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   Gene_DiNardo | Aug 30, 2007 05:49am | #1

   Mike,

   I don't  use it all the time but, sometimes it is just what the doctor ordered.

   I use planes quite a bit and am fairly proficient however, when I need to straighten and level an edge and cant afford to loose more than a few thou's of an inch and don't want to take a chance that I may be a little heavy handed , or lean a little one way or the other, or the moon is out of phase, or whatever. That fence is just the ticket.

   We can train our eyes and hands to recognize and attain level,straight,flush, and angles to an amazing degree of accuracy however, we all get careless or lazy or inattentive at times and these aids come in handy when we cant afford to take a chance.

   You can position the brass studs to accommodate various planes and those rare earth magnets hold quite well.

   It was a purchase I do not regret.

   Gene

   Also, Yes you should keep working on your form.

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   derekcohen | Aug 30, 2007 08:11am | #2

   Mike

   Most certainly, learn to get along without a fence. However there are times when one is useful. Such as when jointing thin boards that are too long for a shooting board. All the same, I usually match plane boards, so getting a perfectly square face is not a high priority. And slightly imperfect unsquare outside edges (not sides) are unlikely to be noticed by anyone.

   I have not used this particular fence, but have reviewed the one that screws to the LV BU Jointer plane. They are essentially the same.

   http://www.wkfinetools.com/contrib/dCohen/z_art/LVBevelUpJointer/LVBevelJoint.asp

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

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   mvflaim | Aug 30, 2007 04:58pm | #3

    That's what I pretty much thought. That it was just a aid to use once in awhile when you needed it. That was a nice link you sent me. Helped out a lot with a lot of good info. I may to give one a try.

   Thanks guys

     

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   pattrnmkr | Aug 30, 2007 09:52pm | #4

   Mike,

   I didn't know how often i would use the fence when i decided to buy it, but after owning it for about a year and a half i have found it comes in handy in a few different scenario's.
   Removing mill marks in curly maple from the jointer while keeping the edge dead nuts square for a large panel glue up was one in particular where it proved valuable.
   More often i find myself using it by inverting my bevel up jointer plane in a vice with the fence attached. It works awesome to joint small box sides perfectly square. (or bevels with an auxiliary block attached.

   Although more a luxury than a necessity, I'd buy it over again.

   Jeff

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   mvflaim | Aug 30, 2007 10:23pm | #5

   Yeah I seen that link where they used the jointer along with the fence upside down in a vise. I can think of times where that would have come in handy.

   mike 

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   douglas2cats | Aug 31, 2007 03:21pm | #6

   You can also attach angled blocks for doing mitered edges. Haven't done it with the sole down but used it upside down like the other posters but for doing miters. Works good for that.

    

   If you build it he will come.

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   mvflaim | Aug 31, 2007 04:02pm | #7

   After going thru my tool collection last night I found an old jointer fence that attaches to a wooden bodied plane and an old Stanley No 29 transitional plane. Think I'll clean it up and attach the fence to it to see how it works. This fence is adjustable like the old Stanley's were so hopefully I'll find some good uses for it. If nothing else, it gives me an excuse to clean up a transitional plane and put it back to work. I think they get a bad rap in the tool world for no good reason.

    

   Edited 8/31/2007 9:57 am ET by mvflaim

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   mvflaim | Sep 16, 2007 06:08pm | #8

   Well here it is! I decided to take a Stanley No 31 and an old jointer fence I had laying around and put them back to work. The plane's tote was broken in half so I decided to make a new one and two knobs out of some black walnut. The fence never had a knob but it did have two pins that stuck out of the side, so I decided to put a knob on it and epoxy it on the left pin. After flattening the planes sole, I had to patch up the opening of the mouth with a piece of rosewood. I also had to tune up the plane so that it would produce a paper thin shaving.

   After I set my fence square, I started to plane off the wood and sure enough, the cut was square to the face of the board. The knob on the fence comes in handy as I use this it to put pressure on the fence to assure my cuts are square. I especially like this fence because it's adjustable and now I have the opportunity to plane at different angles when I need to.

   What's nice about this plane set up is that even with the fence on it, the weight of the plane at 7 lbs, is still a pound and a half lighter than my Stanley No 8 alone. This will definitely be one of my favorite plane rehabs I've ever done! Who says transitional planes are useless and only belong in a fire pit burning???? (I think this is the actual model of plane that's burning on Patrick Leach's Blood and Gore website.)

     

   Edited 9/16/2007 11:17 am ET by mvflaim

   
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   PADDYDAHAT | Sep 17, 2007 04:21am | #9

   Mike, to clean up an edge I go free hand, to joint I have a very old and very clean Miller's Falls like the Stanley and it's super. You should look for one of this type, I think they are less than $30 ,they are out there and nobody wants them, thank goodness. I use it on a Stanley #7, a#608 or a Clifton  #6 or#7.    Paddy

    

   edit. nice(perfect) solution , now ya need one for the iron jointers, HA, HA, pfh

   
   

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   Edited 9/16/2007 9:26 pm ET by PADDYDAHAT

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   mvflaim | Sep 17, 2007 04:03pm | #10

   Hi Paddy, I got a whole arsenal of metal bodied Stanley bench planes. I was just too cheap to spend the money on the Veritas fence when I had these two tools lying around doing nothing. It was a fun little afternoon project and I really like the way the walnut tote and knobs came out. IMO they look much better than their beech counterparts.

   Plus it was a good learning experience tuning up the old trans plane. Since I threw it through my planer a few times and planed all four edges, I had to relocate the screw holes to mount the metal frame to the bed. I also had to punch out a new blade adjustment hole in the cap iron and obviously I had to patch the mouth up with a piece of rosewood to achieve a thin shaving.

   Overall I'm pretty pleased with the outcome and the end result is dead nuts square. The ironic thing about the whole experience is that I was surfin the web last night and saw the same fence I'm using for sale on a website for $90.00. I could have just sold the fence on eBay and bought the Veritas one from Lee Valley.....haha

   mike