Charles McKinley
02-27-2003, 9:53 PM
Hello All,
I have a No. 5 plane I just found in my Dad's basement. It has green japaning and a made in Germany sticker. There is another sticker that is almost gone that was a long skinny oval with a larger shorter red oval on top of it. I cannot make out a name on it.
I want to make benches from slabs and don't have the $$ for a 16" tailed jointer. What plane would be recommended to smooth them. They are Charry and Oak slabs comming off a band saw mill.
I just won a No. 8 on an auction but the reading I just completed suggest I should get a scrub plane to start. Could I put a slight curve to the No. 8 Iron? I know that I would not be able to edge joint with it like that.
Your input is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Charles McKinley
I have a No. 5 plane I just found in my Dad's basement. It has green japaning and a made in Germany sticker. There is another sticker that is almost gone that was a long skinny oval with a larger shorter red oval on top of it. I cannot make out a name on it.
I want to make benches from slabs and don't have the $$ for a 16" tailed jointer. What plane would be recommended to smooth them. They are Charry and Oak slabs comming off a band saw mill.
I just won a No. 8 on an auction but the reading I just completed suggest I should get a scrub plane to start. Could I put a slight curve to the No. 8 Iron? I know that I would not be able to edge joint with it like that.
Your input is greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Charles McKinley