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In the process of building that box....had a bunch of resets on the Stanley #45 to do....mainly changing where the fence will be, and whether short or long rods were to be used....decided to make some things a bit..easier to do To change those rods...there are 4 thumbscrews to loosen, and tighten back up, with one too close the the handle area. They all needed a pair of needle nosed pliers to get them to ...move...look right under the wheel to adjust the depth of cut....so... I retired these two (FIRED!) and stashed them away...had a pair of slotted bolts to replace them....instead of pliers, I can just... Use something like this....like on the rest of the plane....which leaves these two... I don't have any to replace these two, they are a lot longer, and have pointed end. About all I could do was pull them both out, clean the crud in the threads, give the threads a drop (a SMALL one) of 3in1 oil, and run them back in....they work a little better,,,still need pliers, but these are easier to get to. Issue came up with the #12 cutter I had been using for 1/4" wide grooves....when I tried to level the grooves bottom with the router plane...the new Veritas 1/4" cutter would not fit in the 1/4" groove.. Measured the with of the Veritas...0.252"....the #12? 0.249" wide....could be a problem? Dug out the other 1/4" sized cutter I have for the #45 plane.. Only marking is a "T"...measured it....0.251" wide. needed a bit of sharpening, bevel was rounded a bit, back needed flattened....then, while the stones were handy, worked on the Veritas as well, had a chip-out in the edge. I also stoned both sides of the cutter to match the 0.251" reading I need.. "New" cutter in the #45 plane, and a fresh groove made....then tried the router plane for size... need a bit of wax, but it did slide right along...Router is set up like this, so it can travel along the jig. Went back to "normal setting" later.. When I had a bit more"elbow room".... Now I have to go shopping for fence bolts.....may just chase the threads and use NEW thumbscrews....IF I can point the edges to match Stanley's bolts.
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Well...Mister Gumption finally caught up to me, there goes playing hooky for tonight. Had a few more grooves to mill.. Fought the grain on both of these....as for the third groove.. It was getting to be a bit of a stretch, so I dug out the cam rest, and gave it a test drive, too. The last two? I had to turn the blank 180 degrees, and come in from the other side.. The grain was a lot better to work with. Made that groove with just a single setting. Groove #5 soon followed. Time to make a holder for the shanks to sit in.. Marked out where each bit was, bandsaw to make a bunch of cuts. Chisel to knock out the waste, and pare things smooth. Test fit on the holder end.. Something like this. I could also mark where to cut the outside pieces at, and then give them a test fit... So I could see what needed trimmed where. Glue & nails, might as well get the glue up started.. Glue and nails, and a few clamps. Kept working my way around, had to trim a few places. Then a forest of clamps... Begining to think I should have done the first two this way......might have been a little easier? Tried out the bits.. Seems to look a little better? Still have enough pieces to make the fourth page... But....I think it can wait a day. Will need to change the cutter in the Stanley 45, first. The blank needs to be flattened out. Scrub plane then a smooth plane for that. Both faces. Yep, it can wait a day or so. Stay tune to this Batty Channel.....same Bat Time.
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