jhl.verona Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well I gave my Record 778 a good run for its money today cutting a 10mm full width rebate, and, since it didn't have one, a made a wooden fence for it. Perhaps 15 minutes work making the fence, saw a chunk of beech - or anything else hard ancd cheap, plane it, and screw it to the metal fence. Not the most difficult job in the world, but... It dawned on me that in all the ebay auctions I've followed chasing rebate planes, plough planes or even multi-planes (Record 405 excluded, 'cause they put a nice rosewood one on themselves) I don't remember seeing even one with a home made wooden fence attached. Please tell me it's just me... John P.S: If you have one, and haven't made a wooden fence for it yet - do it. It may not change your life forever, but it does improve your precision with the tool - it's much harder to create a wedge with a good big wooden fence. See what I mean? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Great tip, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMarcel Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'll ask a dumb question: were there holes for the screws already? If so, it seems it was made to have one. Mount a fence ripped at 45º and you'll have a nice chamfering plane. My planes with fences all have holes to mount a wooden auxiliary fence. The ones with rosewood fences can leave discoloration on white woods so I switched them to maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhl.verona Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'll ask a dumb question: were there holes for the screws already? If so, it seems it was made to have one. Mount a fence ripped at 45º and you'll have a nice chamfering plane. My planes with fences all have holes to mount a wooden auxiliary fence. The ones with rosewood fences can leave discoloration on white woods so I switched them to maple. Yes indeed. I have a 043, 044 and a 050. They all have screw holes in the metal fence, and no, none of them came with a home made wooden fence. Maple sounds like an excellent choice too. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 A nice array of plough, rebate etc here, nearly all with a nice wooden fence applied http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/combinationplanes.html . Nice work btw John, those planes are not the height of fashion but they are rather good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhl.verona Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Nice work btw John, those planes are not the height of fashion but they are rather good. Isn't blue the 'in' colour this year? I must admit it does spend a lot of time resting though. John - the unfashionable woodworker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yes I attach a wooden fence to all my boat anchor planes - I have a 778 too and find it superb. Instead of screwing them on I have just been using double sided tape. Seems to work ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Boat anchor plane must have multiple meanings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I love blue John, all my metal planes (thus far) are blue, see you at London fashion week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 C a lot of people buy universal planes and find some of them have a steep learning curve. They then end up either selling them again rather than persevering with them. If they do decide to keep them they collect dust in the tool cabinet waiting for that rainy day when the woodworker is going to "learn" it. In that case the best thing that they can be used for is a boat anchor That's why they are so many pristine examples from the 1950s still in unmarked boxes (I have a few). Power Routers became popular around then so the universals ended up being redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Ok, we are thinking along the same lines. I missed the loving affection with which you said "boat anchor" and found it a non-sequitur that you would install a wooden fence before tying on a rope and throwing it over:-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 55''s come with the wood already on there, but I don't know of any others that do. Record 044C didn't either. I don't have a 45, but those probably do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFatBaron Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I've made a wooden fence to go with my jack plane to help square up edges. I secure it with c-clamps. I can imagine how much it improves a rabbet plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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