Kirk wrote:

>Can anyone think of why one would need *two* Stanley #40 (metallic scrub, 
>Jeff) planes?  I find myself with an embarrassing surfeit, having bought
>one from Tony Seo, and having another drop in my lap, as it were.

You mean you've been struggling along with just ONE #40? These things are 
made of cast arn, aren't they? One drop to the floor and you're back to 
thicknessing with your teeth or whatever the heck you were using before. 
I also hear the lever caps on those things sometimes break. Of course you 
need two. This is known as backup.

I, on the other hand, have a woodie scrub plane (ECE) which would merely 
be bruised by a fall to the floor. Not that I wouldn't snag another one 
if it fell into my lap.
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