Hand Plane catastrophe...or almost nearly a catastrophe!!!

Matt – What a story. I was reading along almost hearing and smelling the whisps of cherry p[eeling out of the plane when disaster strikes. Hope you and the 4 1/2 are doing well!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Ouch! You might want to make a planing stop. Christopher Schwarz has on in his latest issue of Woodworking Magazine. It’s on page 4. It basically mounts in the vice on your bench and can be ajusted for different thicknesses of materials.

Also the approach in this link could be useful. I could see this mounted to a piece of 3/4 MDF instead of the bench.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I too love the finish left by a hand plane compared to sanding. I’ve bumped my clamps when planing,but without damage to the sole.

WayneC, thanks for the link.

-- Jesus is Lord!

a sad story with a happy ending. “She” has become even more dear to your heart.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Matt, been there, done that…makes yer heart hurt, don’t it? Glad you recovered and got “her” back to square one.

Jimmy

-- Jimmy

I feel your pain. Sometimes, Life just makes you want to cry….you handled yourself well and probably learned a valuable lession. And now you have that distiquishing mark on your tool to remind you. Grandpa use to say, ” A tool without signs of use is not being used.”

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Like grains of sand… so are the days of our lives.

If Norm was a soap star, this would be his pilot episode.

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com

backpacks with the logo on them so when we are travelling, we’ll be spreadin the word. (haha I typed WOOD instead of word hahaha)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

and what about the good old fashioned wooden yardsticks /metrestick with the logo on it.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Ouch… just got my first lie-Nielsen plane and i can understand having personal feelings for your tools…

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Hey, theres this podcasting guy who’s been talking about planes and how to tune them up… perhaps he can give you a hand with getting than one back from the DL ;)

Oh, and Happy Birthday Buddy!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Thank you for all your kind words and the concern you have shown me and my dear No.4 1/2. The experience has brought the two of us closer than we have ever been. I now have more of an excuse than ever to check up on things down in the shop.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

I’ve converted to the Galoot techniques of holdfasts for when the board needs hogging or dogs for the fine stuff (this is beginning to sound more like a barnyard…)

Of all my flock, or collection, or harem of handplanes, I have one (1) new plane, a Lie-Niesen No.-97 chisel plane that I skrimped and saved for until I could pay cash (I may have sold a car, I can’t remember.) What a beautiful piece of art… er, tool. You can now imagine how I felt when I looked down at it heading iron-first toward the concrete floor… Angels where there and guided this girl… er, tool, to land on one corner of the iron, taking a 2mm chip out of it. Okay, that’s easy to repair, a little grinding, a little sandpaper, and we’re scary sharp again. But she (definitely a she) has personality, and wouldn’t talk to me for a month after that. I don’t blame her. I’ve since signed up for a 12-step program that helps those who abuse their hand tools. “Hi, my name is Mack, and I dropped my LN-97.” (Gasping sound from audience followed by a tense silence…”

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Mack I hate to say it, but you’re absolutely not alone in this horrible crime against good tools. At least once a month I find myself on the edge of a near catastrophe. You’d think by now I’d know better, but it just seems to happen.

I guess I need to spend a little time in that 12-step myself. Perhaps the next time you see me I’ll be standing at the podium saying “Hi my name is Matt and I’ve hurt another loved one again!”

Thanks for not judging me!!

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

I feel much better about talking to my own tools now. I’m not alone

You’re never alone in a shop! I just can’t convince my wife of that fact when she asks who I’ve been talking too down there…

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Character… she’s got some character now. When you hand down that plane to one of your children, make sure you tell them that story. It will remind them not to make the same mistake, and it will permanently label that plane with your memory.

-- - If my wife asks, I got ALL of my tools on sale.