Cap iron screw driver

 · With hand planes, having a Cap Screw Screwdriver comes in handy for a properly fitted driver to adjust the plane iron cap screw. Online retailers sell their version of these little tools for upwards of $ I decided to make mine from some of the things I had laying around the shop. Here are the two versions of the Cap Screw Screwdriver I made.  · Cap Iron Screwdriver #2. Thread starter Asssiss; Start date Jan 9, ; A. Asssiss Member. Full Member. Messages 56 Reaction score Location Brazil First name Emerson Jan 9, #1 Hello www.doorway.ru other way to do a cap iron www.doorway.ru was a four pieces from same board and cutted using a holesaw without guide bit. HOCK Chip Breakers are 3mm thick "), almost twice as thick as a stock chip breaker. A knurled cap screw is included. Cap irons are very plane-specific. Measured drawings of our blades are here so you can see if one will fit your non-Stanley plane. Will one fit your Non-Stanley Plane? /4" wide (#3) #BK $ Buy Now.

A standard screwdriver never really works well on cap iron screws. By the time you find one with a wide enough blade it’s generally a couple of feet long and unwieldy. A narrow blade can mar the cap-screw slot, and there’s always the risk that the screwdriver tip will slip out of the slot altogether. We designed this screwdriver to make it both safe and easy to remove, replace or adjust cap irons. It has a turned brass collar surrounding the tip to capture the head of a cap iron screw up to 21/32" in diameter, and a generous hardwood knob for a comfortable, secure grip. The slot-style tip is durable alloy steel. To be clear, I’m not advocating using the lever cap as a screwdriver, but to point out how tight both the cap iron and lever screws should be. Having once used them, I do think there is a tendency to overtighten the screw on the thin, flexible cap iron on Stanley’s, due to their tendency to chatter, again, related to the thin blades and cap.

Oct Made a scrappy looking cap iron screwdriver awhile back out of a metal washer and pine. Decided to have another go at it using better. Stanley Bailey Plane Cap Iron Screw # This screw holds the blade and the chip breaker together. Fits Models: 4, 5, 6, 7 and others that have a. The cap iron screw supplied with standard thin bent chip breaker/cap iron may not be long enough to reach through a thicker mm plane blade.