Doug Mason
12-22-2008, 8:49 PM
In trying to improve my carving skills, I am copying a carving on an old country piece I have here at home (I suppose you could call it architectural moulding). Well, to make a long story short, I need ed some hollows/rounds to reproduce it--and the few hollow/rounds I got from e-bay all have problems/are not the right size. So in setting out on a carving project I somehow find myself making a set of hollows/rounds. Go figure!
To complete the project I needed an edge float and a side float. I ordered the latter form LN and made the edge float myself, per the picture below. I had the 1/8 inch tool steel on hand, cut it to size (with a tange), filed it and turned a handle.
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You'll notice the different gullet size--due to my spacing the teeth differnetly (which is no big deal for a float). Also, the ferrel is too large--as it is too close in parrelell to the cutting edge--so that when I joint the teeth a couple times i'll soon hit the ferrlel.
Here is the new LN side float as I sharpen it before first using it:
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Here is a pic of the hollow plane in progress--it has a 1/4 mouth that I pre-drilled with brace/bit and then followed with mortise chisels:
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And here is the pic of my new edge float in action. It worked very well.
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To complete the project I needed an edge float and a side float. I ordered the latter form LN and made the edge float myself, per the picture below. I had the 1/8 inch tool steel on hand, cut it to size (with a tange), filed it and turned a handle.
104367
You'll notice the different gullet size--due to my spacing the teeth differnetly (which is no big deal for a float). Also, the ferrel is too large--as it is too close in parrelell to the cutting edge--so that when I joint the teeth a couple times i'll soon hit the ferrlel.
Here is the new LN side float as I sharpen it before first using it:
104373
Here is a pic of the hollow plane in progress--it has a 1/4 mouth that I pre-drilled with brace/bit and then followed with mortise chisels:
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And here is the pic of my new edge float in action. It worked very well.
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