tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post3937251368963123867..comments2024-02-09T05:18:38.009-08:00Comments on Mulesaw: Pennsylvania spice chest 2, planing.Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-12056490243928370852016-11-20T07:18:29.762-08:002016-11-20T07:18:29.762-08:00I have started dovetailing, and if all fails, I wi...I have started dovetailing, and if all fails, I will use the belt sander when I come home. That should take care of the surface albeit in a not 100% hand tool way.<br /><br />The sad part is that usually I do my best to make sure the grain direction will enable me to plane the panel after gluing it up. But I am fairly sure that I won't make the same mistake again :-)<br /><br />Cheers<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-27384103205143685852016-11-20T06:34:08.574-08:002016-11-20T06:34:08.574-08:00If worse comes to worst, you could always saw your...If worse comes to worst, you could always saw your panels apart and glue them up again with grain better suited to hand planing.Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-29959806464477652052016-11-17T07:46:00.638-08:002016-11-17T07:46:00.638-08:00Hi Jefski
What you can just see at the vice end of...Hi Jefski<br />What you can just see at the vice end of the bench is a lathe.<br />I guess I could pull the plane, but I don't think that will help me a lot. I think that I would have to learn it first to get an acceptable finish.<br /><br />What causes the most problems this time is my stupid idea of bookmatching the panels. <br />Having little space for starting the plane is preffered to having short space to stop the plane. I have smashed my hands into the steel bulkhead way too often, and that is not fun. Nor is it very easy to try to plane and at the same time stopping the motion before reaching the end of the board.<br />It is just my usual whining for public support whenever I face difficulties :-)<br /><br />Brgds<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-434828010151713772016-11-16T17:24:49.612-08:002016-11-16T17:24:49.612-08:00What's at the other end of your bench? Any po...What's at the other end of your bench? Any possibility of pulling the plane? I've seen people, including Paul Sellers, pull a bailey style successfully.jefskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371137053872693861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-82747510964587508632016-11-16T12:08:26.432-08:002016-11-16T12:08:26.432-08:00Hi Ralph.
That is actually a good suggestion.
But ...Hi Ralph.<br />That is actually a good suggestion.<br />But I would have to find a reasonably flat board and I would still need somewhere to put it.<br /><br />I guess I am technically using the bench top as a planing board. But my stop is a thinner piece of wood or for the dividers it was a piece of 1/8" teflon plate. <br /><br />I guess I should stop whining about all my difficulties in planing everytime I build a project out here. But it really is the hardest part for me to do decently.<br /><br />Brgds<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-61837518260863019032016-11-16T09:39:44.215-08:002016-11-16T09:39:44.215-08:00Expanding on Matt's suggestion - how about usi...Expanding on Matt's suggestion - how about using a planing board? It's just a shooting board with a small stop.Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-13560007578639193632016-11-16T07:49:48.904-08:002016-11-16T07:49:48.904-08:00@ Brian
WWTOD?
For the uninitiated, we made a lo...@ Brian<br /><br />WWTOD?<br /><br />For the uninitiated, we made a lot of fun at the DCBE concerning WWTOD? (What Would Toshio Odate Do?)<br /><br />It might come as a surprise to a lot of people, but the floor in our shop is not very flat.<br />There is a lot of stress when welding a boat together, and welding seams are around 1/4" high plus if there is something welded to the underside of the floor, like e.g. a stanchion, it will show on the top as well.<br /><br />So I could move to the floor, but I think I'd better bring a Japanese type plane if it should be a success.<br /><br />Cheers<br />Jonas<br />Jonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-26541022254914868972016-11-16T07:45:19.210-08:002016-11-16T07:45:19.210-08:00Hi Matt.
High heel sneakers sound like a good ide...Hi Matt.<br /><br />High heel sneakers sound like a good idea, I just need to convince the company that they will be a benefit for the safety on board, and then I can order some :-)<br /><br />I could bring a pallet down to stand on, but that all makes it harder to clean the floor plus the shop is tiny, so I try to bring as few items as possible so there wont be any trip hazards (which by the way is one of the most frequent forms of accidents on board ships).<br /><br />I could plane diagonally, but then I would have very little pressure to ad to the plane at the end of the stroke.<br />I could also use some slightly shorter plane stops, but then there is the problem of my hand smashing into the bulkhead at the end of each stroke.<br /><br />I guess I just need to limit myself to stuff that is around 16" long.<br /><br />But thanks for the suggestions :-)<br /><br />Brgds<br />JonasJonas Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-48267950454699282892016-11-16T04:14:28.186-08:002016-11-16T04:14:28.186-08:00You also could always move to the floor.You also could always move to the floor.Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-31385589513086113682016-11-15T19:09:08.514-08:002016-11-15T19:09:08.514-08:00Hi Jonas. For the workbench being too high for su...Hi Jonas. For the workbench being too high for surface planing, maybe you could wear high-heel sneakers. I'm kidding, of course, but there is the possibility of standing on something raised off the floor to give you a better leverage. I've done that in cases where I'm trying to plane something that sits high on my bench.<br /><br />Also, have you thought about planing diagonally on the bench, into the back left corner? Maybe that would make it easier to start the plane.<br /><br />MattTiny Shop Woodworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375332433853904113noreply@blogger.com