As a follow up to last week’s podcast on thicknessing a board by hand, I wanted to illustrate how I add a radical curve to my Scrub and Fore plane irons. I’ll walk through creating a template of the curves, roughing out the shape using sandpaper or a grinding wheel, then finally hone it to a mirror polish.
Remember these planes are used for rough work and don’t need to be as sharp as your smoothing plane so don’t agonize over the perfectly symetrical curve or hone the bevel to 8000 grit. These irons will take a beating so should be honed to a 35 degree bevel at least so that the edge stands up to the pressure you will put it under.
I also drop a little edition of Tales from the Hoarde into this week’s episode and show off some beautiful spalted curly maple turning squares with which I am contemplating Mother’s day gifts.
Finally the blog of the week is Evenfall Woodworks. You have to get over there and check out the Woodworks Library. This have over 175 books on woodworking all from the early 1900s. It is illuminating to say the least to read through some of this literature.
Enjoy the show!
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1 Neil // Mar 27, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hey Shannon: maybe you can change your centers and make obtuse looking candle sticks.
Can’t remember the diameter you mentioned, Mom might like a nice turned container with lid. Do it as a face plate turning. Turn round, turn the lid, part off the lid, hollow out, press fit the lid back on and clean-up.
Whatever you come up with provide us the template, I’m geared more towards spindles, but I’ll come close and turn with you.
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