Advice on which hand planes to buy first?

[Dave Shepard]

I played around with the plane a little today. I didn't go crazy on it, but it is cutting well. Cross grain was a little fuzzy, but my other planes were doing the same thing on this block of wood. I'll get it shipped maybe tomorrow.

[Piston]

 8) 8) 8)
I owe ya Dave

[routestep]

mmhailey, for housings I can only use a plane if the mortise housing goes across the post, like a girt or tie fitting into a post. I don't use a plane on a mortise with a housing for a brace.

Generally I use an electric router on all mortises to get the depth, just a quick pass along the edge, a little deeper on the inside of the mortise. Then I take the skill saw an kerf the waste wood. Then a chisel. I could use my hand router to clean up a corner but never have on timbers.

I have a very heavy Record No. 073 shoulder plane. Bevel side is up, but it is not a low angle plane. Its 1 1/4 inches across and 8 inches long. It would clean up a housing but you might as well get the LN 10 1/4 with a snicker or a fillister (Stanley 78). These planes could only be used on housings going all the way across the post.

[Bridgewright]

I guess I don't get the Plane in the housing thing - Planes are used to make things flat, even if I were joining dead dry timber, I wouldn't be inclined to make a housing flat. In green timber I am with intent doing otherwise.

To the jist of the thread, I see a need for, and use only three Planes in my timberframing work. A Block, a Rebate and a Smooth.

In my case these are an early (2-18-13) 1 5/8" Stanley low angle Block, My 10 1/2 Type 1A (adjustable throat)  Rebate. And every now and again (for very large tenons) I'll pull out a Smooth Plane - Mine is a Millers Falls No. 9 (equiv Stanley 4)

[Dave Shepard]

The Sargeant is (well, will be in a few) in the mail. I used it on a couple of repairs to try it out, so you can say it was used to restore an 1801 Dutch barn. That and $2.50 will buy you most of a gallon of gas. :D It will need some more cleaning and fine tuning, but that is part of the final step in the plane owners journey, using a tool you've personally brought into perfect form. Well, that's my excuse anyway. The tote is cheesier than I remember, but I may have another. There are a few adjustments that will need fiddling with, like the cap iron and the frog location.

Do you ever make it out this end of the state? My workshop is about a mile and a half south of Timmy's place on the same road. I can show you the frames I'm working on if you make it out here.

[Troublermaker]

I got a question. I have got a bunch of old hand planes that I can no longer use due to health reason. All of them are in good shape. Is there some place that I can find what they are worth?

[Jim_Rogers]

I got a question. I have got a bunch of old hand planes that I can no longer use due to health reason. All of them are in good shape. Is there some place that I can find what they are worth?

We maybe interested in these tools to restore and offer for sale. Can you email me with some pictures of them?
Jim Rogers

[Piston]

Dave,
Not as much as I'd like to, but in 2 or 3 weeks I may be heading out to the Finger Lakes region of NY on a bike trip so maybe either on the way there or back I could check out some of your handy work ;D

I'll certainly look you up if I I'm out that way. 

[Troublermaker]

When I get tools together I try to post a picture.
Thank

[Dave Shepard]

Piston, did you get that plane, or are you out floating around in an ocean somewhere? :D

[Piston]

Dave,
Sorry for the super late reply.  yes and yes.  I did get the plane and thank you very much.  I had some time to mess around with it a little while but didn't get to tune it up as I was hoping.  I tried taking a 3 hour class at woodcraft on tuning old planes so I could learn what I need to but it didn't work out. 
I am now back out floating around on the ocean as you suspected  :D
I need to get caught up on the forum as it's been a while since I've checked it.

Thanks again