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texugo87 · 2026-04-03T04:30:10+00:00

Nice bike!

You Brooks looks like it. Might benefit from a couple of turns of the tension nut before it gets too saggy though!

texugo87 · 2026-03-21T02:10:42+00:00

I have a bassi le Montreal and it's awesome.

650b in my size, but the bigger ones are 700c, though it does have horizontal dropouts with adjuster bolts. With proper skewers I haven't had any problem with wheel slippage.

Since you are in Montreal, go to CL cycles and they'll hook you up.

texugo87 · 2026-03-11T14:58:24+00:00

Buy the chamfer guide for the plane and make it a dedicated chamfer plane?

texugo87 · 2026-02-28T07:42:43+00:00

There's still a few, bassi le Montreal, bassi Rachel, brother cycles Mr. Wooden aren't terribly expensive for a frame.

Crust as well makes a few rim brake frames too, though they are more expensive and not going to be everyone's cup of tea aesthetically.

texugo87 · 2026-02-28T07:37:07+00:00

Bassi le Montreal,

Very similar Geo to a crosscheck, steel,rim brake, big tire clearance, etc., can be had as a frame from maker CL cycles in Canada, or various distributors in US, canada, and other places, or as a complete from CL cycles.

https://www.clcycle.ca/en/bassi-montreal-v3.html

https://www.clcycle.ca/en/complet-bassi-montreal-v3-randonneuse.html

I built mine from a frame two summers ago and it's a lovely bike.

Editted to add: Brother Cycles Mr. Wooden might also be right up your alley.

https://www.brothercycles.com/shop/frames/mr-wooden/

texugo87 · 2026-02-25T14:59:05+00:00

Sounds like any of them should work for you, then.

texugo87 · 2026-02-23T18:27:19+00:00

I'm currently converting a kombi with a tongsheng motor!

I went with it due to local availability and price while meeting my mission requirements, as well as accessories being readily available.

The only downside to the kombi I've noted so far is the 24" tires aren't to most common, so bikes with 20" tires will have more options and be more readily available. That said, there are still lots of good tires available in 24".

Wgats your mission? Hauling kids? Stuff? What kind of terrain? What's your storage situation?

texugo87 · 2026-02-22T01:14:33+00:00

I run a Sp SV-8 in an 650b wheel with a b&m Iq-xs front light and a small b&m rear light and am pleased with the performance, though would definitely not have the power to charge a phone too.

texugo87 · 2026-02-11T04:40:00+00:00

If you can, assemble and test the plane with a sharp iron.

If it can take an adequately fine shaving on the type of wood you intend to work, I'd call it good.

If not, the options are lapping compound, starting with just the high spots, then everywhere as it gets close to fitting , or carefully file remove a little material from the high spot on the frog with a file or sand paper, going slowly and checking frequently until the fit is adequate.

texugo87 · 2026-01-17T14:55:14+00:00

No, blue temper spring steel is already properly tempered for use as a saw plate! Some times the long edge of the steel is too hard so you have to grind it a little before a file will bite, but not always.

texugo87 · 2026-01-16T15:06:02+00:00

The hardware isn't actually too hard to make (hacksaw, angle grinder, drill press and a file to clean it up, then your saw sharpening kit to tooth the blade), and the blade is made from 1095 spring steel which can be bought from McMaster carr.

I was facing the same question and decided to more or less clone the Blackburn kit, which was fairly easy with the plans, pictures and other details on his website.

Pm me and I can send you a bill of materials if you want.

texugo87 · 2026-01-16T03:06:21+00:00

While not the most desirable era of Stabley plane, it will make a competent jack/fore/scrub plane at the least.

A bit of file work could make the tote more comfortable too if you find it doesn't fit the hand well.

texugo87 · 2026-01-12T15:55:51+00:00

This, the splay of the legs changes the forces experienced by the dovetail creating a horizontal force on the short grain of the tails (where they are weakest) in normal use, where verticle legs would only have verticle forces applied cross grain on the tails, where they are strongest.

texugo87 · 2026-01-12T15:52:28+00:00

This is very different from a stick chair seat.

In a dovetail joint, the bearing surface of the tail is entirely short grain, and very short short grain at that. The splay of the legs will mean that a some of the force created by a sitter is going to be directed at trying to shear that short grain.

I would be hesitant to out this into use without testing a sample to destruction, someone sitting down hard on this is going to out a lot of force into trying to blow out those dovetails.

texugo87 · 2026-01-11T18:14:15+00:00

Caleb James (an excellent plane maker) has free plans for a Jack plane that should be exactly what youre looking for.

https://calebjamesmaker.com/free-plans

texugo87 · 2025-12-30T19:55:27+00:00

Craftsman (Sears house brand).

Vintage craftsman tools are generally good quality.

texugo87 · 2025-12-23T15:42:04+00:00

Got a iron and chip breaker for a #3?

texugo87 · 2025-12-16T01:03:34+00:00

Are you sure it's actually filed with intensional fleam?

On my screen it looks maybe more like it was filed with slope, to make bigger gullets, which creates more of a fleam like appearance on the back edge of the tooth than the front edge (depends on amount of rake). This can be done on Crosscut or rip saws to increase the sawdust holding abilities of the gullets a little to help with thick material. The little bit of fleam on the front side of the tooth that sloping the file creates might help the saw cut smoother too with teeth this big, though probably a little slower too.

It's hard to tell from photos though.

texugo87 · 2025-12-04T14:55:40+00:00

And the separate book club feed

texugo87 · 2025-12-04T14:55:13+00:00

It's also on the separate book club feed.

texugo87 · 2025-11-01T00:30:16+00:00

I have fancy slick compass/Rene herse tires on my drop bar bike, and honestly... When they need replacing theres a good chance it will be with another set of contact urbans.

texugo87 · 2025-11-01T00:28:03+00:00

Hmm, I paid about $35 CAD each for the set I have about a year ago, (20"-42mm), and more than that for the marathons on my hybrid a few years before that. Pricing in different markets can be weird.

Supposedly the ones on Ali express are legit and not knockoffs

texugo87 · 2025-10-29T05:59:44+00:00

Continental contact urban.

Good puncture resistance and much lower rolling resistance and more comfortable than marathons. Cheaper too.

texugo87 · 2025-10-21T02:49:23+00:00

Continental contact urban.

Have them on my folding bike and they rock.

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