Setting up a wooden plane

[The_Stig]

I recently acquired a wooden try plane but I have no idea how to set it up as there's obviously no winding wheel just a wooden wedge retaining the blade. I think someone once told me that it's adjusted with a good old tap from a mallet, is this the case?

 

[Scouse]

Philly's your man...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbYEEJWmu4

 

[The_Stig]

Wow, they really are simple to setup!

 

[The_Stig]

When I took the blade out it had a right big nasty chip in the end of it so I spent nearly an hour last night regrinding it on the wet stone and then flattening it on the diamond stone. Its still not quite perfect but its getting there.

I think I need a new handle for the front of the plane but I'm not sure if there used to be one there so I'll post some pictures up later tonight.

 

[bugbear]

When I took the blade out it had a right big nasty chip in the end of it so I spent nearly an hour last night regrinding it on the wet stone

In cases like this, it's quicker to either use a power grinder (being damn careful to cool often), or simply a VERY coarse piece of wet 'n' dry (say 60 grit) stuck on a flat surface.

Most normal stones are not coarse enough for major metal removal.

In the old days they'd have used a large sandstone wheel, water cooled, and apprentice powered!

BugBear

 

[The_Stig]

In the old days they'd have used a large sandstone wheel, water cooled, and apprentice powered!

Last night was a Tormek wet stone job, there is an ordinary metal grinder on the bench but I can't trust myself to firstly get the right angle and secondly not blue the steel so I figured that the softly, softly approach would be better. The previous owner had obviously hit a nail or maybe a large knot whilst it wasn't very sharp. I was surprised at how thick the blade actually was, the steel is that hard that it hardly burrs but we got there in the end.

 

[Harbo]

You can do the bulk of the hard grind on the coarse stone - taking care and if necessary dunking it into some cold water to keep it cool, then do the final accurate grind on the Tormek.

I use a Norton 3X in that way - saves a lot of time and effort.

Rod

 

[Aled Dafis]

You can do the bulk of the hard grind on the coarse stone - taking care and if necessary dunking it into some cold water to keep it cool, then do the final accurate grind on the Tormek.

I use a Norton 3X in that way - saves a lot of time and effort.

Rod

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[Jeff Gorman]

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Jeff Gorman
www.amgron.clara.net