Thursday, January 19, 2017

Spill plane build 1, removing rust from the blade.

I am not much of a tool maker, but I have read about spill planes a couple of places and I think that they are interesting tools.
My boys would really appreciate a plane like that in the shop that they could play with and make shavings for a purpose.
One time I bought a large box of old wooden planes. It wasn't as nice as it looked on the pictures, and I didn't really need those planes. I can't even remember why I thought it was a sensible deal at that time. But that box at least contained a couple of extra old plane blades.

I found an old Ward blade that didn't have a chipbreaker, and I figured that it would make a fine blade for a future spill plane.
I also found a nice chunk of beech that Brian Eve gave to me during the Danish Chairbuilding Extravaganza this year. I brought both the blade and a piece of the beech with me this time with the intention of building a spill plane.

There are several different methods that will work for removing rust from e.g. a blade. Previously I have used sulfuric acid out here, because I wanted the job to be quick, but this time I am not in a hurry, so I have switched to the less aggressive household vinegar instead.
I once used that at home, and it works perfectly.

My setup is an old plastic container which will hold the blade, and then I simply poured vinegar in until it covered the blade.
Tomorrow the blade should be clean from rust if all goes as planned.

Old Ward blade before treatment.

Rust removal setup.

8 comments:

  1. Oh well, I will gladly follow you, because I want to build one myself.

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    1. Hi Andrea.
      I hope I will not disappoint you.
      I have been looking at this page a lot.
      http://tmaking.wkfinetools.com/02-planes/spill_Plane/Spill_Plane1.asp
      The instructions seem to be pretty straight forward.

      Brgds
      Jonas

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    2. Oh and I forgot to tell you that also my friend Leo has built a prototype some time ago.
      You can see it here:
      http://www.legnofilia.it/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18225

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    3. Thanks for the link
      It looks amazing (Spettacolo)

      La mia Moto GUzzi e giallo e veloce
      I think it means something like: my Moto Guzzi is yellow and fast (it is a 1973 V7 Sport)

      Ciao
      Jonas

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  2. Hi Jonas, I'll follow your work with interest.
    My spill plane is just a prototype but it works, in a future day I would like rebuild with hardwood.
    I like your bike too ;)

    Ciao, Leo.

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    1. Hi Leo.

      Thanks for commenting.
      For a prototype your spill plane seems to work really well. I just hope that mine will make such nice shavings too.

      The 1970'ies Italian motorcycles are iconic. My dream bike is an MV Agusta 750 S from the early 1970'ies. I like drum brakes because they look so good.

      You also make some fantastic motorcycles in your region of Bologna :-)

      Ciao
      Jonas

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  3. I gave that hunk of wood to you two years ago. It should work great!

    I found some vinegar here that is used for cleaning, and seems to be a bit stronger. The only problem is, I left it out last time and the Frau used it to cook with. Unfortunately, we had to throw that dish out. But, it worked great to strip zinc from screws!

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    1. This vinegar seemed pretty weak. It said 7% on it, and it definitely didn't smell as strong as the stuff I have used back home. But it still worked OK, just took a little longer time.

      Cheers
      Jonas

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