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two hand planes wich work very well, i did the iron too, i use a piece of SAE 5160 with 1/4 thickness
and hardened in salt. great result. work smoothly with hard wood, very hard wood, soft wood, ... I’am really satisfied with this work
I use 4 types of wood the sole is in paraju very hard and heavy, the body in frejo, the hand grip in gonçalo alves the wedje in red cedar to not damage the frejo.
the tuning is really simple and precise
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SteveKorz
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#1 posted 1712 days ago
Wow, those look great! Fantastic work…
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
PaBull
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#2 posted 1712 days ago
Very impressive. what a craftsman!
-- rhykenologist and plant grower
kewald
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#3 posted 1712 days ago
I love the design aspect of not using cross dowels against the wedge. I’ll bet there was lots of chiseling done.
-- Always do the Right Thing the Right Way the First Time - if you can figure out what that is! Ken, Spring Branch, TX
alain
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#4 posted 1712 days ago
thank you very much
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alain
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#5 posted 1712 days ago
hi Kenwald, first thank you , and your plane look very good, seem to have a good finish level.
to do this jack plane i saw a piece of frejo by the middle, with an extra thin saw, and then with my dove tail saw open the mouth, chisel was used to finish the mounth after gluing, and to ajust the mouth in the sole.
at least i insert a piece tocalibrate the opening in front of the iron to break the shaving, that’s all. Ah !, i don’t varnish just wax (beewax 100% pure without parafine, may be a lot of carnauba), I love to touch wood
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TomFran
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#6 posted 1712 days ago
Very nice planes, Alain – and they work well! You can’t beat that.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
lew
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#7 posted 1712 days ago
Beautiful Work! I imagine they are a pleasure to use.
I have heard of tempering metal in oil or water but never in salt. Is there an advantage to using salt?
Lew
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alain
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#8 posted 1712 days ago
thank you Tom And Lew yes they work very well, for the salt you loose less carbon and it smoother than water, and more precise than oil, you use oil for hardening, and then you need to temper, the way to get the good and wished hardness, i get the salt in a professional tempering firm (friendly) i don’t know exactly the composition. only oil will give you a realy hard steel , thats make the bevel fragil like “cristal” and let the cut angle with micro cracks wich spoil the cut and difficult the finih of grinding (disculp my english)
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Bob #2
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#9 posted 1711 days ago
Alain, do you have to heat up the salt to temper the metal?
I have been heating the oil to about 300 °C and then putting the metall in for a slower cooling down .
Bob
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alain
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#10 posted 1711 days ago
yes Bob, i have to heat the salt you can over-heat the salt , i really look for low hardness, very regular, homogeneous
heating oil we reach very good result (excellent), the salt cool down slowlyyyyyyyyyyy ! I like,
but some time use oil or water depending of steel
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Hersh
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#11 posted 1711 days ago
Wow Alain, nice work. Someday I’ll try to build a plane. Keep up the good work.
-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!
jeanmarc
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#12 posted 1711 days ago
sympa les rabots
-- jeanmarc manosque france
alain
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#13 posted 1711 days ago
merci Jean-Marc, le plus sympa c’est le premier coup de rabot meme si il faut regler apres , la premiere c’est toujours mieux !?
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Tony Ennis
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#14 posted 1269 days ago
Did you make them in one piece, or is the body made in multiple pieces?
-- Tony
alain
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#15 posted 1268 days ago
Tony, the jack is made with 3 pieces, 2 pieces for the body and a base(sole) made with a hard wood (paraju), the smaller one is only made of 2 pieces, i use a large piece of wood , cut in 2 , carve and stick, work well. really simple
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