Showing posts with label planemaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planemaking. Show all posts
Monday, January 27, 2014
Planemaking Test
This project began by chance, after seeing some plane realizations on the net. I used what I had at home, including a new old Hirch (made in Germany) iron and chipbreaker that my friend Ciro gave me a couple of years ago.
I excavated the throat cavity by Forstner bits as deep as possible, continuing with a 1" Japanese-style Firmer chisel (Atsunomi). To get the exact bed angle (60 °) I used the chisel with a beech guide block clamped to the top body.
A double sole really helps to get a very tight mouth. The wenge is a wood very resistant to wear, but has tendency to chip, so be very careful during chiselling around the mouth.
The sole has been leveled on sandpaper glued to a flat surface (120 and 180 Grit).
Shavings are our real prize.
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The plane body is ash; I really like it, solid, compact, enough easy to work. The sole and wedge are wenge. The light-dark contrast is very nice.
The wood button used to release the cutting group and setting the blade always attracted me, so I placed a wenge one in the back of the plane.
Not having a right sized ash piece, I proceeded to gluing up three pieces of approx. 3 cm thick.
I stamped "S60" on the back. S means Smoother and 60 is for indicating the seat angle. To obtain the moldings on the corners I used the belt sander, taking the plane in contact with the abrasive tape for few seconds. I obtained the wenge button drilling it by a cup saw.
A double sole really helps to get a very tight mouth. The wenge is a wood very resistant to wear, but has tendency to chip, so be very careful during chiselling around the mouth.
The sole has been leveled on sandpaper glued to a flat surface (120 and 180 Grit).
Shavings are our real prize.
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