Plough planing small parts

[Mel769]

Hi hope someone can point me in the right direction. I'm in the process of making my first ever dovetails box. I have now made the box itself (do a bit most evenings) but not glued up yet as I want to plough plane a rebate for the base, and possibly for a sliding lid aswell. What I'm stuck on is how to hold each of the 4 sides for plough planing. The dimensions are about 3" tall, ends just over 3" wide, and sides about 8 " wide. How can I hold each of these 4 bits for ploughing a rebate ? All I have is a Record 52.5 vice, and do not have a router table; want to keep it hand made anyway. Thinking maybe of using masking tape & superglue to hold it to something but its oak and likely wont hold. Any ideas ?

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Make a sticking board. This one is adjustable ...



Great for planing small parts ...



Grooving this time ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[niall Y]

You could lay each piece on a board , and hold them in place by screwing strips of wood onto the board. - one at the top , one at the bottom and one on the side away from where you are cutting the rebate. They will obviously have to be thinner than the stock you are working with.

You might be able to incorporate some thin sliding wedges, but it will probably be easier all round if you use double sided tape in addition to the strips.

Another variation is to use the board with only the strips screwed by the top and side of the workpiece. You can then use the tip of a long strip of wood to bear against the bottom of your workpiece and hold this in place with a cramp or two. This will give clearance and stop the plane hitting the cramps

 

[Mel769]

Great idea using a board; that idea escaped me. The stock is a bit thin thou, maybe 6-7mm ! So anything holding it in place will need to slighty thinner. It will work thou yes that's a great method !

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Making a sticking board is worth the effort if you plan to use it going forward.

Otherwise, if you have a hold down, make a Doe's Foot. Very simple to do and its stength is preventing a board moving sideways (which a planing stop does not do) ...





Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[Mel769]

Yep I was considering a Doe's foot (Holdfast). The board is an excellent idea thou and will likely go for that. At this moment in time I'm looking forward and working out what I need to make my life easier, my woodworking more enjoyable, and to make cleaner pieces since making do for the last 20 years without too much dedicated equipment. Thanks for the reply

 

[Mel769]

Where are those serrated metal (things ?) from ??

 

[Jester129]

Can be made from some bright steel/iron etc. just filed for the serrations. Good idea, might use that!

 

[Mel769]

Yes I could fabricate something but tbh if they're selling somewhere off the shelf would prefer to buy. Hope that's not a defeatist attitude

 

[ColinDeVelen]

I have found that old multitool blades can be used for this.

 

[imageel]

Scutch chisel combs would be good albeit they themselves are very hard so difficult to drill or affix to timber stock

 

[MorrisWoodman12]

@Derek Cohen (Perth Oz) Your sticking board reply was extremely timely and helpful. I needed to rebate a long piece of oak for the nose of a shelf and was wondering how to hold it adequately while planing it. Sticking board built using an old bit of OSB that I usually use for covering part of the bench top while doing mucky jobs. Not pretty but works a treat. Thanks for the advice/idea.