The right way to do a 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.
I applied some shellac to stiffen the fibers and applied a high angle smoother. The board is smooth to the touch.
Another shot .. whad ya think?
Before smoother ..
After with a few areas that need a little work with a card scraper.
Photo tour of the show – Handworks
Handworks 2013
So I made it back from Amana, IA last night. I got through the trip mostly unscathed although my tool fund is now officially empty. I know a lot of folks wanted to go and couldn’t for many reasons. So I thought I’d share my photos to give you an idea of what went on.
Below are a couple of photo galleries of the town, the event and, of course, peeks of the Studley tool box presentation with short captions. That’s me just off Narayan Nayar’s right shoulder.
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