Tom,

"Bob, could the knurled screw in the cap be bottoming out on the underside
of its knurled head? "
The knurled screw is actually very long for what it needs to do.  Even with
it tightened down all the way there is still room to extend it another 3mm
(1/8").  Both screws move cleanly up and down all the way so it is not just
rusted up.  Looking at it again (I ignored it for a month after not being
able to get it work) I noticed that the chip breaker/lever cap doesn't sit
flush across the width of the blade, nor is is square to the line between
the slotted screw and the knurled screw.  I may try filing it to a better
shape.

Bob

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:

> Galooteratti:
>
> The blade of Bob Miller's Stanley 51 spokeshave is slipping even when the
> screw is tightened down hard.
>
> Bob, could the knurled screw in the cap be bottoming out on the underside
> of its knurled head? This would allow the blade to slip. The solution might
> be to back off the knurled cap screw a few turns and tighten down the
> slotted body screw a few turns. If the slotted screw won't go in further, I
> would investigate that the hole in the body is gunged up with rust or
> rustoleum. A lot of the time, I have found, maybe always, the slotted screw
> will hold the cap and iron firmly enough all by themselves, without the
> extra leverage of the knurled screw. Just a suggestion.
>
> If that doesn't work, try slipping a thick spacer between the blade and the
> lower end of the knurled screw; a washer with a tiny hole might do. Or try
> wiping some anti-slip sticky stuff on the blade and bed of the shave (watch
> out, though, you still want a bit of slip to adjust it.)
>
> Not speaking from experience, I use a 151, not a 51. But its all worth
> trying.
>
> Tom Conroy
> Berkeley
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> From: Bob Miller
>
> The second is an identification and use question.  This past Christmas my
> parents knowing my new found love bought me a box of rust (literally, all
> of
> the tools needed a lot of love to get working).  It was one of the best
> presents I have ever received and now I have a bunch of tools that work
> beautifully.  There is one exception though.  It was a spoke shave that
> some
> previous owner "restored".  And by restored I mean it looks like he took
> the
> blade and chip breaker to a wire wheel and then just rustoliumed the whole
> body without removing the rust first.
> After filing the paint off of the machined surfaces and back far enough
> from
> the sole to stop leaving black streaks on the wood I thought I had a very
> comfortable spoke shave.  It was far more comfortable than the Stanley 151
> that also came in said box o rust.  Unfortunately the chip breaker will not
> hold the blade in position under use.  I have not tried excessive force but
> no tightness of the screw in the center or the top will hold it.  Does
> anyone know a remidy for this situation.
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