Rob Cosman's Plane AdjuSTAR 2.0: Vintage Stanley & Record Version

Name: Rob Cosman's Plane AdjuSTAR 2.0: Vintage Stanley & Record Version
Brand: RC Woodworking Hand Tools, Inc
SKU: RCPA-010
Price: 45.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.84 (162 reviews)

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Do you find that using your vintage Stanley or Record plane's adjusting knob is a bit difficult? Well we did and decided to fix that by creating our Plane AdjuSTAR 2.0 adjusting knob to replace the original adjusting knob on most vintage Stanley and Record Planes.

All of our AdjuSTARS are threaded with LEFT HAND threads, which fit the vast majority of vintage planes; however, Stanley and Record did make right hand threaded planes, which our adjuSTARS will not fit on. You can tell if your vintage plane has a left hand thread if you remove your adjuster knob and then reinstall it. If it threads on when turning in a counterclockwise motion you have a left hand threaded plane.

Stanley and Record made tens of thousands of planes and the standards of production varies between planes depending on when and where they were manufactured. In particular, the threads on the adjusting knob rods are quite coarse and sloppy and have a lot of variability. With the help of our customers we have tested our AdjuSTAR 2.0 on hundreds of Stanley and Record planes and they fit about 98% of the time.

Our Plane AdjuSTAR 2.0 is larger and much easier to use than the original adjusting knob allowing you to make adjustments to your blade depth setting easily. Our design makes it easier for you to reach and turn the adjuster with your fingers and easier for you to reach the frog adjustment screw with a screwdriver. We know you will love our Plane AdjuSTAR 2.0

DETAILS:

Made of forged bronze.

Designed to fit vintage Stanley and Record LEFT HAND threaded bench planes numbers 5, 5-1/2, 6, 7, and 8.

Does not fit any vintage Stanley or Record RIGHT HAND threaded planes, nor any Stanley or Record left hand threaded bench planes numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 4-1/2 or 5-1/4.

Does not fit the new Stanley Sweetheart line of planes.

Diameter: 1-7/8 inch outside diameter.

Works Beautifully

Istelled on an old English made Stanley 51/2 and works well.
My old fingers can cope with adjustment again

Adjustar for Bailey/Stanley wood planes

Item came in as promised (date). After installing it worked as described and I was very happy with the overall operation of the ad-on product. I will be ordering two more for a couple of Woodriver planes I also have.

A hand saver

Excellent

Great tools and service

AdjuSTAR Review

So I saw a few blogs and videos where these were discussed and while my dexterity is still pretty good for 60 yrs old, I sometimes found that making adjustments on my LN planes I would need to stop make an adjustment, take a pass, stop and adjust again. So I took a leap of faith so to speak and bought 3 of the large (7, 6, & 5 1/2) and 5 of the smaller ones (2,3,4,5, & 10 1/4) and I must say they work great and no more stopping to make adjustments, all are done on the fly now and I found it easier to take the backlash out as well (they fit the yoke very well). So I am very happy with the purchase and if you too find yourself stopping to make adjustments or have issues with your depth adjusters this is the tool for you! I was also quite surprised that I received a call from the man himself (Rob) asking how I liked them!

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