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206546 | "Adam R. Maxwell" <amaxwell@m...> | 2010‑07‑25 | Re: introduction |
On Jul 25, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Joe Ezell wrote: > <http://www.f150online.com/forums/members/excue-albums-infil-plane.html> > > I talked him into kicking in 5 yellow handled buck chisels he wanted $3 each > for. Total out the door for the Plane and 5 chisels.....$40.00. What is > this??? I know it is an infill. Is it a decent one and who can restore > it...I aint touching it!! I am afraid I will screw it up. I will tackle an > old Stanley or Sargent no sweat....but this one, I think is better left to > someone with more knowledge. Nice find! Considering what Spiers infill smoothers go for on ebay, this definitely seems gloatable. There are some pretty good infill restorers here, so maybe one of them will speak up...I recently replaced the bun on an unnamed small smoother, and it was fun to try and figure out what it should have looked like. Judging by the kind of work you do on cues, you could do a lot better than I! > Pretty long post for "notes". Anyhoo, thanks for looking and I will try to > not embarrass myself here on the porch. Welcome, and I think that was a great first post. -- Adam Port Angeles, WA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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206544 | "Joe Ezell" <ezcue@b...> | 2010‑07‑25 | introduction |
Just dropping out of the shadows. I have been lurking here for a couple months, reading with great interest all the info the list provides. I started in woodworking about 15 years ago as an apprentice custom cue maker. Long story, here are the cliff notes. I was in college and hustled pool in the summers to pay for the following years classes. I ordered a custom cue from a local cue maker. When I stopped in to make payments on my road trip rounds I would do some odd jobs...sweep the floor take out the trash etc. One thing led to another and I ended up working with him in the evenings after class. Two years later and my grades in the tank, my parents said build cues or go to school..I chose school and got my degree. After I got out of college a few of my old running buddies kept pestering me to build a cue. Fast forward to today $100K worth of equipment and a shop full of wood later. I am a part time cue builder and full time sales manager. Here is a link to a few pics. http://www.f150online.com/forums/members/excue-albums-cues.html http://www.f150online.com/forums/members/excue-albums-shop.html Last year I got the hankering to work in the flat. Joined Woodnet, sniffed around there a month or so and found the hand tool forum.OOPS!! I now build a few small side tables, am trying to hand cut dove tails that don't look like a beavers chewed them and using hand planes. It truly is a SLIPPERY slope. I buy a few tools from Patrick and Josh here on the list. I am a user not a collector ( yeah right). Along the lines of collector, I frequent a few local ANTEECK malls and the occasional weekend flea market. Here is what happened today. Evening fellas, just got back from a weekend of rust hunting. I was on my last leg up from Pensacola and stopped by the rattiest looking flea market just across the Alabama line. This one dude had isles of stuff. One of those places the girlfriend and I refer to as "head hurt booths". As I dug through the $50 coffin smoothers and $100 "big wooden plans" Jacks. This little baby peaked out of the pile.Infill <http://www.f150online.com /forums/members/excue-albums-infil- plane.html> I talked him into kicking in 5 yellow handled buck chisels he wanted $3 each for. Total out the door for the Plane and 5 chisels.....$40.00. What is this??? I know it is an infill. Is it a decent one and who can restore it...I aint touching it!! I am afraid I will screw it up. I will tackle an old Stanley or Sargent no sweat....but this one, I think is better left to someone with more knowledge. Pretty long post for "notes". Anyhoo, thanks for looking and I will try to not embarrass myself here on the porch. Thanks, Joe Ezell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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206550 | galoot@l... | 2010‑07‑26 | Re: introduction |
Quoting Joe Ezell |
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206570 | Spike Cornelius <spikethebike@c...> | 2010‑07‑26 | Re: introduction |
On Jul 25, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Joe Ezell wrote: > I talked him into kicking in 5 yellow handled buck chisels he wanted > $3 each for. Total out the door for the Plane and 5 > chisels.....$40.00. What is this??? I know it is an infill. Is it a > decent one and who can restore it...I aint touching it!! I am afraid I > will screw it up. I will tackle an old Stanley or Sargent no > sweat....but this one, I think is better left to someone with more > knowledge. I did one of these. As found: http://galootcentral.com/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=2&pl- ace=displayimage&album=39&pos After a bit of work: http://galootcentral.com/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=2&pl- ace=displayimage&album=39&pos I did think about it a bit before I started, though............. Spike Cornelius PDX Crazy for Shavings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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206576 | CheekyGeek <cheekygeek@g...> | 2010‑07‑26 | Re: introduction |
I think we have to come up with a new term to describe post's like Joe's. What does the assembled congregation prefer: Introgloat-tion? or Gloat-roduction? :) Welcome Joe! Darren Addy Kearney, NE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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206564 | "Peter McBride" <peter@p...> | 2010‑07‑27 | RE: introduction |
Joe, welcome. Great find. The lever cap has the script signature mark with what I can just see the faint few letters of "Reg'd under it. The lever cap is far more curvy than anything used in the much earlier models. The screw looks a little unusual, in that the top is larger in diameter, flatter on top, and it appears to not be square threaded as expected. They did have either a fine, straight or a coarse diamond knurling. These are from the very late period, well after the death of Stewart Spiers in 1899, and it is around the time when the script mark was registered in the 1930's. Since some of the pins have already been taken out, the repair is not dependent on whether you want to leave no evidence that it was done. Open handled Spiers planes are a 3 piece construction. The handle, the bottom piece with its top surface aligned with the top of the steel sides and with a slot cut for the base for the handle to enter at the rear, and then the top plate. Here is a page where I did a repair without removing the back pin ( the one that goes through the handle base.) www.petermcbride.com/plane_repair/ That plane you have is great one to do a restoration on, and I would encourage you to do it yourself, taking your time and planing it with a view to how you want it to look at the end. Here are a some Spiers planes to look at. The open handled smoother, second from the bottom on the left, is similar to your plane....and it's handle has been replaced in the way I described on my web page. www.petermcbride.com/oldtools/spiers/ Here is another page with a set up I use for making handles ( Thanks to bugbear) www.petermcbride.com/planemaking/images/double_vice.jpg On this page... www.petermcbride.com/planemaking/smooth.htm Good luck I think that after looking at pictures of your current work, you will make a great plane to use and enjoy. Regards, Peter In Melbourne, Australia...a Spiers NUT! ---------------------------------------- Evening fellas, just got back from a weekend of rust hunting. I was on my last leg up from Pensacola and stopped by the rattiest looking flea market just across the Alabama line. This one dude had isles of stuff. One of those places the girlfriend and I refer to as "head hurt booths". As I dug through the $50 coffin smoothers and $100 "big wooden plans" Jacks. This little baby peaked out of the pile. Infill <http://www.f150online.com/forums/members/excue-albums-infil-plane.htm l> I talked him into kicking in 5 yellow handled buck chisels he wanted $3 each for. Total out the door for the Plane and 5 chisels.....$40.00. What is this??? I know it is an infill. Is it a decent one and who can restore it...I aint touching it!! I am afraid I will screw it up. I will tackle an old Stanley or Sargent no sweat....but this one, I think is better left to someone with more knowledge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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