what an odd response - I'll admit it's not made to the same standards as
my LNs, but after spending about (from what I remember) at least 2 hours
tuning it up; it's become an extremely usable plane for smoothing curves.
Perhaps the age - its a sweetheart version - has something to do with the
quality.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 02:14:40 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote:

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:37:05 GMT, acronym
wrote:

you'd be surprised how handy a 151 stanley becomes.

They make good boomerangs.

Well, they make better boomerangs than spokeshaves, and if you throw
one away, not coming back is an advantage.



Stanley 151s are rubbish, and the Record and other clones are usually
worse. If you want a spokshave that's easy to use, look for an old
wooden one, or else the Veritas low-angle one. The first iron-bodied
spokeshave I found that worked was the smaller Stanley #63 / #64
model. The adjustable mouth #50somethings are good too, but rare.

A Preston is nice, but expensive.