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  1. Thank goodness...the video is someone with time...

    Thank goodness...the video is someone with time and stake in the craft, and not some jabroni who decided they'd make youtube a "career".

    Uncle Jim - Bench Planes - YouTube

    Who saw this and...
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    what kind of oil are you using on the india? they...

    what kind of oil are you using on the india? they excel with a lighter weight mineral oil (USP 70 or 100, for example - probably what norton sells).

    they definitely are hard to get back to life,...
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    they vary. I had washitas that were right at 2...

    they vary. I had washitas that were right at 2 and some that were above 2.4.

    Generally the fineness varied with that, but the case with the softest one that I had was that it seemed "weak" in...
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    that's the magic of a washita if there is such a...

    that's the magic of a washita if there is such a thing. You can find soft stones that will work briskly to slowly, but they won't for some reason generate the same edge fineness that a washita does....
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    looks like a washita. If it's dead on 2 SG and...

    looks like a washita. If it's dead on 2 SG and not more dense than that, I think it's in the washita category in terms of coarseness, anyway.

    I don't know the history on pike/norton softs. They...
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    in a little while, the fine india will be an...

    in a little while, the fine india will be an entirely different stone. It may be possible to make one the way they are when they're new, but I've never done it (and don't want to try).

    if your...
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    I talked to dan directly, actually. Well, in so...

    I talked to dan directly, actually. Well, in so much as you can...what happens is if you call and have a bunch of questions, the CS person will track him down and just ask him your questions and...
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    Yeah, until you get a belt sander, you'll want to...

    Yeah, until you get a belt sander, you'll want to have something at least close to flat.

    Once you get a belt sander, flat or not won't matter. The only small belt sander I'd get at this point is...
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    I had at least two (the LA jack and BUS). At the...

    I had at least two (the LA jack and BUS). At the same time, there was a (dumb for a hand tooler) big debate going on about what bench height is right, but the high bench thing is driven by the idea...
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    Ian's statement is accurate - on the 80, there...

    Ian's statement is accurate - on the 80, there isn't a lot of blade stability and you have to (at least if sensible) at least set the screw to support the blade.

    It's been too long since I had the...
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    I had the veritas plane for a while, but didn't...

    I had the veritas plane for a while, but didn't find it worth having compared to a plane and card scraper in actual work.

    My thoughts on the thumbscrew is that it's just a way to make work less...
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    A good friend of mine who was the toolmaker at...

    A good friend of mine who was the toolmaker at Williamsburg has a Biax. He spent a lot of time earlier in his life reconditioning metalworking machines, but I think the Biax he has is unused. I think...
  13. Thread: Plane Insanity

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    bummer - lost track of time and thought I had the...

    bummer - lost track of time and thought I had the toaster oven on a timer. It climbed to 425 and the resulting iron 61/62 after a pretty solid dark straw temper with total tempering time of about 3...
  14. Thread: Plane Insanity

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    no clue yet on the iron as it's tempering. But I...

    no clue yet on the iron as it's tempering. But I did find one useful thing out - it should be hard, but I didn't have to push it temp - wise.

    Why? I vaguely recalled when quenching this in parks...
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    received the carbide inserts today. To my...

    received the carbide inserts today. To my surprise, they are not 25x25 mm but more like half an inch. They're $10 shipped for 10. I figured when I opened them, i'm sure there was something to...
  16. Thread: Plane Insanity

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    If you're wondering what the insanity is here, I...

    If you're wondering what the insanity is here, I guess it's making an iron when a perfectly serviceable iron is in the plane. Albeit probably one worth $100.

    the parallel iron from the Norris no...
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    Steel sounds nice at 1% carbon. it's kind of like...

    Steel sounds nice at 1% carbon. it's kind of like having 10 eggs, which would've been a nice round number. We have a dozen instead, I don't know why.

    Plain 1% steel like W1 and 1095, though,...
  18. Thread: Plane Insanity

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    Plane Insanity

    so, I have a perfect wood brazilian older spiers. the plane is decent, the metal is better than average and the iron itself is excellent shape and original. I have no idea what it's worth and don't...
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    Swapping macassar ebony for pau ferro (caviuna)...

    Swapping macassar ebony for pau ferro (caviuna) is a huge jump!

    Pau ferro for a while was sold here as a substitute for rosewood and then it fell off of the map. often sold in the US as "bolivian...
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    John - Flattening Arkansas Stones

    (Truck)John, I saw your question about flattening arkansas stones. I've the same issue with new stones - they are often almost flat, but when you get to them with a tool, almost is really seemingly...
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    one more....OK and probably there will be one...

    one more....OK and probably there will be one more after this one....I think that'll be it.

    This one is a spiers panel plane.

    Wait, there will be two more after this one.

    But this is a...
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    card scrapers are wonderful. The array of them in...

    card scrapers are wonderful. The array of them in odd shapes becomes really useful for things like tool handles and guitar necks (and arch tops) once economical setting-up and manipulating of burrs...
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    My experience was the same with the LV scraper -...

