Stuart Ablett
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I got a very short amount of time today down in the Dungeon, and I went to work on the one board, just to get it a bit flatter, so I can cut it in half, then use the power jointer to flatten it.
Boy that hand planing rough, OK VERY rough wood is hard work
True, it is very rough, off the chainsaw mill, operated by unskilled hands (me!) and it had a fairly large cup in the center, but yeah, big time kudos to the old time carpenters who had to do this grunt work by hand I'll sure be glad to be moving to the power jointer
I did answer one question for myself, I'll be saving my pennies to spend on a Lie-Nielsen plane in the future, not trying to rehab an old plane, seriously, if I did get an old one, I'd have to have a Bedrock, and they, with a good blade are often on par price wise, with a new LN or LV plane.
I used my low rent scrub plane to take most of the worst high point off the board, then I tried with my #5C, the one with the Sweet Heart laminated blade in it, and it chattered and bounced all over the place, frustrating! I then got out the LN #62 Low Angle Jack plane, and opened up the mouth, and set it to take a heavy cut..... wow, what a great tool that is, really nice to use and made the work a LOT easier too.
This is not really flat, but it is flat enough that I can see where I want to cut it and I can run the Festool saw over it now.
Cheers!
Boy that hand planing rough, OK VERY rough wood is hard work
True, it is very rough, off the chainsaw mill, operated by unskilled hands (me!) and it had a fairly large cup in the center, but yeah, big time kudos to the old time carpenters who had to do this grunt work by hand I'll sure be glad to be moving to the power jointer
I did answer one question for myself, I'll be saving my pennies to spend on a Lie-Nielsen plane in the future, not trying to rehab an old plane, seriously, if I did get an old one, I'd have to have a Bedrock, and they, with a good blade are often on par price wise, with a new LN or LV plane.
I used my low rent scrub plane to take most of the worst high point off the board, then I tried with my #5C, the one with the Sweet Heart laminated blade in it, and it chattered and bounced all over the place, frustrating! I then got out the LN #62 Low Angle Jack plane, and opened up the mouth, and set it to take a heavy cut..... wow, what a great tool that is, really nice to use and made the work a LOT easier too.
This is not really flat, but it is flat enough that I can see where I want to cut it and I can run the Festool saw over it now.
Cheers!