Sorry about the blog spam today but…..
It. Has. Started! FINALLY! I set up my saw horses and have jumped into planing the boards flat so I can get them glued up nice and tight. Broke out my $18 new model Stanley SB4, sharpened the blade for the first time and gave it a go. This is the first time I have used it since I bought it. I wasn;t sure what to expect as most the reviews for the newer cheap Stanley planes are less than steller but I gotta say.. this guy does the job!
I am about halfway through the 12 boards that will make up the top but I am having a blast and making lots of fluffy shavings.
The best part about all of this is that unlike when I use my power tools my wife could stand out there and we could have a conversation while I was working! I think my lean towards hand tools is the right direction for me.
Today’s Money shots and a bonus short video of me working. I would love some critiques of my technique which evolved over the afternoon till I think I finally got it figured out. Also be nice…. I am just glad my bald head didn’t glare out the camera!
Enjoy!
Carpet of shavings..
-- Eric - Why buy when you can build!?!
8 comments so far
Don W
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#1 posted 106 days ago
wife could stand out there and we could have a conversation while I was working
I just turn up the radio.
-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
Airframer
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#2 posted 106 days ago
Yeah lol.. It just means that I will be able to hear the baby monitor while I am working.. which means work won’t have to come to a halt once the little guy arrives. Just slow down a lot lol.
-- Eric - Why buy when you can build!?!
Don W
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#3 posted 106 days ago
well, congrats on the new guy.
-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
tsangell
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#4 posted 106 days ago
I just turn up the radio.
I laughed out loud. So did my wife.
shampeon
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#5 posted 105 days ago
which means work won’t have to come to a halt once the little guy arrives. Just slow down a lot lol.
Hahahaha. Good one.
-ian, who’s been working at a glacial pace thanks to his two boys
-- ian | "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."
Henndoe
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#6 posted 105 days ago
You laugh I have a permanent baby monitor in the garage. She slowed me down but if you love wood you get out every spare second you get and that’s the second she falls asleep.
Mauricio
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#7 posted 105 days ago
Looks like fun man, listening to music is a plus too. I see a Stanley #7 in your future though…
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
NormG
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#8 posted 102 days ago
What an adventure it will be
-- Norman
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