At the risk of causing Rob Lee's hat to no longer fit properly, I have to
add my thoughts about his company. Placed my order on Monday afternoon,
received it complete on Thursday. It was an order with about 10 items. What
makes this a little more interesting is that in mail the same day I received
a catalog from another company with 4 of the same items that were on my
order. They were each priced at least $1 more than Lee Valley. So much for
Lee Valley being expensive. Great operation Rob and no, you do not have to
raise prices to match the others.
Garey
gareymac at aol dot com
Mike in Mystic <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've never heard anyone say LV was expensive. Honestly, they are just about
> too good to be true, so we all better shut up before someone tells us it's
> all a big illusion. Shhhhhhh!
I'd rate myself as somewhere in intermediate territory, so maybe i don't
know any better, but they also sure have some unusual stuff I haven't
seen before. I'm thinking of getting the little plane looking dealy that
raises a shaving so that you can nail and glue it over rather than fill
nail holes for some finished trim.
Speaking of LV, I saw that Amazon has a "Veritas" item. That's their
brand name, right?
pj
Upscale <[email protected]> wrote:
> The instructions say to raise a shaving, nail and then use fish glue and a
> piece of tape to hold the shaving down. I've changed the steps a little. I
> raise the shaving, drill a slightly undersized nail hole (it's much cleaner)
> and then nail and countersink. I then use white carpenter's glue and either
> hold down the shaving for three or four minutes by hand or use a pair of
> edging clamps alternating between the two. These I purchased from Lee
> Valley Tools also.
Thanks a lot. I think I'll get one. My immediate need is for oak casing
and baseboards, so no plywood problems.
Did you try the fish glue?
pj
Don't think so. I can't honestly remember since I bought my first nailing
plane about ten years ago.
"p_j" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1g5wzf6.1ho7b6jukjh71N%[email protected]...
> Thanks a lot. I think I'll get one. My immediate need is for oak casing
> and baseboards, so no plywood problems.
>
> Did you try the fish glue?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I've never heard anyone say LV was expensive. Honestly, they are just about
> too good to be true, so we all better shut up before someone tells us it's
> all a big illusion. Shhhhhhh!
Well, they certainly aren't CHEAP. Their stuff is most definately in the
upper price range. That said, they carry a selection of goods no one else
does; their quality is very good to excellent; their service is fast and
friendly; and they have impressive stock fill-rates....
They are easily one of the best-run companies I can think of.
I'm hopeless addicted to their catalogs.
My wife cringes every time I say I'm going there.
--
Mark
Mark@_Bite-Me-Spammer_HVWTech.com (remove the obvious to reply)
I have two of these I purchased from Lee Valley. They work very well. I use
them to attach face frames to carcases. With a little bit of practice, the
attach points are virtually invisible. I've used it on Oak hardwood with no
problems and occasionally on Oak veneered plywood.
The first time I used it on plywood worked well because the veneer was thick
enough. The second time I had a problem because the quality of that purchase
of the oak plywood, the veneer wasn't as thick. The veneer and it's
immediately substrate were 90° to each other and this little plane only
works well with the grain.
The instructions say to raise a shaving, nail and then use fish glue and a
piece of tape to hold the shaving down. I've changed the steps a little. I
raise the shaving, drill a slightly undersized nail hole (it's much cleaner)
and then nail and countersink. I then use white carpenter's glue and either
hold down the shaving for three or four minutes by hand or use a pair of
edging clamps alternating between the two. These I purchased from Lee
Valley Tools also.
If there's anymore information I can give you on these, please feel free to
ask. They're a great purchase in my opinion.
"p_j" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1g5uj3f.wjdg4d1s8v41rN%[email protected]...
>
> I'd rate myself as somewhere in intermediate territory, so maybe i don't
> know any better, but they also sure have some unusual stuff I haven't
> seen before. I'm thinking of getting the little plane looking dealy that
> raises a shaving so that you can nail and glue it over rather than fill
> nail holes for some finished trim.
I've never heard anyone say LV was expensive. Honestly, they are just about
too good to be true, so we all better shut up before someone tells us it's
all a big illusion. Shhhhhhh!
<vbg>
"Garey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At the risk of causing Rob Lee's hat to no longer fit properly, I have to
> add my thoughts about his company. Placed my order on Monday afternoon,
> received it complete on Thursday. It was an order with about 10 items.
What
> makes this a little more interesting is that in mail the same day I
received
> a catalog from another company with 4 of the same items that were on my
> order. They were each priced at least $1 more than Lee Valley. So much for
> Lee Valley being expensive. Great operation Rob and no, you do not have to
> raise prices to match the others.
>
> Garey
> gareymac at aol dot com
>
>
Garey wrote:
> At the risk of causing Rob Lee's hat to no longer fit properly, I have to
> add my thoughts about his company. Placed my order on Monday afternoon,
I placed mine in the wee hours Monday night. By Tuesday afternoon it was
too late to correct my (non-fatal) address goof, because the items were
already picked, packed, and out the door. When I asked them if it was too
late, they sincerely apologized to me for the inconvenience I caused myself
through my own stupid actions.
Hard to get more classy than that.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:06:06 GMT, Mark
<Mark@_bite-me-spammer_HVWTech.com> wrote:
>Well, they certainly aren't CHEAP. Their stuff is most definately in the
>upper price range. That said, they carry a selection of goods no one else
>does; their quality is very good to excellent; their service is fast and
>friendly; and they have impressive stock fill-rates....
AKA _A good VALUE_???? <G> Truly cheap stuff is a poor value. Check
out the tools at Wal-Mart. The only use I have for cheap tools is in
situations where the chance of loss or theft is high.
That's how I look at them. I can buy cheap tools at the big boxes. I
can buy tools I'll buy and continue to use, pretty much forever, at
places like Lee Valley.
Nobody beats LV's hardware catalog!
Barry
Add my "AMEN" to both of the above. On the Sat before Thanksgiving I placed
an order with LV over the web - late in the evening. Got an email on Sunday
afternoon that they'd received it, and had it all in stock. On Monday, I
received an email that gave me a shipping airbill number. I received the
complete order on Wednesday morning.
I also placed an order with another supplier the same evening -
1888Nailgun - and I still haven't received it. After a couple of emails,
finally today they gave me some lame excuse about the credit card number I
gave them not having enough numbers in it.
Lee Valley's stuff is high quality, and reasonably priced. It's amazing to
find a company that is quick, efficient, and reasonably priced. I'll
continue to look to them first for the supplies that I need.
Nick -
"Garey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At the risk of causing Rob Lee's hat to no longer fit properly, I have to
> add my thoughts about his company. Placed my order on Monday afternoon,
> received it complete on Thursday. It was an order with about 10 items.
What
> makes this a little more interesting is that in mail the same day I
received
> a catalog from another company with 4 of the same items that were on my
> order. They were each priced at least $1 more than Lee Valley. So much for
> Lee Valley being expensive. Great operation Rob and no, you do not have to
> raise prices to match the others.
>
> Garey
> gareymac at aol dot com
>
>