Paul Chapman
Established Member
When fitting thick blades to a plane, you will sometimes find that the 'Y' lever is too short to engage properly in the slot of the cap iron. One way to overcome this is to lengthen the 'Y' lever. Here are two methods which Rob (Woodbloke) used to lengthen two of my 'Y' levers when I fitted Clifton blades (which are 3.1mm thick) to my old Record planes
The first was by silver soldering a piece of metal to the old Record 'Y' lever
The finished result after filing to shape
Please note that this will only work on old-style 'Y' levers that are made of hard metal.
Another method he used on a Clifton 'Y' lever that was too soft to be soldered was to drill the 'Y' lever
Then fit the piece of metal with a piece of steel wire and industrial-strength superglue
The finished result after filing to shape
And here it is fitted to the plane, a Record #04 with Clifton blade and cap iron
Cheers :wink:
Paul
The first was by silver soldering a piece of metal to the old Record 'Y' lever
The finished result after filing to shape
Please note that this will only work on old-style 'Y' levers that are made of hard metal.
Another method he used on a Clifton 'Y' lever that was too soft to be soldered was to drill the 'Y' lever
Then fit the piece of metal with a piece of steel wire and industrial-strength superglue
The finished result after filing to shape
And here it is fitted to the plane, a Record #04 with Clifton blade and cap iron
Cheers :wink:
Paul
