This weekend I picked up about half a m3 of beech, some poplar and some oak for £ 47 (converted from euro) which I will have to dry myself. I have stickered it under the canopy in the garden.
Anyway one of the shorter pieces had some of the bark and sapwood which was not in that good a condition. I took out the Stsnley no 6 (with straight blade) and planed it down a couple of mm.
Planing the wood (poplar) was very very hard work. I had to set the blade to extend much more than normally to take any shavings and set the frog back to have a wide open mouth. Although the shavings where still not that thick and the blade was honed to a standard 30 degrees it felt more like pushing a blade honed at 60 degrees.
After a few minutes I noticed the body of the plane was getting warm. I stopped and checked the face of the sole which was more than warm. I guess about 40 to 50 degrees celsius. :shock:
After letting the plane cool down a bit I finshed the job. I was very suppriced how the 1930s blade held its edge. I also guess that Stanley made the 6C just for this kind of situation.
Anyway one of the shorter pieces had some of the bark and sapwood which was not in that good a condition. I took out the Stsnley no 6 (with straight blade) and planed it down a couple of mm.
Planing the wood (poplar) was very very hard work. I had to set the blade to extend much more than normally to take any shavings and set the frog back to have a wide open mouth. Although the shavings where still not that thick and the blade was honed to a standard 30 degrees it felt more like pushing a blade honed at 60 degrees.
After a few minutes I noticed the body of the plane was getting warm. I stopped and checked the face of the sole which was more than warm. I guess about 40 to 50 degrees celsius. :shock:
After letting the plane cool down a bit I finshed the job. I was very suppriced how the 1930s blade held its edge. I also guess that Stanley made the 6C just for this kind of situation.
