Originally Posted by
Tony Wilkins
Was really happy with continuous shaving and then discovered I’d been standing too close and made a consistent high edge next to me… d’oh.
Consistency is good. It is easier to correct a consistent error than one that is uneven.
Originally Posted by
Rafael Herrera
Just a thought.
I'd suggest you test for square more often that you have been. If you catch yourself before the error is to big, then you can correct it by simply moving the jointer to the required side.
Regular checking is my main reason for having a small try square at the bench.
Correcting by moving the jointer to the high side is mostly used with a cambered blade.
One early piece I read on jointing an edge was to skew the plane and start the plane's body on one side and to shift to the other side over the length of the work. This was to even out the wear on the plane's blade, allowing it to stay sharp longer.
Not using a cambered blade in my long planes my method is to set the toe of the plane on the high side and hold it square by feel. Depending on how out of square the edge is and how thick the shaving is, the plane takes a shaving and all following shavings are taken with the plane riding on the surface made by each new shaving until a full width shaving is removed. This takes a little practice to get the feel for it. It has been working for me over many years now with usually only 3 or 4 shavings to bring an errant edge to square.
jtk
Last edited by Jim Koepke; 11-10-2023 at 4:18 PM.
Reason: corrections
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