Adjustable Sticking Board
I have been asked by my WW club to do a demonstration on the Veritas Combination Plane. It seemed like a good reason to overhaul my sticking board this afternoon - this is one I use for smaller pieces and drawer parts. I thought that if it turned out well, I would make a long version.
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What's new? Well, the screws at the left front, that acted as stops, have been replaced with a solid serrated stop ...
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This was inspired by a recent modification to my bench, when I added a serrated steel planing stop to a dog ...
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The article is here: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMad...aningStop.html
The underside of the sticking board now has non-slip. This is available in rolls for stair treads.
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I needed to try the sticking board out with the Veritas Combo Plane. The first demonstration would be a simple groove for a drawer side or drawer front. The wood is Hard Maple ...
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Start with thin shavings at the end, and work back to the beginning. Once the groove is established, take coarser cuts ...
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This is a very straightforward joint with the grain. Easy peasy ...
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I turned the board around to complete the second demonstration, which will be a bead ...
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... and noted that the last third of the side was reversed grain ...
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The board was just a piece from the scrap box, and it had been milled with a helical thicknesser/planer. I had not planed it after this, and when I ran a block plane up the side edge to create a slight bevel to reduce the work for the beading blade, I noticed this tearout ...
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Now if I went at this with a standard plough setup (45 degree cutting angle), I am pretty certain that the board would suffer a lot more tearout. This is the difficulty with using plough planes to create beads (or other mouldings) - you really need to selected straight grain boards. Its the reason I tend to use a beader, such as the Staney/LN #66, or a scratch stock.