I love using hand tools. Quiet, soothing, and very satisfying to use. It gives one more of the feeling of creation and art than power tools. I even used handsaws rip an 8’x3” live edge slab once. Took almost 2 hours ( and a sharpening during it) to get it done. Haha. Now I use power tools for that kind of bulk work.
@gjbmunc
2 ай бұрын
Of course!
@mikecosentino6775
10 ай бұрын
I have the millers fall version of this plane. Ive been working with the tools all my life. Enjoy your videos your a excellent shop teacher something we had back in the day when i was a teen. Sadly the school's did away with wood shop, metal shop. print shop, ceramic shop. And not to leave out home ec for the girls. So thank god we have machines and power tools because you know we live in a get it done by Friday world.
@gjbmunc
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@markgallicano
Жыл бұрын
thanks for passing on your knowledge it is greatly appreciated .
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@alvagoldbook2
Жыл бұрын
I have a Stanley 78, but I also have the skewed blade Stanley. The trouble I’ve had with the skewed blade version is adjusting the blade depth. I will typically let the blade sit loose and flat against the wood surface, and tighten it up, but it’s difficult to get in there and gently tap the blade forward with a rubber mallet like I would with an older wooden plane.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
practice makes perfect, but I might try a light hammerand a slightly tighter screw on the blade.
@1deerndingo
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Can't understand why they dropped the Stanley 280. Maybe the fiddling nature of sharpening slowed sales??? Another great use for the 78/778 is the use of a heavily cambered blade for scrub plane use. I now keep a heavy camber and flat blade on the same plane and use which one is needed. Paul Sellers showed that.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@montelott8570
11 ай бұрын
Thank you once again Graham for the information.
@gjbmunc
10 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@roman_le
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Graham! Record also have one-arm version Fillister, it is 078. I use it for the most of my rabbets.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Ah, something new every day!
@kz.irudimen
Жыл бұрын
@@gjbmunc Record made the 078 first (copying Stanley I assume), and they started selling the 778 when they acquired Woden Tools, who made a similar plane with 2 fence arms that they called W78. The W78 did not have the micro adjuster of the 778 (it had one similar to the Stanley/Record 78), but it had a front knob for better ergonomics.
@athmostafa2462
Жыл бұрын
I love hand tools , I kept hunting for a skew blade but had no luck finding it , I have a Stanley 78 only 😊 maybe in future I'll get a new modern skew one from veritas 😅.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
It'll cost a lot more but is also a very good plane.
@Mr_Rick
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Graham for sharing!
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@alvagoldbook2
Жыл бұрын
I did discover that the 280 does have it’s own fence system. But the posts and fence won’t work with the 78. But an entire 78 fence system will work with the 280. The screw on post is a bigger diameter than the one used on the 78. So while 78 and 280 fence parts aren’t interchangeable, an entire 78 fence system will screw into a 280.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Good solution!
@5StoryWoodWorks
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you. I have a very nice Stanley 78, the single rod supporting the fence is not as stable as I would like it to be. Another great episode. Thank you, Sir.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome.
@MCsCreations
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch for all the excellent tips, Graham! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome! You too.
@davidernst499
9 ай бұрын
Thank you Graham for this video. However, I think you misspoke and meant to say your Stanley skew fillister is a 289. (not 280)
@gjbmunc
8 ай бұрын
You are correct
@haroldschultz5864
Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial sir , I thoroughly enjoy your channel and you always have the most interesting of topics . Blessings to you .
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@pmewUK
Жыл бұрын
Great instructional video, thank you 👍
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@georgegeyer3431
7 ай бұрын
Will you show how to set up the Stanley 78 fence. I have one I use but I would like better instruction so I don't get uneven rebates possibly from holding it wrong or improper iron setting. Kind regards, George.
@gjbmunc
7 ай бұрын
I'll try and remember when we get to planes.
@KevinHumphrey-hq4hx
4 ай бұрын
This is great information as I am looking to buy a Stanley 78 or even a Record 778 on eBay. They are running from 65.00 to 150 for good used ones. With that said have you used the Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane? It costs $255.00. Just wondering if it is worth that value? I have purchased Furniture Design and Jigs and Fixtures handbooks.
@gjbmunc
4 ай бұрын
Prices are going up for everything!
@BakerVS
Жыл бұрын
Is the Woden version any good? It has two arms like the Record, but a small cutting wheel as a snicker.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Woden planes are generally every bit as good as Record planes (who bought out the Woden line), plus they have two arms unlike the Stanley 78.
@davidgee1585
Жыл бұрын
Hi love your videos, I inherited a Stanley 78 great for rebates (as we say in UK!) never really worked out what the forward position of the blade was for. Is there a good explanation for it?
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
The forward position helps when working stoppped rabbets (rebates).
@davidgee1585
Жыл бұрын
@@gjbmunc thanks that makes sense.
@sj_harris
Жыл бұрын
A quick query for you Graham - I’ve recently started using my two (wooden) rabbet planes for some smoothing operations, rather than always reaching for my block and 5.5 planes… is this not good practice? It works I know, but I appreciate I may be building in some iffy technique in the process
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Ideally a rabbet plane has a blade that is straight at the edge. A shaving taken across or along the middle of a board will have edges, wheareas a smoothing plane's iron is given a slight crown so no matter how thin the shaving you cannot feel the edges. Additionally, a rabbet is usually required to be flat and a rabbet plane should take a flat shaving, not a 'crowned' shaving.
@sj_harris
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, many thanks Graham! That does make sense - all is forgiven beloved Stanley 5.5
@liveoak4124
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@jerrycomo2736
Жыл бұрын
Stanley 78 problem fixed: This is the problem where the fence screw was no longer working in the fence. The thumb screw would not grab until 1/8" too far into the hole preventing the fence from sliding onto the arm and re-tapping the hole was the only good solution. By dumb luck, I tried the cap iron screw from the bullnose portion of the plane, and it worked. So apparently, in the Stanley 78, both cap iron screws and fence screw are identical patterns. If I ever need to use the bullnose feature and the fence, (not likely) I can use the cap iron screw from the regular blade position.
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@chrishb7074
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@gjbmunc
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@jerrycomo2736
Жыл бұрын
Stanley 78 problem: The thumb screw hole for the fence is now slightly stripped when tightened all the way. One solution suggested is re-tap the hole. Another solution I will try first is melt a little bit of solder in the hole, then screw in the thumb screw. This solution adds metal verses the first solution which removes metal. I will let you know if the "solder" solution worked.
@plakor6133
Жыл бұрын
Stanley planes have proprietary, unusual threads. It used to be you could find the tap and die for these.
@Monkey_Snot
Жыл бұрын
Tap it the next larger size, install a stud with lock tight and use a wing nut or a knurled brass nut and you'll never have it come loose again.
@ChiefTiff
Жыл бұрын
Unlikly to work; lead tin solder is too soft to be used in screw threads plus you have to somehow persuade it to bond with the iron threads in the fence while ignoring the steel threads in the screw. Either drill it out and retap to the next size up or wait until a cheap 78 comes up on fleabay. Better yet; throw it away and buy a British twin fence rail plane. The Record 778 was based on a Woden, which was itself a copy of a WS…
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