Comments on: Stanley No. 65: My Favorite Tool of 2010

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:45:58 +0000

To the gentleman wanting to know where to look for one, I would keep an eye on jimbodetools.com. They have new (old) tools daily. You can sign up for their email to get a daily update.

Your pocket book may hate me for mentioning this site. I’ve certainly found a bunch of "gotta have" tools there.

By: Mike DeCarlo

Mike DeCarlo — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:57:22 +0000

Great plane, I’ll definitely be on the look out for one!
Also, love your magazine!

Mike
decarlowoodworks.blogspot.com

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:55:38 +0000

I wrote a story on stop chamfers and lamb’s tongue details that will come out in the Lee Valley newsletter. Should be out in December I think.

Chris

By: theparttimewoodworker.blogspot.com

theparttimewoodworker.blogspot.com — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:12:03 +0000

Chris, I have been trying to do a "proper" stopped chamfer for months now. I have discovered that creating a chamfer is easy, it is the "proper" part of the equation that fails me.

Could you either post a short explanation regarding your technique or direct me to one of your books or blogs that includes it?

I would greatly appreciate it.

Peace

By: John Cashman

John Cashman — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:46:36 +0000

I have the Kunz version. I purchased it somewhere around 1980, give or take a year. There were no resources back then to tell me how bad the tool was, or what to do about it, but it wasn’t hard to figure out.

There was lots of paint where paint didn’t belong, so that had to come off. Some file work on the bed and both top and bottom of the cap smoothed things out. The cap was really chunky, so I had to take a lot off the top so the shavings would pass through smoothly. I have no idea how long it took to make it work the way it should, but I doubt it was an exorbitant amount.

The sole is very round front to back, more so than some of the shaves that are supposed to be rounded. I think this is a big plus. You can cut tighter concave surfaces, and on flat work you can set it to take a heavy cut, and rock the tool back a bit to take a finer shaving, without having to adjust the blade.

I’ve never used a Stanley 65, but for many years the Kunz was my favorite spokeshave, even with the chamfer guides off. In fact, I’ve used it more with the guides off than on.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:25:38 +0000

Chris,

Should I assume that any 65′s I find will now be double the price that they were this morning? A quick ebay search revealed that there are not any available, there was probably a run on them five minutes after you posted. In all honesty though I have never seen this tool (or didn’t recognize it) when looking through vintage tools. Was it very common? I’ve seen the No. 72 chamfer plane show up but never this shave, any idea where to find one?

Thanks for sharing this; it looks like a very interesting tool.

Mike Mitchell