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big soft moose
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:15 am Post subject: weird plane - what for |
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i just found this on ebay , and my imdeiate though was what the ****
its described as a stanley no. 171 but ive never seen one like it - what do you suppose its for ?
Im probably not going to buy it so i'm just curious
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Jamesc
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big soft moose
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cheers james - ive replaced the non functional picture from ebay with a link to the one on that site.
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Smudger
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Patrick Leach doesn't like it:
Another stupid plane brought to you by a company known for many nightmares come to life. But wait, there are more soon to come, I promise. The New Britain Stinktank had no shame dumping all sorts of offal onto the tool-hungry masses of America.
| Quote: | This plane was designed to make the mortices that are commonly found on doors; things like butt hinges, face plates, strike plates, escutcheons, etc., were its intent. Sorta like Norm's clever contraption for his 'lectrical routah, is what it does. It cuts mortices up to 3" wide and 5/16" deep.
There are two opposing rosewood totes to this plane, which give it a resemblance to the #148 style of planes. But, that's were the similarity ends. This plane has an adjustable fence, which can be removed to make the plane work as a conventional router. It has three different cutters, 3/8", 5/8", and 7/8" wide, which are screwed to an adjustable center post. Directly above the cutter is a coil spring that helps the cutting action; it is often missing or broken. There are two holes, one to each end of the plane, that allow a wooden sole (workman supplied) to be mounted onto the plane.
In an early advertisement of the plane, Stanley stated that the tool "might very properly be termed a mechanical chisel." I term it a piece of mechanical crap. I hate this plane, but not nearly as much as those that are soon to follow.
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Looks to me like it might have had a use at one time, now just a curiosity (unless you have a lot of doors to fit and hang...)
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