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71709 "TODD HUGHES" <dedhorse@d...> 1999‑11‑29 Re:Top Irons
> Marvin quoted me about Don's rearch on plane prices,...'
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> >high grade single planes were still cheaper then equal grade double iron
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> .................Then Marvin went on to say......"
> I believe Don actually said  "at times, the highest grade single iron
plane
> costs more than the comparable common grade double iron plane."
> ...............................Yes you are right but I assumed since he
said the "Highest" grade single iron cost more then the"Common" grade double
iron, that in equal grade planes the double iron would be the more
expensive, I could be wrong, and may be Don can tell us..................
>Then Marvin said................ So the variable still remains for the
metalworkers, is the real art to all
> this the difficulty in working the large heavy single iron to the highest
> standard?
> ................................I can tell you as a 'Smith there is no
difficulty in working a thick iron over a thin iron, the thin iron would be
the harder of the two to make,[ due to the danger of warping during the
harding process, and being harder to weld the steel onto the thinner iron
stock], would be far more difficult and time consuming to make a cap iron
over a thick single iron.[you are basically making 2 irons, sloting one,
tapping the other, and making a screw, then get the lip right on the cap]To
make a very good thick single iron I would think shoulden't present any
difficulters to any 'Smith that had any experance at all in making edge
tools.......Todd
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Recent Bios FAQ