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   Sphere | Aug 20, 2008 02:53am | #1

   This it?

   http://www.mjdtools.com/tools/list_1069/127253.htm

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   dovetail97128 | Aug 20, 2008 03:03am | #2

   I have the Stanley #140 and thought that what he was describing must be it's clone.
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   Sphere | Aug 20, 2008 03:14am | #3

   It is.

   http://oldtoolheaven.com/blok/blok01.htmSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations

    

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   Shep | Aug 20, 2008 03:54am | #4

   I must have 8 ( or more) blocks planes, but none of them have a skewed blade.

   I keep thinking about pulling the trigger and getting the Lie-Nielson. Maybe this winter

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   Sphere | Aug 20, 2008 03:59am | #5

   The only skews in my collection is an old wood Sandusky made rabbet plane, and a bronze edge trimmer, oh and a badly worn panel raiser.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   dovetail97128 | Aug 20, 2008 04:10am | #6

   I love my #140.
   It is as, pony put it," my go to plane" for hitting edges at the ends of boards, slices right through the end grain. I also have used the removable side feature which allows the plane to be used to clean rabbets up quickly. Price was right as well, doing some "honey do " for an elderly woman friend who said I might find some of her now dead hubbies tools in the back of the garage I could take home if thought I might want them. The #140 was among the items there.
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   ponytl | Aug 20, 2008 05:12am | #7

   thats it....

   so i guess $1.00 was a good price...  i wondered i'd never even seen a skew'd blade plane... but since i'm doing all these doors it works really well on the end grain if you hit it just right it's pretty sweet... with this and a foam sanding  block it's a 2 min job to get each door just about paint ready....

    I can see how getting attracted to planes can happen... they look like art anyway... and if they work well... then it's just art that functions...

   I am missing the front "knob" but in using it it's not something i even miss...

   I'm not real clear on the function of removing the rightside?  is it something i have a need to know/use?

   thanks again all that posted

   p

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   dovetail97128 | Aug 20, 2008 05:23am | #8

   pony, The "skew" helps a lot when hitting end grain,works by increasing the slicing action if you "drift " the plane sideways a bit when using it. it is exactly what I use mine for 99% of the time.
   You can pull the right side off and use the plane to clean up (or actually make)a rabbet made on a table saw. This plane is a combination block/rabbeting plane.
   Just don't misplace the set screws that hold it on (Don't ask))
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   [email protected] | Aug 20, 2008 06:06am | #9

   The side comes off so you can work right up to an edge, as in cleaning up a tennon.  That is also why it is skewed. 

   If you are using a plane out in the open, you can rotate it to achieve any skew angle you want.  When you are cleaning up the cheek of a tennon, and are working up against the shoulder, there is no way to rotate the plane to skew the blade.  Thus the skewed block planes were designed. 

   Good engineering, in that you could use the plane in multiple ways doing trim and finish work, and not have to own/carry two planes in your box.