sounds like something Rob Lee should hear.

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From: "Thomas Conroy via OldTools" 
To:, "Old TOOLS" 
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Sent:Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:00:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:Re: [OldTools] 60-1/2

 Ed Minch wrote: "And here are a couple of others in the family:

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/40701228901/in/dateposted-public/

 "....Right one is a 65 - cast depth knob, knuckle joint cap, no
number on side, and a sweetheart blade.  Has a 13/16? bed.  This is
one of my users."

 The #  65 is one of my favorites; I like the low angle and I like
the knuckle cap. I do like the original style knuckle cap, found only
on the #18, even better, though. This is one more thing that Patrick
got snarky about. Getting the old style cap on has a little
counterintuitive moment, where you have to push forward as well as
down, but once I figured that out I haven't had any problem with its
coming loose. I had more trouble learning to put on  the new style
knuckle caps. The old style seems to fit my hand even better and I
like its simplicity.
 Only....the #65, like almost all Stanley's block planes, is a shade
wider then I like. What I really want is a #60-1/2 with a
knuckle-joint lever cap. And that's not going to happen. Even if there
is one of them out there it would be so rare I wouldn't dare to use
it.
 Tom Conroy
 Berkeley
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