I wonder why no one makes a ...

[Phil Pascoe]

scrub blade for their electric hand plane? :? It would seem to me to be an ideal tool to use as a scrub.

 

[John Brown]

Just a guess, but maybe it's because electric hand planers are already capable of hogging off a lot of material fairly swiftly, allied with the fact that you'd really want a swappable cylinder to avoid all the setting up malarkey every time you changed modes.

 

[sunnybob]

My electric plane can scrub faster than a room full of scrubbers (but its not as much fun) :shock: 8)

 

[Phil Pascoe]

They rip like hell though, because the blades are dead square. I'd think a slightly curved blade would fit the existing block and not be so prone to ripping - the speed at which they remove material maybe it wouldn't need to be so pronounced as a scrub blade on a handplane?

 

[MikeG.]

That's all an electric plane is anyway...........and not a very good one, as you say, because of the straight blade.

 

[Doug71]

The Festool electric planes use a curved/spiral blade which gives a shear cut, they do run smoothly and give a nice finish although it is still cutting square really.

http://www.healystool.co.uk/488503---Fe ... sjEALw_wcB

They also do alternative heads for their bigger planer one of which is curved like a scrub plane, it's used for giving an undulating/ rustic finish.

https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Fes ... --Hk-82-Rw

 

[Phil Pascoe]

:lol: I didn't pay that for the plane.

 

[Trevanion]

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[Phil Pascoe]

I must have missed something - I can't see the relevance of that clip. :?

 

[Trevanion]

Power planers aren't the best for large flat surfaces, they're designed predominantly for planing anything narrower than the planer itself. On a large surface they gouge material out and they generally make a large mess of the work even if all you're wanting to do is scrub material off as fast as you can. Lou's video shows you how to make a power planer far more accurate and better suited for the task of scrubbing by a few little alterations such as grinding the corners of the knives, which makes a massive difference.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Even if all you're wanting to do is scrub material off as fast as you can? That's my point. that is their only real purpose, which would make a curved blade a sensible development.

 

[rafezetter]

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Thanks for that.

You know... it never ocurred to me that a power planer might need tuning, despite having fettled my er.....17 (??) handplanes. I've not touched mine for years now and didn't like it then either, but I do have some boards covered in old tar and allsorts, so maybe I'll unearth it, tune it a bit and grind off the edges of the blades.