Anant and the credit crunch

[PerranOak]

I am well chuffed!

I spent hours making shavings like whisps of pure ether wafting effortlessly off the blade with a hiss soft as an angel's kiss.

True the 18 mil shelf I was making is now 15 mil but I couldn't stop myself! I tell you what, it's flat though but!

Cheers Pete. I now understand the importance of proper and properly sharpened tools!

 

[bugbear]

I am well chuffed!

I spent hours making shavings like whisps of pure ether wafting effortlessly off the blade with a hiss soft as an angel's kiss.

How many times did you sharpen?

BugBear

 

[PerranOak]

None! And still she sings!

 

[Benchwayze]

Hi Perran,

Now you have found out what a properly sharpened and set plane can really do, don't be idle like me and go a 'shaving too far' before you take the iron to a stone.

I hereby nominate you as the Forum 'Poet-Arboreate'; such a way with words you have, though-but.

All the best.
John ccasion5:

 

[lurker]

I am well chuffed!

I spent hours making shavings like whisps of pure ether wafting effortlessly off the blade with a hiss soft as an angel's kiss.

True the 18 mil shelf I was making is now 15 mil but I couldn't stop myself! I tell you what, it's flat though but!

Cheers Pete. I now understand the importance of proper and properly sharpened tools!

The next revelation is when you manage to sharpen a blade as well as Pete. And the one after that is when you aquire a manky old car boot plane & do a "Pete" on it.

By the way, Pete makes beautiful planes from scratch. He is far too modest to say so himself, but he might be induced to post a few pictures

 

[Mikey R]

The next revelation is when you manage to sharpen a blade as well as Pete. And the one after that is when you aquire a manky old car boot plane & do a "Pete" on it.

By the way, Pete makes beautiful planes from scratch. He is far too modest to say so himself, but he might be induced to post a few pictures

Im pleased to hear that, I think I got the last of Petes no 4s, and really looking forward to it ariving in the post!

EDIT: it arrived this morning

 

[PerranOak]

Hi Perran,

Now you have found out what a properly sharpened and set plane can really do, don't be idle like me and go a 'shaving too far' before you take the iron to a stone.

I hereby nominate you as the Forum 'Poet-Arboreate'; such a way with words you have, though-but.

All the best.
John ccasion5:

Benchwayze,

Thank you for your nomination. :wink:

If I had half the skill with wood that I have with words, I'd have twice as much as I do with sharpening.

I have a stone and one of those eclipse guides. I've sharpened a chisel to an acceptable edge but a plane! Daunting!

If I destroyed Pete's perfection I'd be mortified!

 

[bugbear]

I have a stone and one of those eclipse guides. I've sharpened a chisel to an acceptable edge but a plane! Daunting!

If I destroyed Pete's perfection I'd be mortified!

It's probably already blunt. Sharpening is NOT avoidable.

BugBear

 

[PerranOak]

True but I can't even sharpen a chisel yet!

 

[frugal]

I find chisels far harder to sharpen than plane blades as there is a higher possibility of them skewing when in the sharpening jig.

 

[PerranOak]

Oh.

What about making them (for a smoothing plane) curved at the ends?

 

[Benchwayze]

Oh.

What about making them (for a smoothing plane) curved at the ends?

That's where the Eclipse guide comes into its own Perran. Mind you, I have a sneaking supicion that a slightly hollowed stone also helps.

 

[Losos]

A tuned up OLD Stanley (or better, in the UK, old Record) might come closer.

Post 1980 UK planes are pretty much all poor, until Clifton entered the fray.

BugBear

Agree, in the 1970's I aquired some Record planes, it was literally many years before I really knew how to fettle them and more years beyond before I was able to sharpen them properly but now i find they work a treat. Obviously not up to LN or Veritas standard, but I'm quite happy with them now.

 

[frugal]

Oh.

What about making them (for a smoothing plane) curved at the ends?

I have not figured out how to do that properly, which is one of many reasons why I have not managed to crack face planing wood - I end up with track lines from the corners of the blade ;(

 

[Ironballs]

I've bought a camber roller for my Veritas MkII jig, not used it yet but will hopefully nicely round the edges and get rid of those track lines

 

[thejhw]

I've bought a camber roller for my Veritas MkII jig, not used it yet but will hopefully nicely round the edges and get rid of those track lines

I hope you'll let us know how you get on with it, IB: I have been thinking of getting one myself.

Jim

 

[Paul Chapman]

Oh.

What about making them (for a smoothing plane) curved at the ends?

I have not figured out how to do that properly, which is one of many reasons why I have not managed to crack face planing wood - I end up with track lines from the corners of the blade ;(

If you want to get rid of the sharp corners of the blade, just run the corners along the sharpening stone - that will get rid of it. Alternatively, if you want to camber the corners slightly, finger pressure on one side of the blade, then the other, will do it. This would work with virtually any type of honing guide.

Hope this helps.

Cheers :wink:

Paul