Canadian Haul

[Harbo]

Back from my trip to Toronto with these goodies bought from Lee Valley Tools:

Veritas Grinding Jig, Small blade holder, Scraping Plane, Small Scraping Plane and DMT 8" 600x/1200x stone.

Have not had chance to play with them yet but will report back later.

I also bought some Brusso hinges but I do not think I saved anything on them at about £20 a pair?
Sadly Lee Valley have discontinued their range of small hinges, but I bought some Hillman ones, very cheap from Canadian Tire!

Rod

 

[studders]

Nice haul. Will be interested in your view of the DMT, was it much of a saving compared to here?

 

[OPJ]

A very nice haul. :mrgreen:

...Go on then, tell us all what we really want to know - how much did you save against buying all this in the UK??? :wink:

 

[Harbo]

I saved an amazing £150!

The DMT cost £65 - Axminster sell it for £117!

Rod

 

[Harbo]

Over three weeks away and my garden is like a jungle, but I did manage a bit of time to hone the big scraper blade.
The instructions recommend 800/1000 to remove any grind marks followed by 4000.
The blade is pretty wide 2 7/8" and only just fits my Kell II and Veritas II but too wide for my DMT's so it was back to my WorkshopHeaven plate glass and 3m film.
The bevel honed OK but the back is not evenly flat and I ran out of time (off to the cinema). Looks like I will have to resort to a coarser grade?
Will have another go tomorrow and take some photos.

Rod

 

[paulm]

A good haul Rod, and like the look of the large scraper particularly, should be very useful.

I know what you mean about jungles, and I haven't even been away anywhere, it's just been so wet everything has been growing like triffids !!!

Cheers, Paul

 

[Blister]

8) 8)

Dont they look all lovely when they are new :lol:

Nice :wink:

 

[woodbloke]

Hi Rod - nice haul :wink: I like the look of those big V scraper planes, something to consider later on - Rob

 

[Harbo]

Here's some shots after quite a few rubs with the 600 DMT - still some hollow spots:

The other problem I experienced with this wide blade was surface tension, making it difficult to lap - even WD40 do not improve it much?
600 DMT finally flattened it and then onto the 3m film. (For the sharp eyed, I have some 600, 1000 & 1200 W&D stuck on the underside)

Will hopefully show some shavings tomorrow but off on a boat trip viewing Cowes!

Rod

 

[Karl]

That is a nice haul Rod.

What does the small scraper feel like? It looks very comfortable to use.

Can I ask why you don't use the "ruler trick" on the scraper blade? I assume you don't use it on any blade?

Cheers

Karl

 

[Paul Chapman]

What does the small scraper feel like? It looks very comfortable to use.

I tried one out at the West Dean event, Karl. It fits in the hand very nicely - quite tempted :-k :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

That is a nice haul Rod.

What does the small scraper feel like? It looks very comfortable to use.

Can I ask why you don't use the "ruler trick" on the scraper blade? I assume you don't use it on any blade?

Cheers

Karl

Karl - no need to use the 'ruler trick' really as all that's needed is to form a hook on the edge. I have one of the small scrapers as well and they are very good, but as the blade is quite small it can be a bit tricky to set up. The blade is also quite difficult to sharpen owing to it's small size, but I've made a special little holding jig for mine that allows me to use the burnisher more easily - Rob

 

[Karl]

Hi Rob

I meant use the ruler trick to avoid the chore of having to flatten and polish the back of the scraper blade.

On plane blades, I take the view that if there is no chipbreaker (block planes, scrapers, shoulders, woodies etc) I don't bother touching the back of the blade. Each time I sharpen, I simply raise the blade a couple of degrees when removing the burr from the back of the blade. Doesn't take any longer than regular sharpening.

I'm sure it's saved me many hours of labourious flattening and polishing of blades which don't need it - of which the scraper is one.

Cheers

Karl

 

[Harbo]

Karl I am just following the instructions with the plane:-
"A sharp edge can only be achieved by creating two intersecting surfaces honed to the same degree."
As Rob said the next stage is to form a hook with a burnisher.

Have been on a Steam Powered ship all day cruising the Solent so have not had chance to do anything more with it yet.

I bought the small tool holder (about £11) for use with the small scraper blade (and others like spokeshaves).

Rod

 

[Karl]

"A sharp edge can only be achieved by creating two intersecting surfaces honed to the same degree."
As Rob said the next stage is to form a hook with a burnisher.

That is the beauty of raising the blade slightly when removing the burr from the back of the blade - you achieve a highly polished edge in next to no time, thereby achieving a razor sharp edge in seconds.

Cheers

Karl

 

[Harbo]

Here's some shavings from some English oak:

Now for the small scraper!

(Karl nice Birthday pressie and a steal at that price!!)

Rod