Hand plane 101
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In complete contrast to the beautiful and excellent Lie Nielsen planes (my favorite crosscut saw is a Lie Nielsen), you might drag yourself into a harbor freight [eek] to buy one of their cheap smoothing planes.
Once you get home and wash off the smell, grind a generous camber into the blade and set it up to take an aggressive cut. It's remarkable what an effective scrub plane it makes. I used one the other day to put a 3/4" / 8" taper on some thick oak in a matter of minutes.
Congrats on the #62.
-Adam
Once you get home and wash off the smell, grind a generous camber into the blade and set it up to take an aggressive cut. It's remarkable what an effective scrub plane it makes. I used one the other day to put a 3/4" / 8" taper on some thick oak in a matter of minutes.
Congrats on the #62.
-Adam
Ed, you are absolutely right about EBay and Lie Neilsen. I've been stalking Ebay for at least a year, and the only deal that I found was a scraping plane that I bought for $35.00 cheaper than direct. I still lurk but finally gave up and bought their Rabbet Block Plane w/Nicker direct from them. I bought what was advertised as a 4 1/2 bench plane but it was actually a scrub plane. I still paid less than direct and I'm planning to use it. [embarassed] Almost forgot, I did get a chisel plane for a decent price. My next purchase is going to be their Low Angle Jack Rabbet Plane. Their tools are every bit as addictive as Festool,you use one and then it's like "how good must the other ones be??".
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danbox said:
... and they don't even have on/off switches!
Of course, you won't spend as much for accessories and consumables with Lie Nielsen. Once you've got the planes in hand, you can redirect your budget back to buying Festool sandpaper, dominos, vacuum bags, MFT tops, hoses, guides, clamps, et al.
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Since I have nothing else to do but twiddle my thumbs and imagine the possibilities as I wait for the planes to arrive, wondering if anyone has tried out the Veritas jointer fence on their other planes? I'm going to get comfortable with the jack plane before I get into something heavier like a jointer or fore plane, which means I will probably do some edge planing work with the jack, and so am wondering if the jointer fence might be a good investment?
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=41716&cat=1,41182
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=41716&cat=1,41182
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What is that gold plane? That's some kind of money shot there...
Got the LN 62 low angled jack and the 60 1/2 block
EDIT: Is this it?:https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product/skew-block-plane-left Never mind. Doesn't have the in-built fence
Got the LN 62 low angled jack and the 60 1/2 block
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Next up might actually be the LN beading tool:
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product...s/bronze-beading-tool-and-blade-set?node=4076
My house is from the 1930s, and has this custom base cap moulding that doesn't match any profile I've ever encountered -- and I've flipped through a lot of moulding catalogs looking for it. When my Dad was still living in the house he had some contractor redo a wall next to the bathroom, and for whatever reason they never replaced the base cap, so there's a four foot section that has to be remade. There's not enough missing to justify getting a custom profile router/shaper bit manufactured, but with the beading tool I might be able to recreate it in combination with a table saw.
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product...s/bronze-beading-tool-and-blade-set?node=4076
My house is from the 1930s, and has this custom base cap moulding that doesn't match any profile I've ever encountered -- and I've flipped through a lot of moulding catalogs looking for it. When my Dad was still living in the house he had some contractor redo a wall next to the bathroom, and for whatever reason they never replaced the base cap, so there's a four foot section that has to be remade. There's not enough missing to justify getting a custom profile router/shaper bit manufactured, but with the beading tool I might be able to recreate it in combination with a table saw.
Cheese said:
Left Hand.
Left hand on the plane with right hand thumb on the indent at the front.
But you can lay the board flat and plane the edge vertically, it's best to see what's comfortable, I'm right handed but have both the left and right hand version.
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