Spoke Shave Blade & Fence Replacement Parts

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Rover24

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Good afternoon,

I've been looking for a spoke shave to take material off of axe handles. I picked up a Stanley 151 Spoke Shave at an Antique store today for $8...the downside is that it is missing the blade and level cap. (I think that's what it's called.) Other than hitting up eBay, does anyone have a good source for the parts? I found Hock online, but at some of the prices I'm seeing, I'm thinking it might be better to start looking for a complete one and just be out the $8. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
 
Hi Rover... I agree with Peg. Just look around for another one. I bought a Stanley spoke shave recently. It only cost me a few dollars. It needed a good sharpen, but now it is a really nice tool to use. Good luck.

regards...Frank
 
The Hock blade for that spokeshave makes a marked improvement over the Stanley blade and is worth the price but you have got a problem with the missing chip breaker.

E.DB.
 
Thanks for the reply's everyone...I'll keep my eyes out for a complete one as well as the chip breaker, just in case!
 
I love the Stanley 151. I've given them all away, though!!! I need to pick up another.

I might have an extra Stanley chip breaker at home. I'll check when I get home. Might be hard to tell if it will fit a 151 since I don't have any more....
 
Thanks M3mphis! I've found a few places online that have the blades, but finding that level cap is proving to be tough.
 
Sorry, Rover. The one I was thinking of is for a 52, so I don't know if it will work. But it turns out I have the rest of the 52 to go with it anyway!
 
M3mphis said:
Sorry, Rover. The one I was thinking of is for a 52, so I don't know if it will work. But it turns out I have the rest of the 52 to go with it anyway!
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No worries, I appreciate you looking though...I'll just have to add this piece to the list of tools I'm looking for when I'm out axe hunting.
 
Rover 24 seems to have resolved the problem in his mind and hopefully the route he chooses will get him where he wants in the end. There was one further point of clarity and understanding to make regarding the alternative blades proposed by registered user mrkus. One quick look at the blades he makes reference to will answer any questions about price distinctions. The thin cross section of the material and some of the worst machining imaginable will mean these blades will not even be as good as the Stanley blade let alone those by Hock. To get the blades offered there by Lee Valley into a half decent condition would take an inordinate amount of lapping and polishing work, to say nothing about the probable quality of the steel used to stamp out these blades. Buyer beware! It might lead someone also to question what is going on with the company that distributes and promotes this kind of product. Who are they trying to stiff, for example.

E.DB.
 
You know, the original replacement blades from Hock for the spokeshave were even better, much thicker but it took a bit of filing to open up the mouth to get them to fit just right and I guess this turned the bulk of potential customers off so Hock made some concessions unfortunately. The ones who got in early remain fortunate above the rest.

E.DB.
 
Ernest DuBois said:
You know, the original replacement blades from Hock for the spokeshave were even better, much thicker but it took a bit of filing to open up the mouth to get them to fit just right and I guess this turned the bulk of potential customers off so Hock made some concessions unfortunately. The ones who got in early remain fortunate above the rest.

E.DB.
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Mine is early Ernest. It is thick, but I did not have to open the mouth of my shave. It fit with little to spare. If I recall right I did some lapping where it sets in the shave though. Never regretted it from the first time I used it. It is the heart of the tool after all.
I was not aware that they had changed. Not like I will ever ware it out either. It will last me for the rest of my life.
 
As I look through the main topic headings of this web site I see one going on about axes and thomahawks, of course, plenty about knives, which is not unexpected, and even some related to razors and shaving implements, at one point interesting to me as I had always used a straight edge myself but no razor has touched my tender face in some thirteen years. Nowhere is there a section relating to blades used in general woodworking, not even whittling. So pardon me but I am going to just keep this one going for the time being to fill in that obvious gap.

Gary, Now that I think back I may have been fitting the Hock blade in a Record spokeshave basically the same as the Stanley in all respects, either that or it was a round bottom Stanley which could account for the difference, but anyway the concept is not so wrong either way, that is an over-sized blade that will allow you to file back the mouth opening to the barest minimum to produce the best possible shaven surface on the wood by reducing tear-out. In any case those spoke shaves can benefit from some slight modification, easing the front edge very slightly with a file for example or flattening the bed so there is full contact where the shave body meets the back side of the blade.

E.DB.
 
Ernest DuBois said:
... To get the blades offered there by Lee Valley into a half decent condition would take an inordinate amount of lapping and polishing work, to say nothing about the probable quality of the steel used to stamp out these blades. Buyer beware! It might lead someone also to question what is going on with the company that distributes and promotes this kind of product. Who are they trying to stiff, for example.

E.DB.
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Ernest, could you please explain more about this? I looked up those Lee Valley blades, and the steel type and thickness are the same as those offered by Hock. I'm not disputing what you are saying, I just want to learn more about this.
 
Well I didn't look it up Steve, I couldn't get past that glaring machining. Regardless of the specs. they present with all those nice figures and 0s after the decimal, it's only half the story and the evidence to me is the makers here simply cut corners. To some the finish won't matter and the price difference will be the deciding factor and if it ends with simply a rough finish the effect can be questioned. Still there is plenty of scope in the realm of commodity and production to imagine other possible short comings once that ball gets rolling from an initial impression, if you get my meaning. Besides, I hate lapping - necessary though it is in every case that I know.

E.DB.
 
Ernest DuBois said:
As I look through the main topic headings of this web site......Nowhere is there a section relating to blades used in general woodworking, not even whittling. So pardon me but I am going to just keep this one going for the time being to fill in that obvious gap.
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You are pardoned! I welcome all such discussions here in the ATH forum. We have threads for other types of working blades here. Why not woodworking blades, too!
 
Another Hock blade for a spokeshave but this one you have to build your own spokeshave around. The principle of this type is different and is particularly suited for shaving end-grain as the cutting action is all very low angle you know.


E.DB.
 
Ernest DuBois said:
The principle of this type is different and is particularly suited for shaving end-grain as the cutting action is all very low angle you know.
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Sweet spokeshave, E.DB. You need that low angle for end grains. Block planes will work end grain and they tend to be set at about 15°. This one looks maybe even a little lower than that. What angle is the blade set at?
 
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