Recent content by JohnFred

My guess is that's it's a driver for handsaw split nuts. JF

Stanley 65 is another common plane. It's larger than the 60 1/2 and I reach for it first. For specs on all of them go here http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html JF

Hi Froggy That looks like a Paramo #10 Planemaster. It used replaceable blades which you can find on ebay. I made one from a HSS jigsaw blade. I haven't done any work with it, I just made a few passes to see if my blade would work. It made shavings. I bought the plane at a flea market (boot...

Thank you gentlemen. John

Hi ED65, Faithfull planes are not available here. I'll look into the epoxy. Do you have any recommendations to the right glue? I see getting the pins to line up to be an aggravating job. Thanks, John

Thanks Pete. So are saying that when the 311 nose is attached to the 077 that the top doesn't line up but the sole does? In essence, that would give me "a working plane that wouldn't win a beauty contest". That works for me. I've had 2 planes brazed and neither lasted long. John.

Hello, New member, amateur woodworker from Canada, with a question. I recently bought a Record 311 for a price I could afford but the US Post Office broke it in transit. Both webs on the main body are snapped off clean. I collected my insurance money which almost covered my cost and started to...