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Spending a day with Philly, Dc and Mike Riley, one had to pick up quite a few tips and have a great time.
I reckon that a couple of tips I picked up from DC that I have now tried out, are worth passing on.
DC had 3 planes with him: block, the Stanley 5.5 and LN 5.5. After playing for a bit and being impressed with their performance, He passed me the LN 5.5 and said 'try that'
So, I did and it worked very nicely no matter which way he clamped the wood (with or against the grain). A 15 degrees backbevel of course, which is nothing new to most of us, but what was new is the size only around 0.2mm wide which may be unintuitive to many.
Makes sense as it is only likely to be used on a smoother taking very fine shavings of perhaps a few thou.
The plane was a little harder to push than the Stanley, but DCs other tip was to polish plane soles with wire wool and Solvol Autosol. Fantastic! works more-or-less as well as candle wax but leaves o residue on the wood and is not required very often
Tried both and the difference is very impressive, so:
Hone very small back bevels (0.2mm), they work great (planed a cherry table top with very curly grain today with one, no problem) and are easily removed
Polish plane soles with wire wool and Autosol and throw the candle in the bin :wink:
I reckon that a couple of tips I picked up from DC that I have now tried out, are worth passing on.
DC had 3 planes with him: block, the Stanley 5.5 and LN 5.5. After playing for a bit and being impressed with their performance, He passed me the LN 5.5 and said 'try that'
So, I did and it worked very nicely no matter which way he clamped the wood (with or against the grain). A 15 degrees backbevel of course, which is nothing new to most of us, but what was new is the size only around 0.2mm wide which may be unintuitive to many.
Makes sense as it is only likely to be used on a smoother taking very fine shavings of perhaps a few thou.
The plane was a little harder to push than the Stanley, but DCs other tip was to polish plane soles with wire wool and Solvol Autosol. Fantastic! works more-or-less as well as candle wax but leaves o residue on the wood and is not required very often
Tried both and the difference is very impressive, so:
Hone very small back bevels (0.2mm), they work great (planed a cherry table top with very curly grain today with one, no problem) and are easily removed
Polish plane soles with wire wool and Autosol and throw the candle in the bin :wink: