Bench Hook Storage Solution

thanks for the tip.

-- merle

Cool idea, the french cleat storage looks great. My favorite’s has a bunch of your great projects.
Loving my bench hook too; it makes planing so much more pleasurable.
My only problem is I slam the toe of my plane into the front hook when planing thin pieces say for box sides.

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

twokidsnosleep:

Here’s a possible solution to planing thin stock on the bench hook. Say that you’re trying to plane 1/2” thick stock and you stop is 3/4”. Cut a strip of wood a couple of inches wide that’s thinner than your stock and lay it between the stop and the workpiece. This is what I do. I also do this just to get the piece closer to the end of the hook where I can get more over-the-top of the piece.

Now in three words: “Add a spacer.”

Hope this helps

BTW: My stop is 1/2” Baltic Birch Ply which is actually less than 1/2”, more like 12mm which helps most of the time.

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Smart idea, will give it a try. Thanks

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

how do you find the woodriver smoother? i have one but can’t seem to dial it in for fine shavings you know

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dub – It’s brand new, I haven’t even honed the blade yet sorry to say. I took it out of the box, wipe some wax on it and that’s as far as I’ve gotten with her, other than taking a few swipes on scrap.

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i have the #6 and it works great

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thank´s for the tip :-)

Dennis

Thanks for the tip. I am planning to make one of these sized for use wiht my No. 7 and I was also thinking I would make one sized more appropriatly for use with a block plane. Good storage solution.

-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc

cool tip, keep em’ coming…

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