Hand tool tips and tricks #5: Starting a Handplane.

Good tip Ryan.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

I’ve actually been trying this lately and it does feel like a much smoother action. Thanks for the affirmation.

-- ~Tony

I’m not sure if I’m doing that already. I’ll have to give it a try.

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

One of the things that may be a bit misleading is all the pictures with a full width shaving we see. Unless your doing a long piece where you’ll straighten the plane in the end of a cut, that type of shaving typically will not happen. Skewing the plane as Ryan shows make the knife action work better through out the stroke.

Most of those pictures are created for the shot.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Great information!
Thank you!
Chris Mobley
www.cmobleydesigns.com

its not just the knife action you benefit from
but allso the fact that you make the cut with a lower angle than the typical 45 degree

but thanks for the tip one of those that can´t be told often enoff :)

Dennis

Don has a pretty good point, most of the shavings taken during real work are not as pretty as what you see in the pictures…the shot above was from one of my planing sessions though; it was a full width shaving with a cambered blade to correct an out of square edge (one time where a full width shaving is taken and it’s not a waste).

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Thanks for the tip. I figured this one out on my own. It seems I have a decent knack for planing, which is great, because I love it.

That’s a beautiful plane you’ve got there. When I have some $ again, I’m going to buy a nice, vintage wooden jointer.

-- There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

^very nice. Where did you get the flywheel for the vise?

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

http://lumberjocks.com/donwilwol/blog/34022

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

This sounds like a very good idea. I will sure give it try next time I shoot an edge. Thank you.

-- Mike, American in Norway