Another one for the collection

[Alf]

Okay, so I'm not really a collector of shavings, but if I was I think this'd be the Stanley #1 of the collection I don't have... :shock:

Cheers, Alf

 

[CHJ]

Okay, so I'm not really a collector of shavings, but if I was I think this'd be the Stanley #1 of the collection I don't have... :shock:

Cheers, Alf

I like this .pic. of the production. I guess we will see some matches from the "collectors" on the forum.

 

[Philly]

Brilliant! Loved both of those. Still clear straight grained pine is easy-peasy..... :wink:
Oh, and what that in inches?
Cheers
Philly

 

[Alf]

Still clear straight grained pine is easy-peasy..... :wink:

The gen is Port Orford Cedar is favoured apparently. Full story here. I think I might favour air-dried, straight-grained sycamore myself. Good chance of some excellent shavings, but a bit more of a challenge than a softwood. Hmm, what we need is a forum plane competition... Hey Philly, you could have about a dozen entrants. :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[Frank D.]

That's simply amazing, quite depressing actually. I take part in planing competitions and the best I've done so far is 1/10000". I'm convinced that the body of the plane matters little, almost everything is in the blade and sharpening. That's why I have a wooden plane on the drawing board that'll hold a really good Japanese blade. I'm pretty convinced (without really knowing for sure) that Japanese blades can be sharpened to a considerably greater degree than any Western blades.
Frank

 

[DaveL]

Well both pictures have gone I think we have pulled too much bandwidth on them

So what were you all looking at?

 

[Frank D.]

Still works for me Dave, try again. A nice shaving .01 mm thick! (no, not .1 mm... sigh)

 

[DaveL]

Frank I think you have it cached locally, I get

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[Pete W]

Dave, I just looked for the first time and it worked for me.

Impressive, but - as Frank said - ever so slightly depressing!

 

[DaveL]

I can see them now, I see what you mean. :roll:

I looked at the rest of the pictures, is that chap wearing safety socks while holding the plane with his feet to adjust the blade bed? :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Beautiful planing

I have played around planing Sycamore which is beautiful to plane and get pretty impressive shavings but nothing like those :shock:

Phil, 0.01mm is 0.39 thousandths of an inch

 

[Frank D.]

Tony is it that thick? I feel much better now. Here's one about the same thickness. It looks quite fragile but it actually held together quite well. The wood is hard maple.
Frank

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Of the pics (evidence!) I have, the following two are the best I can offer:

1. Shaving of 0.001" taken with a Bedrock #604

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=5309

2. 9 foot shaving at 0.002" with Mujingfang 11" smoother

http://www.wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=1224

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[Alf]

<I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers...> :roll:

 

[Frank D.]

C'mon Alf,
Go ahead and do it with an assortment of planes and see if we can guess which shavings were made with which plane.
Looking forward to making a fool of myself again,
Frank

 

[mudman]

You know she's down there right now don't you? :roll:
I give her another 15minutes before a photo appears. :wink:

 

[Alf]

No, no, I'm still here. I will not succumb. :wink:

 

[Frank D.]

No, no, I'm still here. I will not succumb. :wink:

We'll see how long that lasts. Maybe I should take a few more myself. :wink:
Frank D.

 

[Alf]

Rotter

 

[CHJ]

<I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers, I will not rush down to the workshop with camera and digital calipers...> :roll:

OK, OK, we get the picture (you don't want to get in the Gloat war do you) Want to borrow a good Micrometer instead :?: