Category: six board chest

The boat anchor works pretty well ..

I bought this plane for $ 25 and its not in great shape.  The sole has a crack in it (see the lower edge of the mouth) and will probably blow up some day.  It’s not flat and it has a giant pit in the sole.  The blade’s very pitted and and kinda nasty.  The knob has black sticky goo on it.

But it works as a pretty well as a rough worker and reduces thickness on a board pronto.  I put a nice curve on the blade and even though its kinda nasty it sharpens up nicely.  I put almost no work in it except to put a curve the blade and sharpen it.  Pretty good for $25 .. or at least I think so.

Flattening a board.
Pitted and cracked base.
Too bad too .. it a nice Type 11 Stanley.

Six board chest tear out .. Bleck!

I’m still milling my boards for my six board chest and dealing with some tear out. 

Nasty tear out under shellac.
Nasty tear out under shellac.

I applied some shellac to stiffen the fibers and applied a high angle smoother.    The board is smooth to the touch.

Smooth after high angle smoother applied with shellac
Smooth after high angle smoother applied with shellac

Another shot .. whad ya think?

Another view

Before smoother ..
After with a few areas that need a little work with a card scraper.