I bought a Stanley 6C plane recently and it was in good shape but I wanted to update it. I bought a LN blade and a Hock chip breaker but I have a question about installing it since they are so thick. I was told to move the frog back so I started to take it apart last night to clean it and by just looking at the mouth, it looks like it will be a really tight fit. Since this is my first old plane that I bought to restore and use I wanted to see if I will run into any problems using the thick blades. Any suggestions on the frog adjustment and the blades will be greatly appreciated.
Mike Francis
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Be sure you get the right LN blade they make one that is just for old stanley planes, I think you want the .090 thick blade. Check out there website. The new blade and heavy chip breaker do seem to make a difference on the older planes.
Troy
Provided you've selected the correct thickness for the blade upgrade, fitting should be straight forward. I've recently fitted the L-N blade and chipbreaker to a Stanley #5... no brainer....
I stress the point about the correct thickness of blade being critical... needs to be around 0.095" rather than 0.125"... the cam lobe on your adjuster yoke is too short to engage properly with the full thickness blade...
Mike Wallace
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I had to file the throat on my Stanley 6 (turn-of-the-last-century vintage best I can tell) even though I had the .090 blade. FWW #172 has a great article on handplane tuneup, including filing the throat.
You are in for some fun - I'm in the process of jointing some 10" wide hard Maple and it's an amazing feeling seeing those paper-thin shavings roll off with little effort.
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