steven newman Posted February 19, 2015 Report Posted February 19, 2015 Seems a #3 sized Dunlap was in bad need of a resharpening. Right down to regrinding a new edge. What is so special about this little plane? Well, it has a metric width iron from West Germany. The bed for it is called a York Pitch because the angle is about 50-55 degrees, instead of the normal 45 degrees. Grinder and a 1" wide beltsander to refine the bevel, somewhere around 25 degrees or so. Then a pair of oil stones, one a "Medium India 600 grit" and one was about 1K grit Doing these free-handed nowadays, too. Then some 1K and 2.5K grit sandpaper. Clean and BLO the wood parts. Set them aside while I get out an old belt Used Dry, at that. Maybe 20 strokes on the bevel and the now polished back. Worked on the chip breaker, as well. Now has zero gaps between the chipbreaker and the back of the iron. Put the parts back together, and set up some scrap to test the edge a bit Not too bad? Left a shiny edge on the Cherry scrap. As for that grinder? I have a jig attached to the finer wheel I can set it to the angle that matches the bevel, tighten it in place, and grind away. All of the above took MAYBE 15 minutes, plus a little "play time" as well. Might have this figured out? Harry Brink and steven newman 2 Quote
lew Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 Only you would consider this as "taking it easy"!! Nice looking plane! steven newman 1 Quote
Courtland Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 That's more then I could do in an hour at the bench Steve, great skills and use of that ol plane. Where does the terminology York Pitch come from, any idea? steven newman 1 Quote
Fred Wilson Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 I love it when I hear about guys taking on the task of fixin" their own tools. Great Job steven newman 1 Quote
steven newman Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Little fuzzy on the types of "pitch". Seems the "normal" 45 degree slope is called "Middle" pitch, with the next steeper one being the "York". I picked up a Dunlap with the York pitch for about $8+ tax. How much does the L-N frogs run, nowadays? There are several other "pitches" out there. Not sure about what a Low Angle one would be. I use the Dunlap on the knotty stuff I get in the shop. Works nicely, but needs to be sharpened a lot more than the others. I have to fix mine, L-N won't take them in to redo.... Quote
John Moody Posted February 23, 2015 Report Posted February 23, 2015 You need to put that Eagles song on while you are in the shop. "Take it Easy" Quote
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