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

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you once again Graham for the information.

@gjbmunc

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

thanks for passing on your knowledge it is greatly appreciated .

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Thanks Graham for sharing!

@gjbmunc

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Great instructional video, thank you 👍

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Thanks a bunch for all the excellent tips, Graham! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome! You too.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

Thank you

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Thanks

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

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!

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.

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

3 ай бұрын

You are correct

Nice.

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

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

2 ай бұрын

I'll try and remember when we get to planes.

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.

@sjhcfp8146

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, many thanks Graham! That does make sense - all is forgiven beloved Stanley 5.5

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…

@gjbmunc

Жыл бұрын

All good advice.

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.