Mike Schwing
09-03-2003, 4:44 PM
On the way over the my devil tailed planer with the latest glue-up I had an idea - why not give that handplane thing a shot. I've spent time tuning up my Grandfather's old Bailey #5, lets see what it can do to this hard maple and mahogany.....
Guess what? Didn't need ear plugs, the dust collector, or any scraping/sanding. No tear out, no snipe. Fun! (you're a powerful example). Not a wine drinker, but you can see my bottle of Gatorade.
Notice anything wrong with that glue up? Me neither till I went and cut the ends off - I mixed up the order of the strips by accident - they won't match up when I reverse the strip in the middle. Instead I sliced the ends off at a 50 degree angle and glued them back on the opposite sides. We'll see how that works when it comes off the clamps.
http://home.earthlink.net/~schwalden/yourway1.JPG
Guess what? Didn't need ear plugs, the dust collector, or any scraping/sanding. No tear out, no snipe. Fun! (you're a powerful example). Not a wine drinker, but you can see my bottle of Gatorade.
Notice anything wrong with that glue up? Me neither till I went and cut the ends off - I mixed up the order of the strips by accident - they won't match up when I reverse the strip in the middle. Instead I sliced the ends off at a 50 degree angle and glued them back on the opposite sides. We'll see how that works when it comes off the clamps.
http://home.earthlink.net/~schwalden/yourway1.JPG