Krenov style high angle smoother

[Modernist]

As you said Doug - turned out nice.

very nice actually

 

[stevebuk]

Well done mate, cant wait to see it in the flesh so to speak. =D> =D> =D>

 

[bugbear]

Another piece of that (rough looking smelly make you sneeze wood purchase from my good friend Rich) was looking beautifully smooth with no tear out at all.

I`m really please with the plane, the padauk was a nightmare, impossible to plane with my stanley`s & not get tear out, but this plane eliminated any signs of it in a few passes.

High pitch strikes again!

BugBear

 

[wizer]

High pitch strikes again!

Does that mean you're in favour of high pitch?

Doug, I know that your engineer friend did you a favour with these blades, but is this a normal way to treat blade? For example would Hock, for example, treat his blades like this? Or is this process 'over engineering'? I take it he used a milling machine?

Could Milling machines be used for some of the woodworking on a plane? Such as the angle of the dangle?

Just wonderin'

 

[Racers]

Hi, Wizer

Ron surface grinds his blades, I just use the ruler trick on mine.

You could use a milling machine in wood plane making, but then that would take all the fun out.


Pete

 

[Aled Dafis]

Tom

A surface grinder is a specialised (and very expensive) bit of kit, ideal for grinding plane soles as well as irons, amongst other things. I really could do with one this week as I'm trying to finish a plane for the Axminster/Rycotewood gig.

Some companies surface frind their blades before heat treatment because it's easier (read cheaper) but unfortunately their good work is undone during the heat treartment process when the iron warps like hell. :evil: The better companies grind after heat treatment to ensure flatness, Veritas go one step further and actually diamond lap their blades to ensure complete flatness adjacent to the edge.

As regards using a milling machine to make wooden planes, yes it would make the job really easy, but I do think that it would be a little overkill. OTOH Karl holtey's wooden planes are made almost exclusively on CNC milling machines, and are absolutely superb!! Check out his blog. http://www.holteyplanes.com/blog

Cheers

Aled

 

[wizer]

Thanks Aled. I have been following Karl's blog but, apart from having some weird masculine attraction to all the machines and obvious precision, most of it flies of my head.

Would a CNC router be any use with making wooden planes? I do realise about the fun, etc, part. Just wondering what machinery could be used. What can I say? I'm a machinery fetishist.

 

[bugbear]

High pitch strikes again!

Does that mean you're in favour of high pitch?

For reducing tear out, yes. Once your blade is sharp, and bedding stable, pitch is the next "lever".

BugBear

 

[wizer]

thanks BB

 

[Philly]

Gents
I think you'll find the use of a mill or CNC router to be rather limited when it comes to making wooden planes. Depth of cut, especially when you tilt the head (or workpiece) is severely restricted.
If you want to have a go, have a go - you have the tools you need already. If you could buy a "magic plane making machine" I'd have bought two and retired last year........... :lol:
Philly

 

[Doug B]

thanks for the kind comments chaps,

Jonny, very satisfying mate.


I don`t think Philly has anything to worry about Pete . As a foray into a different aspect of woodworking, this is a lot of fun & an inexpensive way of building up a collection of planes, with me hopefully learning more about the mechanics of planes.


Tom the blades were indeed ground on a surface grinder such as the one in Aled`s picture.

Cheers.

 

[DaveL]

If you could buy a "magic plane making machine" I'd have bought two and retired last year........... :lol:

Still dreaming of the machine where you throw wood and steel in one end finished planes come out the other! :shock:
We have one, its your workshop. 8)

 

[Philly]

If you could buy a "magic plane making machine" I'd have bought two and retired last year........... :lol:

Still dreaming of the machine where you throw wood and steel in one end finished planes come out the other! :shock:
We have one, its your workshop. 8)

Ha! Bravo, Dave :lol:
Philly