I used a 60s/70s Stanley no. 4 Handyman on a project a few years back, and it did fine. Later I got a real Stanley Bailey and could see it was better, but the first-step plane wasn't that bad.... smoothed out a lot of recycled pine just fine:
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Very nice Chris! And thanks.nuhobby wrote:I used a 60s/70s Stanley no. 4 Handyman on a project a few years back, and it did fine. Later I got a real Stanley Bailey and could see it was better, but the first-step plane wasn't that bad.... smoothed out a lot of recycled pine just fine:
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I WANT to do most of my WW with the shopsmith(s) because I am a machine guy from a Caterpillar D8 to a '32 Deuce Coupe to a Shopsmith, however, there is a certain allure to working wood by hand power ......
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin