mark kosse
03-02-2016, 2:18 PM
Howdy all,
I was planing out a 15" ERC slab bench top with and wonderful old 1930 vintage craftsman/sargent plane. Blade was nice and sharp but I was getting a little tear out so I switched to a LV low angle smoother with a very sharp 25 deg blade, nice tight mouth and I was getting nice wide .001 shavings that looked amazingly like bacon.
BU was the wrong answer though. The wood tear out magnified tremendously with the BU plane but the craftsman reduced it again afterwards. I have a 38 deg blade for the LV somewhere, but will the 5 deg step up be enough or am I going to get tear out on ERC no matter what. Being a slab bench perfection isn't necessary but it would be nice.
I was planing out a 15" ERC slab bench top with and wonderful old 1930 vintage craftsman/sargent plane. Blade was nice and sharp but I was getting a little tear out so I switched to a LV low angle smoother with a very sharp 25 deg blade, nice tight mouth and I was getting nice wide .001 shavings that looked amazingly like bacon.
BU was the wrong answer though. The wood tear out magnified tremendously with the BU plane but the craftsman reduced it again afterwards. I have a 38 deg blade for the LV somewhere, but will the 5 deg step up be enough or am I going to get tear out on ERC no matter what. Being a slab bench perfection isn't necessary but it would be nice.