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BeacucoMBERS<br />
Here is a picture of my pal and I<br />
reading the latest issues of<br />
American Woodworker during a<br />
recent vacation to Perdido.<br />
Florida. That's a real testament<br />
considering the distractions cruising<br />
up and down the beach!<br />
Mark Ratlry and Manny Heafner<br />
Kuoos FRoM Downr<br />
Uruoen<br />
I live in New Zealand and am<br />
retired with a good workshop. I<br />
was quite impressed byyour article<br />
about Lindsey Dill and her high<br />
school woodworking class project<br />
on picture frames (<strong>AW</strong>#129,July<br />
2007). Mr. Bockman, her teacher,<br />
and Prescott High School must be<br />
very proud of her. Lindsey's<br />
approach, innovative thinking and<br />
final solution would be brilliant in<br />
a qualified tradesman. I am so<br />
impressed that I am going to start<br />
making a line of her frames in my<br />
workshop. I am sure that she will<br />
succeed atarry careet she chooses.<br />
Please give her my congratulations<br />
and best wishes for her future.<br />
Bill Long<br />
Secoruo Lrre<br />
FOR SCRAPS<br />
I work at Clark Granite and<br />
Marble in Chino Valley, Arizona.<br />
Our company donates all our plywood<br />
scraps to Prescott High<br />
School (<strong>AW</strong>#129, July 2007).<br />
We're proud to support our local<br />
school and pleased that these natural<br />
resources don't go to our<br />
city's landfill. It's a win-win.<br />
Consider making it happen in<br />
your community!<br />
Betty Bngthold<br />
8 American Woodworker ocroBEFt 2oo7<br />
Trll Us WHnr You Rrnlly THTNK<br />
Weul-CRAFTED<br />
Eruclrsu Sreruleys<br />
The article by Tom Caspar<br />
"Troubleshoot Your Plane" in the<br />
luly 2007 issue suggests that selfaligning<br />
tabs for plane frogs were<br />
only put on Stanley planes in what<br />
he calls the Sweetheart Era, 1920<br />
to 1935. I have two newer planes, a<br />
No. 3 and a No. 5 1,/2, which have<br />
selfaligning tabs. I bought the 3 in<br />
the late 1960's or early 1970's. I<br />
acquired the 5-7/2 secondhand<br />
but I know that it was new around<br />
1950. Both planes are marked<br />
"Made In England." Perhaps the<br />
Sweetheart Era lasted a little<br />
longer over here.<br />
Roland Green.<br />
County Corh, Ireland,<br />
Owlv Aru loror<br />
I'm writing about "Troubleshoot<br />
Your Plane" (<strong>AW</strong>#127,<br />
July 2007).<br />
The headline reads "Practical<br />
Solutions to 6 Common Problems,"<br />
but you need to add a 7th problem<br />
- what do you do with an idiot who<br />
takes a vintage sweetheart-era<br />
Stanley No. 3 and cuts off its side?<br />
All the years of woodworking wisdom<br />
on your staffand you couldn't<br />
find a way to demonstrate these<br />
problems without destroying an<br />
antique? What a waste.<br />
l.M.<br />
Thanks for writing. l'm the guy<br />
responsible for cutting up that No. 3.<br />
(lt was a mid-fifties plane, by the way.<br />
For the photos, I substituted a<br />
Sweetheart blade and frog.)The side<br />
of this plane had been badly cracked<br />
long ago, so it was a total loss until I<br />
cut off its side. l've been using the<br />
cut-away body for years to demonstrate<br />
how a plane works in my hand<br />
tool classes, and lots of beginner students<br />
have appreciated seeing it's<br />
innards. But thanks for your concern. -<br />
Tom Caspar<br />
Well, after I remove my foot<br />
from my mouth, all I can do is<br />
apologize.<br />
J.M.<br />
No problem. Sometimes I open mine<br />
wide enough to get in both feet! -Iorn
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