Eiji Fuller
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« on: March 26, 2010, 01:59 AM » |
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I turn to these.
I just made them last night and tuned them up this morning. I like them better than the first ones I made.
Ebony and Jatoba smoothers. A 6" mini and a 9". The 6 has a 1 1/4" iron and the 9 has a 1 3/4" iron
I really like smoothers since most of my stock gets run through jointer, planer and table saw. I can just run the plane across them to erase the mill marks instead of sanding.
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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2010, 05:51 AM » |
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Eiji
now they are starting to look really good! Great colours and the shapes are closing on perfect...just the right balance between function and looking right...somthing that you would look at and just know that they are going to fit and feel right!
Are you going to settle on a shape and then stick with it and make up templates and jigs for a bit more of a production line or is everyone going to be scratch built?
Piers
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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2010, 06:23 AM » |
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Eiji
Don't make up jigs. The slight differences between each one is what makes them unique. These are by far the nicer planes, but i do love dark woods. Keep up the good work,
Woodguy
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If its made of wood, i can make it smaller.
Shirt size medium
p.s- ive started reading these too
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Jesse Cloud
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2010, 10:32 AM » |
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Those are some sweet shavings!
I find the joy of making thin curly shavings right up there with using Festool.
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Eiji Fuller
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« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2010, 11:10 AM » |
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Thanks guys,
No I dont think I will be making any jigs. I like to be able to take advantage of grain patterns when shaping. I do have templates that I trace on the plane blanks though. If there are any nuances in the grain that I can follow and not drastically change the shape I do that. If you look at the pic of the mini smoother the Ebony has wisps of grey/gold smokey grain in the black I was able to follow that with the shape.
There are plenty of other things I can do to increase the production speed.
Email me if anyones interested.
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« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2010, 12:43 PM » |
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I thought this thread was going to be about drinking.  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2010, 01:14 PM » |
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I thought this thread was going to be about drinking. Me too. I was wondering just what type of beer would be consumed after a long sanding session. In my case, it is most often Guiness. By the way, nice planes Eiji. |
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Cheers,
Frank (Festool connoisseur)
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2010, 02:44 PM » |
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Frank you must be rich or don't drink that much with the price of guinese here! I drink Sleeman if its on sale and JR if its not.
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2010, 03:10 PM » |
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I'm certainly not rich.  I probably average about 4 pints of Guiness a week (that's real 20 oz pints). I don't think that's a lot -others might. |
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Cheers,
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2010, 04:33 PM » |
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I'm certainly not rich. Blink
I probably average about 4 pints of Guiness a week (that's real 20 oz pints). I don't think that's a lot -others might. Big Grin Frank you are what we call a "quality" drinker, I am a little more of a "quantity" drinker.  I'm in Ottawa right near the border of Quebec where I can get Sleeman at a buck a bottle....I'm very jealous of those in Europe that get it for a fraction of that price. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2010, 05:16 PM » |
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Who says you can't have a Guiness after a session of plane work? And if, heaven forbid, you should spill some on the shop floor, the shavings will soak it up nicely!
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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2010, 11:31 AM » |
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Hi Eiji,
Those are some really great looking planes and more important some really fine looking shavings! I'm curious about your preferences on your smoothing plane blades, do you sharpen them straight ....or slightly eased (curved) on the edges ...a la David Charlesworth?
Brian Tracey
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Eiji Fuller
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2010, 06:38 PM » |
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Hi Eiji,
Those are some really great looking planes and more important some really fine looking shavings! I'm curious about your preferences on your smoothing plane blades, do you sharpen them straight ....or slightly eased (curved) on the edges ...a la David Charlesworth?
Brian Tracey
I put a slight camber on the irons while honing using finger pressure on the outer edges of the iron. |
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John G
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« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2010, 07:16 PM » |
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a buck a bottle....I'm very jealous of those in Europe that get it for a fraction of that price. Guiness you'd be lucky to find anywhere under ?2, more like ?3 in a UK pub - I paid ?9 in Paris  Best for me is something like Kasteel Brune - in Amsterdam that was about ?1.50 a bottle - 2 was fine if I wanted to work the next day. 4 pints - I wouldn't be standing... |
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« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2010, 08:13 PM » |
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Kalamazoo Brewery's/ Bell's Oberon... seasonal so I'm sad in the winter.
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