February 25, 201610 yr Again. Not quite sure what will come out of there...yet. Have a lot of candy bar sized pieces of Walnut.... Couple pieces of Curly Maple.... A few pieces of White oak and some Pine.. Most are about ..1/2" thick or so. Been using a plane to square them up a bit......have to watch when I pull the plane back......the front end of the plane would slip off the end of the board, and then a finger gets cut from the sharp corners of the board. OW! needed to slow it down a notch. No pictures just yet, still not sure WHAT sort of thing the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up will come up with.....stay tuned.
February 25, 201610 yr I stack laminate pieces that size into 1.5" thick blanks for turning pizza cutter handles and wine bottle stoppers.
February 25, 201610 yr Steve, get creative, how about staking the different colored pieces in an eye pleasing manner and make some sort of free form center piece for your coffee table?
February 25, 201610 yr Here's a link to a neat little kitchen gadget- a folding trivet- https://littlegoodpieces.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/folding-trivet-roubo-style/ laminate some of the contrasting pieces to make a colorful one.
February 27, 201610 yr Author What I have in Walnut, to work with.. Maybe a walnut Layer cake? Back there by that little block plane. Oak on the bottom, then the maple, and finally a 1x4x10" piece of Black Cherry...the last of the stash of Cherry I have. Thinking of lots of small dovetails, and maybe build a few trays or boxes. The two BIG chunks of Walnut have splits in them....maybe a handle or two? Tool rest is a bit long...about twice what the blocks are. Still working my way slowly through the mess...
February 28, 201610 yr On 2/25/2016 at 0:23 AM, steven newman said: A..have to watch when I pull the plane back......the front end of the plane would slip off the end of the board, and then a finger gets cut from the sharp corners of the board. OW! needed to slow it down a notch. I don't draw a plane back in contact with the work, I lift it. A very long time ago (in Cliff years) I was scolded by a journeyman machinist on my hand filing technique. He told me in no uncertain terms that files only cut on one direction and that dragging them backwards was destructive of the tool. You can bet I lifted the file after my next stroke.
February 28, 201610 yr 11 minutes ago, Cliff said: I don't draw a plane back in contact with the work, I lift it. I don't know Cliff, if you were to do a ton of flattening on a big surface, lifting a smoother or bigger after each stroke would kill my arms! I always drag the hand plane back when flattening surfaces, I do however lift it on the backstroke when joining, the accuracy is paramount in joining so I prefer to lift it on the backstroke, and start patiently on the next stroke. Flattening a large surface, it's a mad mans task! Here is a good video on the subject, ( we really need to start making our own videos!)
February 28, 201610 yr I must confess. I've never flattened a board with a hand plane. Seems too much like actual work.
February 28, 201610 yr 11 minutes ago, Cliff said: I must confess. I've never flattened a board with a hand plane. Seems too much like actual work. Like I said, it's a mad man's task! Waay too much like actual work!
March 1, 201610 yr Author That is the way I do it all the time....usually with a cambered Jack plane, ala Chris Schwarz....The Jack plane I use (usually for the larger stuff) is a Great Neck made Corsair C-5. Lot less work than that smaller #3 sized scrub plane. traverse, then the diagonals....goes fairly quick.
December 1, 20196 yr Author I can go from this.. 9 board glue up...to... With just a couple handplanes....a longer #6, and this #3 size plane. Doesn't take all that long...
December 1, 20196 yr Doesn't take me long with a belt sander either... it's not hand Magic , it's how good one can glue boards together to start with...
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