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[classic33]

6/7

Maggie let me down

 

[Gravity Aided]

I upgraded to Windows 11.
There is a new Aldi in town, it just opened today.
Cheeseburger casserole for dinner.

 

[classic33]

I upgraded to Windows 11.
There is a new Aldi in town, it just opened today.
Cheeseburger casserole for dinner.

Upgrade and a new Aldi in town!
Almost too exciting for this thread.

 

[classic33]

I have come to the conclusion that Germans, for all their engineering genius, can't make a decent wood plane. I'm going to bring my Stanley #4 with me next time I go to visit the family so I have at least one that works.

This is my Stanley #4 demonstrating what a proper wood plane looks like:

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This is what we have to use at work:

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To be fair the one in front wasn't totally awful once the blade was vaguely sharp. I think it's an attempt to make a German wood plane that works as well as a Stanley but retains the wooden base. I'm not convinced...

The one at the back is a plastic thing of evil.

I have a Jack Rebate plane. Similar in size and style to your No.4.

 

[cookiemonster]

 

[Reynard]

Anyways, I have finished the chapter I've been working on, so time to put the writing away and head off to bed. Going to have to fight the cats for bed space as Poppy has bagged the pillows and Lexi is hogging the middle of the bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[biggs682]

Morning dark outside and sounds windy
Cat has been fed
Still got a heavy arm

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's me off the hook then! Mid-70s. I spent most of the 60s still in school. That model was pretty much on its way out. In fact it might already have been discontinued but I'm not a plane historian. The model I made most of was smaller though I worked on a few different models, both dry and wet ground. The dry grinding made your snot orange as the dust turned to rust, the wet grinding gave your clothes a permanent stone-washing till they fell apart.

I have another from the mid 70's. That one is inherited from my Granddad, so it stays in the workshop. The one pictured was bought on Ebay about eight years ago for about 12€ or 10 GBP. Such is the popularity of hand tools now that prices start at 70€ for a used example and about 150€ for a new one.

 

[Andy in Germany]

In other news, the old smart phone I use as an alarm clock randomly decided that it wasn't going to beep today. Fortunately I have a fairly good inbuilt wake up mechanism which only went off half an hour too late, but it meant an annoyingly rushed morning.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well
The local sneezer just sneezed
Office door opened

 

[woodbutchmaster]

I have another from the mid 70's. That one is inherited from my Granddad, so it stays in the workshop. The one pictured was bought on Ebay about eight years ago for about 12€ or 10 GBP. Such is the popularity of hand tools now that prices start at 70€ for a used example and about 150€ for a new one.

Goodness me, this post has stirred a few memories. I had my own cabinet making business in the UK years ago . We made English oak traditional furniture for the home market and for export to the USA. Eventually l moved the whole operation to the Philippines and then China. It's a long and sometimes painful story but the bottom line is that l still have my Stanley smoothing plane like yours and what we referred to as a "shooter" , same design as the smoothing plane but with a very long sole for planing the edges of boards to be glued together, or "shot" together .
Maybe l will try to find them and take a group photograph for old times sake

 

[Illaveago]

Morning!
They were just talking about Shrinkflation on the Beeb just now . Mars bars being smaller but remaining the same price as an example . They were saying that retailers are doing it now to recoup losses .
So be careful when buying online ! The images you see may be actual size !

 

[Illaveago]

I was full of the joys of spring earlier ! I think a dream might have sparked it off !
The dream consisted of me buying some period style clothes for a classic bike, a pair of white trousers with a cord tie belt , a long sleeve top and a cloth cap . Almost a bit like "Where's Wally ? It seems that it would be more suitable for a penny farthing ! I woke up at that point and then started thinking about the adverts aimed at people of my age on TV. Equity Release! Pre Paid Funerals! Care Homes! Gated bungalows (Stepford with guard towers !). What happened to the awning adverts ?

 

[DCLane]

I'm off to Manchester twice today; first to pick up a desk / cabinets / chair set to replace the desk I got from Freecycle 18 years ago I've paid £20 for the set, which represents an infinite increase

Then back to Manchester for this evening's Manchester track league where I'm in the slowest group. At least I know where I belong

 

[PeteXXX]

Forgot to mention.. I'm up.