woodbrains
Established Member
Hello,
WIP at the moment is a black walnut blanket chest. Nothing too ornery, timber wise, so nothing special about the plane setup, other than the usual very sharp blade, fine mouth and finely set cap iron. Unfortunately, this is on hold for the moment as I am moving into my home workshop presently, which is a great upheaval. Perhaps I will post some images when things get settled down a bit. I have to make a new bench first, the shed is smaller than my pervious workshop, so I need storage in the bench for as many tools as I can manage. Might post images of the workshop, too, when things are more set up, everything is in heaps on the floor and every other horizontal surface at the minute.
Once you know what honing angles, other than the basic one, will do, it enables us to dispense with power sanders. This in general is good thing, as we are hand tool users here, but especially in a small shed. If there is too much perceived effort in having tools with special sharpening requirements, think about the time ultimately saved by not having to resot to belt sanders etc. not to mention dust. Sanders are not efficient at removing wood compared to planes; think about how much sanding dust would make up the volume of wood in one shaving, that takes fractions of seconds to produce.
Jacob, I did mention that your raison d'être seems to be contradicting everything I say, these days. Please do not find it necessary to do so, especially if it involves posting images in poor taste. What I do is usually not badly conceived, though perhaps not for you. This is fine, I'm not trying to covert anyone to anything, but if someone asks why I do a thing, I will tell them. The things I do yield positive perceivable results. For those who want to try what I do, they may find something they can use, or they may find it is not for them. But we are all trying to learn and try new things.
Mike.
WIP at the moment is a black walnut blanket chest. Nothing too ornery, timber wise, so nothing special about the plane setup, other than the usual very sharp blade, fine mouth and finely set cap iron. Unfortunately, this is on hold for the moment as I am moving into my home workshop presently, which is a great upheaval. Perhaps I will post some images when things get settled down a bit. I have to make a new bench first, the shed is smaller than my pervious workshop, so I need storage in the bench for as many tools as I can manage. Might post images of the workshop, too, when things are more set up, everything is in heaps on the floor and every other horizontal surface at the minute.
Once you know what honing angles, other than the basic one, will do, it enables us to dispense with power sanders. This in general is good thing, as we are hand tool users here, but especially in a small shed. If there is too much perceived effort in having tools with special sharpening requirements, think about the time ultimately saved by not having to resot to belt sanders etc. not to mention dust. Sanders are not efficient at removing wood compared to planes; think about how much sanding dust would make up the volume of wood in one shaving, that takes fractions of seconds to produce.
Jacob, I did mention that your raison d'être seems to be contradicting everything I say, these days. Please do not find it necessary to do so, especially if it involves posting images in poor taste. What I do is usually not badly conceived, though perhaps not for you. This is fine, I'm not trying to covert anyone to anything, but if someone asks why I do a thing, I will tell them. The things I do yield positive perceivable results. For those who want to try what I do, they may find something they can use, or they may find it is not for them. But we are all trying to learn and try new things.
Mike.
