At 11:50 AM 12/7/2008, springston@f... wrote:
>Hello,
Greetings. Welcome aboard
>So here is my big problem right now. I ran downstairs to look at
>the full sized top this morning. I grabbed my No 14 and started
>making shavings.
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>The first 3/16ths of the female threads for the lever cap screw are
>completely threaded out. They will grab enough to make everything
>look and feel tight but as soon as you put any lateral pressure on
>the screw, like when you USE THE @#$#@ PLANE. It pops loose.
Your best bet is to find a dogmeat #14 and just take the frog off of
it. Might be someone has one out in their pile some place. I don't
have any here, I've kinda been staying away from Millers Falls planes
of late (low return on the time investment to get them looking
decent), although I do have a No 8 (same size as a Stanley No 3) that
I'm gonna tackle
Tony
Olde River Hard Goods
http://www.oldetoolshop.com
TSMusic
http://www.myspace.com/tonyseomusic
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