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   eddiefromAustralia | Jul 13, 2007 05:32am | #1

   HI Dave,

   I might have a few lying around - I'll do a Fatty Vaughtin and: "get back to you shortly," probably mid next week.

   Your local tool supplier should be able to order them in, providing that they're not too obscure (the block plane)

   CHeers,

   eddie

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   Patto | Jul 13, 2007 06:46am | #2

   Thanks Eddie,

   Those chaps at stanley could have done a much better design job if they had produced, say, two blanks. One with a long slot for benc planes and one with milld slots for the specialty stuff like block and rebate planes, then we could just buy a blank and trim to fit.

   Silly me.

   Dave (go Queenslander, except they are pathetic at union)

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   JohnWW | Jul 13, 2007 03:38pm | #3

   Lie-Nielsen makes replacement blades for many older planes:

   http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?cat=512

   John W.

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   Patto | Jul 16, 2007 07:58am | #8

   John,

   Thanks for that - looks like a good source for a couple of irons.

   Dave

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   forestgirl | Jul 13, 2007 05:30pm | #4

   "I'm also not in the tune it to the limts ...."  Dave, could you translate that please? 

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   DCarr10760 | Jul 13, 2007 06:16pm | #5

   FG,

   I tripped over that one also.  I think it would be clearer if it read:

   "In addition, I am not a member of the tune it to the limit with a Hock or LN Iron brigade."

   Meaning that he isn't after perfection, just a good user.

   Sometimes things that make sense when spoken and heard  don't work well when written and read.

   David C

   Eats shoots and leaves...

    

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   forestgirl | Jul 13, 2007 06:31pm | #6

   Ahhhhh, thank you.  My brain was tied in knots over that one.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   Patto | Jul 16, 2007 07:54am | #7

   Jamie,

   Absolutely right about the Hock irons etc. I have this view that Stanley made pretty good tools for many years. Some notable exceptions and some I just never understood. So my planes are workers, all bar two were second-hand and regularly used in their first life. Its just that it seems such a shame to wear out the original irons if there is a cost effective alternative.

   dave