Fred Belanger Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hello All, Long time lurker, first time poster. Short story first: I have a Stanley sweetheart no 4 plan that I like. Recently, I may have over tightened the knob, which as most may know, controls the opening of the blade. The overtightening has broken the crew that screws into the front adjustable plate of the plane sole (the sole in front of the blade. Hence, no knob to hold onto, no adjustable opening for the blade = plane becomes instantly useless. I do have a low angle jack plane also, and knob swaps nicely, but wouldn't want to do that repeatedly. I've checked the Stanley website and the sweetheart planes aren't even listed (at least, as far as I've found) in the parts lists. Looking for sourcing online source for this knob. Ideally, in Canada (not holding my breath for this). I don't want to be hit with duty fees on a 20$ replacement part, you know? (Canadian's will know what I'm talking about). Help / advice appreciated. I've looked at Veritas knobs as possible replacement, but they wouldn't fit. I've found this community to be fairly active, so am expecting Eric to respond first!! Thanks to all whom reply. Promise to update this post when I get this figured out. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted June 5, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 That's once. Don't say his name another two times or you'll be sorry.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Is it possible to simply replace the screw? I know some of the Stanley planes use screw sizes that are a bit difficult to find, but that may be simpler than finding an entire knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Call Stanely. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 In a case like this, Ebay is your friend. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G S Haydon Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I'd just drop Stanley customer services a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Did anyone ever come up with a satisfactory solution for this? I'm having a similar issue. Same plane, probably overtightened, and the knob is stripped. That is to say, it spins on the screw. It's not like other planes, where the knob is bolted in from bottom to top. It's just a piece of wood that's twisted down onto screw threads. So once the wood threads are stripped, you're out of luck. You can't tighten down the knob, and you can't loosen the mouth adjustment. I was thinking of just reattaching the knob to the screw with JB Weld. Wondering if anyone has any advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 I was able to find someone else who had this issue, and he epoxied it as well: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Contact stanley they have replacement parts. Have the plane part number eg (12-136) not sure if that's the one you have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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