Popular Post Ronn W Posted January 6, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I don't have much skill with hand planes, and really only use a low angle block plane - indispensible. I have had an old Stanley #4 smoothing plane for years but coul never get it to make a decent cut. I think it had a lot to do with the fact the the edges of the mouth opening in the sole were were not flat with the sole. So bad that no a mount of flattening would fix it. So I asked Santa-wife for a Wood River #4 for Christmas. Got it all sharpened to 8000G set the blade so that the throat gap to be very small and kept the chip breaker within 1/16" of the edge of the blade and...... Wow!! This is cool. It's so smooth and even. Look at those gossemar full width shavings! I had agreed to do a memorial box for a friends 2 dogs and decided to make a rounded top like Marc used for his "Scrap wood boxes". Used the plane to create the curve and really needed very little sanding afterward and that was curly maple. First coat of shellac is drying but here is a pic. With a good plane, it was fun. I feel like a kid with a new toy. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, Ronn W said: I don't have much skill with hand planes, and really only use a low angle block plane - indispensible. I have had an old Stanley #4 smoothing plane for years but coul never get it to make a decent cut. I think it had a lot to do with the fact the the edges of the mouth opening in the sole were were not flat with the sole. So bad that no a mount of flattening would fix it. So I asked Santa-wife for a Wood River #4 for Christmas. Got it all sharpened to 8000G set the blade so that the throat gap to be very small and kept the chip breaker within 1/16" of the edge of the blade and...... Wow!! This is cool. It's so smooth and even. Look at those gossemar full width shavings! I had agreed to do a memorial box for a friends 2 dogs and decided to make a rounded top like Marc used for his "Scrap wood boxes". Used the plane to create the curve and really needed very little sanding afterward and that was curly maple. First coat of shellac is drying but here is a pic. With a good plane, it was fun. I feel like a kid with a new toy. I had the same revelation when I got my Woodriver #4. If you're using it as a smoother try taking the chip breaker down to 1/32nd or 1/64th from the edge and you'll get (extra) nice performance from that plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 I agree, I got the same warm and fuzzies!! Great looking box Ronn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 You ARE a kid with a new toy!!! Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 There ain't nothing much better in the shop than the tingle from one sided shavings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 beautiful work Ronn, i'm beginning to wonder when you sleep you've been knocking out the projects one after the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Nice! I picked up hand planes a couple of years ago and I really enjoy them. FYI (I noticed you're in MN) the Robinsdale Community Education has a couple handtool classes taught by Tom Howard. I took them and for the money I found it to be well worth it. http://rdale.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_230078/File/Departments/Community Education/Enrichment/Adult Enrichment/AdultCatalog.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 2 hours ago, pkinneb said: Nice! I picked up hand planes a couple of years ago and I really enjoy them. FYI (I noticed you're in MN) the Robinsdale Community Education has a couple handtool classes taught by Tom Howard. I took them and for the money I found it to be well worth it. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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