Well, I got to watching Paul Sellers Vids awhile back.    Decided to try one of his ideas out.    I took a 1x4 and clamped it in my vise.   The cast iron and wood object there comes next..this is actually the second end I worked over.   Shaved the first end until i liked what  I saw, and then used that to mark out the other three sides.  When going across the grain like this, keep the plane at an angle to the grain.    Little if any tearout that way.   Then i marked out the two sideswith a combe square and a pencil.  Placed it back in the viseuntil the angle at the ends matches the side's angle.   I almost split the line on this one.   Flipped the boardand do the other side.   Planes are set very coarse to start, then backed off as i went until a glass smooth surafce is left, even on the end grain.    Of course, IF one has a few "extra" planes handy...

It does work.   Makes a mess of the "clean" floor, But it do work.    I start to form the outside edge first, to set how thin an edge I want.    Next, I try to plane  until the lay out line on the face is split.    Then i just plane until the bevel is flat and smooth. 

I'm not as fast as mr. Sellers is, but this panel might have taken ......15 minutes???/

How much bevel, and how wide a bevel is up to you.  I tried to get around a 1/4" at the edge. 

Just playing around today, waiting on a #4 powrkraft plane from Nevada to show up in the mail..  

Now, that is sweet, Steve. 

Nice! And very little sanding to finish it up!!

Now have a second one done!     Doesn't take all that long, either.

hardest part:    getting a flat surface on the bevel.     One is a bit of a "Roundie".       Both the Millers falls #9  and the Wood River #4 V3 were cutting end grain like butter!      The Wards Master #3 was set nice and coarse to start the bevels.     A Dunlap #4D BB was used to finesse the bevel a bit.    Then the "fine set" ones took over.  

Easy when one has a couple extra planes to use....

Steve, that is way cool man, I love raising panels by hand, there is something warm about the not so perfect lines. Great job man! How's that No. 4 acting?

With the #4, no need for sandpaper......

Nice Steve, most excellent!

steven newman said:

With the #4, no need for sandpaper......

panel #3 is now done, one more to goI am getting better at getting it TO the lines.     This one was just a two plane deal.    A Wards Master #4 set coarse, and a Millers Falls #9, set super fine.      I can go back and final "sand" with the WR#3......

Really nice job.  You make it look easy.  

SQ

Just got done with #4.     Takes about, for me, 15 minutes.    I would be quicker, but I have to change planes to finish each face. 

This might be a dumb question, but why do you have to change planes to finish each face?  15 minutes sounds really quick.  

SQ

steven newman said:

Just got done with #4.     Takes about, for me, 15 minutes.    I would be quicker, but I have to change planes to finish each face. 

One is pre-set for a thick cut, the other for a very thin finish shaving.   15  minutes is quick for me, however, watch Paul Sellers do the same type of panels, with just one plane, in about ......FIVE Minutes.     Video is only about 6 minutes long.

Note:   that fellow has a whole shelf FULL of nothing but #4 sized planes, makes my little collection look down right puny!

Thanks for the information. I will check out Paul Sellers video.  All this information on planes from this forum has ignited my interest. 

SQ

steven newman said:

One is pre-set for a thick cut, the other for a very thin finish shaving.   15  minutes is quick for me, however, watch Paul Sellers do the same type of panels, with just one plane, in about ......FIVE Minutes.     Video is only about 6 minutes long.

Note:   that fellow has a whole shelf FULL of nothing but #4 sized planes, makes my little collection look down right puny!

You are getting really good Steve. That is awesome.

them planes gotta be really sharp to clean off end grain like that.

Planes are as sharp as I can get them.    I go at the end grain at a skewed angle.    About a 45 degree or so.    The wood river #4 WILL go across the end grain, though.    As I said, I now have four panels donewent from these four wormy blanks of Barn Wood ( Sycamore, maybe??) tothese four raised panels.   Just a couple handplanes did the work, no sanding needed.    Still need to build a few frames to house them.     Picked up some Pine scraps for inside parts.    Still have a nice stack of this Barn wood for the outside stuff. 

Sketch-up being a few over-used (abused??) brain cells, project is going at a "Fuzzy" pace.   Details are still being worked out, lots of "Sleep on it"  type of plans. 

I can sleep on plans for a very long while sometimes.

Other times I get a flash of  - - - of  - - of  - sumpin.

 While I really envy your vice, I think I'd make some wood jaws for it