What Smoothing Plane

[bugbear]

Nono, its related, I couldnt get my plane iron very sharp yesterday with the waterstone either.

Yes; many things are "related" but they still deserve separate threads:

Someone else may benefit from sharpening tips, but won't know they're being given in a thread whose subject is "What smoothing plane"

BugBear

 

[Chems]

To round off this 7 page epic, I bough a new blade and its working great. It still needed sharpening and the corners rounding off which I havent done yet.

The plane isnt super shiny but Ive decide thats just not important for me. Im learning how to tune it up pretty well, its a complex bit of kit really. It doesnt always slide as well as I'd like but Ive been using it on Chestnut an I think thats quite a hard wood and its doing a good job overall of smoothing it down.

I will get some pics up in the morning of it working. My next plane will be a more all purpose jack plane as Im finding that between my smoothing plane and my shoulder plane they are both getting a lot of work.

 

[NeilO]

Chems,
my offer to put a crisp edge on your tools is still open, just fetch `em on over and you can sharpen away to your hearts content..

 

[Chems]

Thanks Neil, I think I will have to take you up on that offer at some point. Its finding the time. Im halfway through doing some tongue and groove boards and so far this week have only managed the groove bit.

 

[Chems]

 

[Chems]

Mick the Tree came over last week and pointed out that the chip breaker isn't the one that should be with the plane as its not as wide as the blade, which is why it gets blocked up so often. Now how come you experts didn't spot that to help out a noobie like me!