I have a couple of older Stanley spokeshaves that I have questions about. One has a flat sole one has a convex sole. First are these bevel up or down tools. Second,the convex one has nice screw adjustments ,the flat sole one does’nt. How does a guy adjust these without going out of ones mind! I forgot to look at the model #s before coming to work,I hope that does’nt matter. Thanks for the help.
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The bevel is down.
The one with the screws is a 151 I believe, and you are correct that the screws/textured nuts make fine adjustments easier. Without the screws, it's just a matter of looking at the blade int he mouth as you adjust and tighten down the chip breaker. You quickly get to know the aproximate amount of light you should see between the blade edge and the front of the mouth and the amoutn the blade needs to project from the sole. I'm sure there are tricks too - like using a card on a table or bench top and letting the blade touch the top while the card holds the sole slightly above or some such - but I've never bothered with such things. You can get a feel for setting it pretty quickly with just your fingers and eyes.
Paulie
You can adjust them like a wooden plane, without the hammer. Just tap it upside down on the side of the bench upside down to lower, right side up for deeper cut.
The one without the adjuster screws is probably a #51.
Jeff
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