmaceutical and Packaging Engineering

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