Prices for router planes

[morfa]

Ebay seems to be selling decent router planes (Stanley no 71s) for about £50-70 ish. This seem like a sane price to most?

Are there any other models to consider for a standard sized router plane?

 

[Bigbud78]

If you only want one cutter they go for about £35, I just paid £53 for a good condition Record 071 with the depth stop and three cutters. Next best thing was a new LN or veratas one at £140-180 ish, I didnt see anything else hence paid the going rate. You could make paul sellers poor mans router and look at the older wood versions that come up on ebay

 

[AndyT]

I think it's not so much a question of sane or insane. It's just evidence that your Stanley / Record 71 is a really useful tool and an essential in anyone's kit. There's not a lot to go wrong (apart from losing parts) and so they last for ever. Even at £50+ it's a lot less than a Veritas, as Bigbud said.
I do think your chances of finding a Preston for the price of a Stanley have reduced close to nil since Paul Sellers bigged them up; but on the positive side, there's a better chance that tools that might have been tossed aside as scrap will at least get picked up and offered for sale.

 

[Mr_P]

Keep an eye on buy it now and collection only, bargains to be found.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191607260114? ... EBIDX%3AIT

 

[morfa]

Sane/standard. I didn't think it seems like an awful price, I was just wondering.what was normal. I've got a few bids in on stuff up to £50 and hopefully I'll get something at that range.

 

[John15]

I paid £50 for my Stanley 71 in good nick with 2 cutters on ebay last year so you should be able to get something decent for around this price if you are patient.

John

 

[DTR]

What about the boot sales? I've seen them fairly regularly. I got my Record 071 for a tenner, all complete and boxed!

 

[AndyT]

I see what you mean now Morfa. I get the impression that prices for routers have increased overall lately - this does seem to happen on eBay, that a tool becomes fashionable, or at least, sought after by more people, and the price rises for a while.

 

[deema]

I think, and it's only my opinion that the price of secondhand woody stuff has increased significantly in the last 12 months probably coinciding with the economy getting rather healthier. I bought a lovely secondhand Record router in its original boxe with instructions and all three bits, fence and support arm for £25 almost exactly a year ago. A month later I found on eBay an unused Veritas router plane with two fences (goodness knows why they wanted two) for £45. I auctioned off the Record router for £30. Today, I would not be so fortunate.

Having used both planes, my preference is definitely for the Veritas which has two nice features.
1. There is a nice accurate cutting iron adjuster and a very good depth stop which IMO is far better than the Record system
2. The plane iron cutting head can be removed and placed in a jig for ease of sharpening which makes it very easy.

I never worked out what the fit / support arm was for and have never found a need for such a device. The Veritas is not supplied with such a device. (I'm sure someone will come along and explain what it's used for) Equally I find there are far better tools for cutting a plough groove and would not buy a fence.

 

[Ed Bray]

Sane/standard. I didn't think it seems like an awful price, I was just wondering.what was normal. I've got a few bids in on stuff up to £50 and hopefully I'll get something at that range.

Pity, I've got a Record 071 with 3 cutters you could have had quite cheaply.

 

[whiskywill]

Morfa, you have a p.m.