Fitting strip wood to a stone wall

[rupertrawnsley]

I am fitting about 10 metres of pine strip wood against an uneven stone wall atop the oak upstands of my workbench. Using the brilliant Profiler scribing tool I can get a very good line, which I can then jigsaw out for a rough fit. To get a really close fit, I need to remove small amounts of the strip wood as necessary to match the profile of the wall. I've been using a large file for this, but it's tedious, time consuming, and dusty.

Is there a better tool for small adjustments like this? Something like a vegetable peeler, but for wood.

 

[AES]

I'm no expert (far from it) but how about a spokeshave?

AES

 

[blackrodd]

For an accurate scribe that will be seen, I use compass, pencil, handsaw, coping saw, or jigsaw is a bit rougher.
Or small blade in the band saw.
For a job like you're doing, that means you just want fixing "grounds" for you're boarding, just drill and fix battens,
packed suitably off the stonework.
You could cheat and plaster the wall, making life easier, or plaster a flat strip where the uprights go.
Regards Rodders

 

[AndyT]

"A vegetable peeler for wood" is a very good description of a spokeshave. Plenty of discussion of them in the Hand Tools section - you have a choice of very cheap to quite dear, metal or wood, new or old. Some good info in this thread and similar:

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/post994700.html

 

[Phil Pascoe]

For fitting wood to a stone wall you'll probably find a jigsaw as accurate if not more so than a spokeshave - stone in walls rarely has nice gentle curves.

 

[rupertrawnsley]

I might give a spokeshave a go then, although I will probably need quite a small one to match the nooks-and-crannies of the wall. Thanks for the helpful suggestions everyone!

 

[HOJ]

I use a 4" angle grinder with a flap type sanding disc to sneak up on srcibe lines, dusty mind you, best done outside, with the obvious PPE precautions.

 

[Mark A]

I use a 4" angle grinder with a flap type sanding disc to sneak up on srcibe lines, dusty mind you, best done outside, with the obvious PPE precautions.

Yep, an angle grinder with a flap disc, or a belt sander (using the front roller to follow the pencil line) will do it if you're taking the power tool approach, otherwise it's a combination of spokeshave, rasp and sandpaper wrapped around a piece of scrap.

Or if you have a good sharp axe then use that to remove most of the material. With a bit of practice an axe can be surprisingly precise.

Mark

 

[adidat]

Caulk?

 

[biskit]

I always used an axe to shape timber to fit against walls. Suppose it depends on the thickness of your strip.