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17th April 2017, 05:22 PM #1Deceased
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Refurbished French Smoothing Plane
Maker; PEUGEOT FRERES ;
stock length 7 1/2" ;
Cormier Wood ;
Bed angle 50 * + 10* backbevel = (60* approach angle)
BD Single Iron, 1 3/8"
Bed Reworked.
Wedge abutments reworked.
Sole reworked.
Iron was resharpened and finely set, before being tested out on 2 types of tear-out prone Aussie Hardwoods.
No attempt was made to close up the existing mouth opening.
Single Iron at Cabinet Pitch (60*) works extremely well at eliminating tear-out during final surface prep. If your struggling to control tear out with a single iron bedded at York Pitch (50*) you may wish to experiment with adding a back bevel to further increase the effective approach angle to a higher range of Middle Pitch (55*) to Cabinet Pitch (60*).
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18th April 2017, 03:43 PM #2
Hi Stewie
To guide others what was the condition of the plane before you commenced your restoration?
What can you tell us about the plane? things like the likely date of manufacture, how the plane came to you, what was the bedding angle and before your restoration, what you will use the plane for, etc.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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18th April 2017, 05:57 PM #3Deceased
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Ian from Sydney; I wasn't aware you shared a strong interest in traditional wedge abutment hand planes. Appreciate your feedback.
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18th April 2017, 06:46 PM #4Woodworking mechanic
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Planemaker from Australia; any chance you could answer Ian's questions?
Will appreciate your response.
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18th April 2017, 09:05 PM #5Deceased
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Hi Stewie
To guide others what was the condition of the plane before you commenced your restoration?
What can you tell us about the plane? things like the likely date of manufacture, how the plane came to you, what was the bedding angle and before your restoration, what you will use the plane for, etc.
The original bed angle was 50*. That was not compromised. The plane is a dedicated Smoothing Plane, and will continue to serve that role. The only modification I have included was to apply a 10* back bevel to the flat side of the cutting edge. The date of manufacture is difficult to be precise on. I have just come across a 1938 copy of a PEUGEOT FRERES Catalogue. Model No. 1548 looks like the same plane, but the version illustrated within the Catalogue is shown with a double iron. The plane I have is fitted with a single parallel iron. I am having some difficulty finding out if this the model no. was also supplied in single iron format. The Catalogue (attached below) is written in French. That does complicate further identification. The only identification marks I have to work on are; No. 36 stamped on the front end grain of the planes body, and ACIER FONDU ("CAST STEEL") stamped on the iron.
http://toolemera.com/catpdf/peugeotfreresCat1938.pdf
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19th April 2017, 03:38 PM #6
my interests are fairly eclectic when it comes to wood working tools.
and in respect to the tools you have been restoring of late, I'm curious as to the observed deficiencies in performance of the planes before your restorations. Have you primarily been addressing cosmetic issues?
as to this particular plane, increasing the cutting angle to 60° will, to a large extent, have reduced the importance of a maintaining narrow mouth on a smoother so, I think, a good modification. But not if the plane is representative of a particular style of smoother.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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Have you primarily been addressing cosmetic issues?
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