Sandal Woods

Woodworking with passion

  • Home
  • Conferences
    • Cincinnati 2011
    • Cincinnati – 2010
    • Berea – 2008
    • St Charles – 2009
    • Valley Forge – 2009
    • Shows
  • Gallery
  • Design
  • Kneelers
  • Links
  • Archives
  • Blog
  • JIGS
  • More stuff
    • EDUCATION
    • FEATURED
    • JOINERY
    • REVIEWS
    • TOOLS
  • TUTORIAL
  • Video
  • Sponsors and Affiliates
    • StudioPress Themes for WordPress
  • Contact
  • Livestream
Home Blog The walnut hand plane: Part 3, shaping it, and using it!

June 20, 2009 By Al Navas

The walnut hand plane: Part 3, shaping it, and using it!

Following the glue-up, I clamped the plane for several hours. But I could not wait longer – if you have ever been in the maternity waiting room at the hospital, waiting for your first child to be born, you know what I mean.

I removed the clamps, cleaned up the glue on the bottom, inserted a temporary wedge to tension the plane, and squared the bottom to the best side on the jointer. After that I sanded the bottom using 150 grit paper on the cast iron table on the table saw; this is the first time I actually brushed off the fine dust after every two strokes of the plane on the sandpaper. Finally, I drew some outlines, freehand, on one of the cheeks, and cut to the lines on the band saw. A little shaping with rasps, and I ran out of patience – I had to try it out!

The first trial, on one edge of a walnut scrap:

first-shavings-1

This shaving looks good, but is it thick, or thin? I wondered, as I looked at it:

first-shavings-2

The shaving was just under two thousands of an inch (0.002″) thick:

first-shavings-3

Then I had to tinker with the shape a little more, until time to go to the house:

first-shavings-4

The mouth is still not quite right, as sometimes shavings will jam. I shaped the mouth opening to run almost parallel to the surface of the iron:

first-shavings-5-mouth

As you can see, I got careless with the file, and chewed up part of the cheek during two misplaced strokes (the unsafe edge…). I can barely see a little light between the tip of the iron and the front of the mouth, so I still have some room to refine the shape. I will keep playing with this new hand plane, and will use it in one of the projects I am working on. I’ve got to work out the kinks in the mouth!

The Brese Plane iron is great – I did not even touch the sharp edge prior to this trial run!

.

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Filed Under: Blog, Krenov Tagged With: Brese iron, hand planes, Krenov, Krenov-style, plane, walnut

About Al Navas

I love working with wood, and sharing here on the blog. I also love designing items that my clients will love having in their homes and offices. Please let me know if you need a special piece to share with your loved ones. Freelance, Legal, and Community Interpreter. Love photography.

Search this blog

Subscribe via feedburner – still!

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Follow me on Google+

The RTJ400 at Leigh Industries


Leigh Industries introduces this new jig, designed specifically for use on the router table.
Click on the image above to go to the RTJ400 page at the Leigh website. I am NOT paid for your clicks.

The Sandal Woods prayer kneeler

The Sandal Woods prie Dieu, or prayer kneeler: Place your order for a prie Dieu for you home altar. [More...]

Admin

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2007-2014 | Al Navas, Sandal Woods - Fine Woodworking | Missouri, USA · Log in ·