A gift from a friend

[Cuchilo]

An old boy who lives on my road used to be a joiner . During lock down ive kept my eye on him and his wife ( not done a lot , mowed the lawn etc )
Today he saw me and came to the front of his property . Said hes got something for me if i can use it in my joinery workshop .

I'm blown away with the gift . It must have cost him a weeks wages back in the day and to me what a bit of kit to have in my workshop ! It wont get used a lot but now and then you need a stanley 45 to do what no machine or other tool can .

 

[weareHKR]

Wow, that's a beauty, something to treasure there...

 

[Cuchilo]

Wow, that's a beauty, something to treasure there...

Yup , my old mate Frank , who only a couple of years ago lifted up his trouser leg and said " ere , look at this . I've got to go in that now "

 

[Globalti]

Is that a rebate plane? I love it, the handle looks like mahogany soaked in years of sweat and skin oil, there's nothing nicer than an old tool that bears the scars of a lifetime of hard work.

I found a shop near Glossop that sold old woodworking tools, always used to drop in on my way to see my sister in Sheffield. I bought a lovely Miller's Falls plane from them, which I took apart and refurbished. I remember they had a display of beautiful brass plumb bobs.

 

[Beebo]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1142902595...MI9KGGzZ3L6wIVj-3tCh2DRAeWEAQYASABEgJfifD_BwE

Great gift. £250 on eBay.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Nice one

 

[Over the Ord]

Nice one.
Rarely use mine but when I need it I’m great full my father in law passed it to me.

 

[Cuchilo]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1142902595...MI9KGGzZ3L6wIVj-3tCh2DRAeWEAQYASABEgJfifD_BwE

Great gift. £250 on eBay.

Priceless from a friend and two blokes that know how to use it .

 

[raleighnut]

Very nice, I've got a similar one that was my Uncles, that also has 'tongue & groove' cutters.

 

[Profpointy]

An old boy who lives on my road used to be a joiner . During lock down ive kept my eye on him and his wife ( not done a lot , mowed the lawn etc )
Today he saw me and came to the front of his property . Said hes got something for me if i can use it in my joinery workshop .
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I'm blown away with the gift . It must have cost him a weeks wages back in the day and to me what a bit of kit to have in my workshop ! It wont get used a lot but now and then you need a stanley 45 to do what no machine or other tool can .

You need to buy the reprint book about them covering the combinations planes including the #45 (which I thing yours is) and the even more wonderous #55 - the latter are often little used for some reason, but do work. There are various other models too, but those two are the most sophisticated

I have actually recreated a short bit of moulding using one, reasonably successfully too. I am psyching myself into doing some mahogany door mouldings which have been removed from some of our doors but that's a bit more daunting to do by hand as I need about 20m of end product for all the panels. I don't have a router but do have a #55 and a Record #405 (identical to your Stanley #405 ) so I need to just man tf up I guess


New ones, perhaps better quality were made by clico in Sheffield until a few years back but were I think well over £500 with all the blades. Veritas of Canada do a couple of very high quality
maybe less complex models but mainly just for grooving

 

[Cuchilo]

I'd disagree with newer blades / metal being better quality . I only use old tools in my workshop as i find them far superior to modern expensive equivalents . I have a few Stanley sweetheart planes and some veritas but old stuff wins all day long with me .
Post a pic of the moulding you need .

 

[Profpointy]

I'd disagree with newer blades / metal being better quality . I only use old tools in my workshop as i find them far superior to modern expensive equivalents . I have a few Stanley sweetheart planes and some veritas but old stuff wins all day long with me .
Post a pic of the moulding you need .

I only half agree with that. The old stuff is certainly better than cheap modern stuff, and old Stanley or Record is better than modern Stanley/Record., never mind Chinese rubbish. But that said, the modern improved versions of the old tools from the likes of Lie-Nielsen, Veritas, or the Sheffield firm Clico are fantastic and far better machined than even the best of the old stuff, and the blade metallurgy is also much better. They are pricey though, but in terms of proportion of a week's pay, probably no dearer in proportion to what the old tools cost way back when

 

[Cuchilo]

I only half agree with that. The old stuff is certainly better than cheap modern stuff, and old Stanley or Record is better than modern Stanley/Record., never mind Chinese rubbish. But that said, the modern improved versions of the old tools from the likes of Lie-Nielsen, Veritas, or the Sheffield firm Clico are fantastic and far better machined than even the best of the old stuff, and the blade metallurgy is also much better. They are pricey though, but in terms of proportion of a week's pay, probably no dearer in proportion to what the old tools cost way back when

I disagree 100 % . Nice to look at but used in a joinery workshop they dont cut it . Stanley sweet heart is about the best of the modern bunch .

 

[Cuchilo]

Ok 50% as we all have opinions

 

[Profpointy]

I disagree 100 % . Nice to look at but used in a joinery workshop they dont cut it . Stanley sweet heart is about the best of the modern bunch .

Are you saying the veritas or L-N tools are inferior to the old ones, or just not worth the money? The Clico planes are the same as the old Records but simply slightly better made surely. I concede there's a tool-porn appeal about the bronze L-Ns but they do seem to work rather well. I'm only a gentleman amateur (if that) just to be clear.