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7th April 2016, 03:59 PM #1
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Traditional wedge abutment smoother.
Completed the following 7 inch; double iron smoother 2 days ago. The iron is bedded at 40 degrees; with a 1 degree right to left skew to induce more slicing action of the wood fibres. The body of the plane is made using east indian rosewood, and the wedge is made from merbeu. The mouth opening started off at 1mm, but I decided to increase that to around 2mm to allow the plane to pass a much heavier shaving without clogging. The wear was set at 80 degrees to the bottom line of the abutments (1/4 inch), with the remaining wear (3/4 inch) set at 85 degrees. The cutting edge of the iron has a primary bevel of approx. 24 degrees with a secondary at 25 degrees. The iron was sharpened to 1200 grit from the stone. The front of the chipbreaker was eyeballed to about 0.8mm from the cutting edge of the iron. Enough commentary; here are the photo's of the plane.
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7th April 2016, 04:01 PM #2
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The following shows the smoother in action. Fine and medium thickness shavings in both directions of grain. The test wood used was Oregon. Excellent results.
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7th April 2016, 10:01 PM #3
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Sweet little plane, beautiful job. Love it with the old blade.
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8th April 2016, 08:37 AM #4
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Nice little plane! Have only used a single piece of Indian Rosewood so don't know how representative it was, but it was quite nice stuff & a bit darker than your plane (which will probably darken up over time). The piece I had wasn't as dense as the central American Dalbergias I've encountered, & a bit easier to work, but it still took that beautiful finish characteristic of the Rosewoods.
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8th April 2016, 10:01 AM #5
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Very nice plane Stewie.
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10th April 2016, 03:20 PM #6
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I mentioned earlier in the thread that I had sharpened the iron up to 1200 grit (ceramic stone). To achieve a much keener edge I rely on a Japanese Waterstone ( aoto nakatogi ; 3000 - 5000 grt). Japanese Whetstone Glossary | TomoNagura.Com | Keith V. Johnson
But here's the kicker; I don't use water to lubricate the top surface of the stone.
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10th April 2016, 08:50 PM #7
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Stewie,
What's the advantage of using oil on a waterstone?
Cheers,
Luke
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10th April 2016, 10:07 PM #8
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Less mess; less cleanup; and less surface wear.
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