Tom LaRussa
04-18-2005, 11:36 AM
Made this a few days ago out of Honduran Rosewood. Doesn't have a finish on it yet.
I cut the blank on the bandsaw and rounded the sides with the router table.
I completely ruined my first attempt when I went too close to the end of the wood and the router tore a big piece of the horn clean off. Heck, I'm not sure that using the router even saved me any time, what with setup and the need to take little tiny cuts on four sides of the thing, then readjust everthing all over again.
Plus, the screetching noise, the dangerous cutter dangerously close to my fingies, the horrible wood powder all over the shop -- not to mention inside my clothes -- reminded me strongly of why I was never fond of that particular electron burner even before I got enlightened. Yuck.
But I have several planes that need new wood, so a couple days ago I bought a fairly narrow half-round rasp and a completely round cheese-grater planer thingie. Gonna try the next one by hand for comparison's sake.
Oh, a comment on tote making. Be very careful on your measurements for the location of the hole down the center of the thing. It's pretty easy to place it really far off. DAMHIKT!
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etomlarussa/tote01.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etomlarussa/tote02.jpg
I cut the blank on the bandsaw and rounded the sides with the router table.
I completely ruined my first attempt when I went too close to the end of the wood and the router tore a big piece of the horn clean off. Heck, I'm not sure that using the router even saved me any time, what with setup and the need to take little tiny cuts on four sides of the thing, then readjust everthing all over again.
Plus, the screetching noise, the dangerous cutter dangerously close to my fingies, the horrible wood powder all over the shop -- not to mention inside my clothes -- reminded me strongly of why I was never fond of that particular electron burner even before I got enlightened. Yuck.
But I have several planes that need new wood, so a couple days ago I bought a fairly narrow half-round rasp and a completely round cheese-grater planer thingie. Gonna try the next one by hand for comparison's sake.
Oh, a comment on tote making. Be very careful on your measurements for the location of the hole down the center of the thing. It's pretty easy to place it really far off. DAMHIKT!
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etomlarussa/tote01.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etomlarussa/tote02.jpg