01-19-2017, 12:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2017, 12:21 AM by bandit571.
Edit Reason: 78's rebate was in the wrong place
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Building a 5 drawer Chest of Drawers, the stanley #45 has been busy with a sash cutter..
But, I needed to mill just a rebate along the back edges of the corner posts, to house a plywood back. I dug out the old Wards (Stanley) #78, and tuned it up. To be fair to the Stanley 45, I dug out the Number 17 plough cutter, and sharpened it up. Set up both planes for a 1/4" deep by 9/16" wide rebate. Idea was to make one rebate on each dresser side, and see how the planes did..
The wards 78 went first...
With the 78, it is rough for the lead (left) hand to hold onto. thumb has nowhere to go, really, but you need it to help hold the plane level, and the fence against the work. Depth adjustment was done on the fly. After a couple thin shavings were made, then I hogged out a bunch, and then back to the fine shavings to tidy up.....put this plane aside..
The 45's turn was next...
I didn't quite get the set set just right, wound up with a 1/2" wide rebate...no biggie. I can correct later.
The 45 is a bit easier to hold onto, and keep the fence against the work. It also weighs almost twice as much as the little 78.
Neither planes' cutters liked the knots along the way, the 78 would power through them, the 45 would chatter as it went through.
I liked both planes, but the 78 is rather limited as to what it can do, but it does it very well. The 45 takes a bit longer to set up, and depth changes are NOT doable on the fly, like the 78.
IF all you are doing is rebates, get the 78, if you are doing a lot of other items like a sash cutter, get the 45. It will be cheaper to get,, then say a Stanley 55.
twas a fun morning, now, back to the case build...for some reason, the rebate from the 78 got dropped down to the "attachments" space down below this post.
But, I needed to mill just a rebate along the back edges of the corner posts, to house a plywood back. I dug out the old Wards (Stanley) #78, and tuned it up. To be fair to the Stanley 45, I dug out the Number 17 plough cutter, and sharpened it up. Set up both planes for a 1/4" deep by 9/16" wide rebate. Idea was to make one rebate on each dresser side, and see how the planes did..
The wards 78 went first...
With the 78, it is rough for the lead (left) hand to hold onto. thumb has nowhere to go, really, but you need it to help hold the plane level, and the fence against the work. Depth adjustment was done on the fly. After a couple thin shavings were made, then I hogged out a bunch, and then back to the fine shavings to tidy up.....put this plane aside..
The 45's turn was next...
I didn't quite get the set set just right, wound up with a 1/2" wide rebate...no biggie. I can correct later.
The 45 is a bit easier to hold onto, and keep the fence against the work. It also weighs almost twice as much as the little 78.
Neither planes' cutters liked the knots along the way, the 78 would power through them, the 45 would chatter as it went through.
I liked both planes, but the 78 is rather limited as to what it can do, but it does it very well. The 45 takes a bit longer to set up, and depth changes are NOT doable on the fly, like the 78.
IF all you are doing is rebates, get the 78, if you are doing a lot of other items like a sash cutter, get the 45. It will be cheaper to get,, then say a Stanley 55.
twas a fun morning, now, back to the case build...for some reason, the rebate from the 78 got dropped down to the "attachments" space down below this post.
Show me a picture, I'll build a project from that
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