    My experience was the same with the LV scraper - I had a stanley 112 at the same time as the LV type and my friend had the LN version. In my rosy, optimistic (OK, never had that, even when young)...
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    wow...that thing has quite the hollow in the...

    wow...that thing has quite the hollow in the center!! And yes, definitely very hard to deal with something that has everything but the mouth low on the surface of the wood.
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    OK, five scraped. I'm not convinced that a light...

    OK, five scraped. I'm not convinced that a light lap wouldn't improve performance a little bit due to biases, and make things smoother, but I don't have a lap set up right now and can apply that...
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    After finishing the 6, i did another 4 last...

    After finishing the 6, i did another 4 last night. I think I've got just one other smoothing plane left- one that I forgot about. A rubber adjuster #4.

    the 6 I did is my trusty user Type 20, the...
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    how much is enough? Just a little bit more. here...

    how much is enough? Just a little bit more. here is a 6 that I never really lapped or check closely. when i got it, I put it on the lap for a bit, but it was existing here as a heavy use plane, and...
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    I just tested the blade that came in the anderson...

    I just tested the blade that came in the anderson scraper - it's 68 hardness, but the scale from heat treatment is still on it, so that may be a bit high.

    it definitely works better and cleaner...
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    China does have something for me - 1 inch square...

    China does have something for me - 1 inch square carbide machine inserts with decent thickness for $1 each. I've ordered those and will actually use the induction forge for something it's intended to...
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    actually, if you look at the front of the 4 1/2,...

    actually, if you look at the front of the 4 1/2, this is the marples plane that was twisted and is super hard - you can see the very left area is untouched. Unless I get carbide, I'm not scraping the...
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    metal is a funny thing. Wood, you can always...

    metal is a funny thing. Wood, you can always figure out how to work with normal tools, even if it may involve strange things like modifying the apex of an iron to deal with silica.

    metal, it...
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    hah.... interestingly, or not. I do mostly work...

    hah.... interestingly, or not. I do mostly work on (large) retirement plans, so my work is a good bit different than it would be with an insurer or in some kind of reinsurance type focus. Black swan...
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    No worries, I'm an actuary by day. Unless my...

    No worries, I'm an actuary by day. Unless my line of business pushes me out, I'll be at it until I can finance a "hobby business ". It just wouldn't be very enjoyable if I was depending on the money.
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    by the way, what I read was that the fact that...

    by the way, what I read was that the fact that the face won't work harden is seen as a detriment. the old school guys on the blacksmith forums that actually do decorative work like the anvil to work...
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    So, the ones that chip on the face are highly...

    So, the ones that chip on the face are highly hardened steel, either because the steel layer on an older anvil is super hard, or because the top and edges work harden over time and then skip off. I...
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    I'm not sure on gray cast, which these planes are...

    I'm not sure on gray cast, which these planes are - they're definitely finished after casting, but only the new ones look like they have been hit with some kind of surface grinding wheel.

    the...
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    I missed this earlier - I agree on the green....

    I missed this earlier - I agree on the green. there's a *lot* of it at the beginning but sensing that was too much, I let it thin out some and then applied less when needing to apply a little to the...
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    I've probably had 100 bailey style planes, by the...

    I've probably had 100 bailey style planes, by the way. This one is the hardest by far. I don't get what they were aiming for, or maybe it was by accident or trialing a spec.

    Millers falls planes...
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    one last follow-up comment: I have another...

    one last follow-up comment:

    I have another smoother that i knew I didn't complete the job on because it was bonkers hard - a marples 4 1/2. It's not a plane I use, but I remember it killed files...
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    Mine will be expensive enough that they won't be...

    Mine will be expensive enough that they won't be kept with things that could be used for paint can openers!!

    one concession with a 63 hardness chisel is it's not going to have thin lands and...
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    ahh, well, I lied - I'm making another set for...

    ahh, well, I lied - I'm making another set for myself, and maybe more than one set - 52100 at high hardness to compare to the W1 chisels because I think the W1 chisels are good, but I don't know if...
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    a few pictures: marked after a scraping one of...

    a few pictures:

    marked after a scraping one of the rounds - the "german-swiss green" (I'll call it that since i made it out of linseed and chrome ox). It's a little thin on the stone here so the ...
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    I do have a few sens from japan - they were...

    I do have a few sens from japan - they were pennies, but they're not big enough to do more than the athol scraper tool or whatever the proper company name is.

    If you had to lean into them on...
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    well, this morning before work, I scraped the...

    well, this morning before work, I scraped the sole of an already lapped smoother some. I made "prussian blue" with linseed oil and hand american green chrome instead (it's a half micron graded...
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    The veritas plane has a 0.5mm error?! I've...

    The veritas plane has a 0.5mm error?!

    I've measured new stanleys - well, Ok, little used type 19s and 20s in jointer form. they typically are about 2 thousandths hollow in their length, which I...
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    I sort of miss having larry around. I think he's...

    I sort of miss having larry around. I think he's retired now, but you could get him mad and then he would tell you everything he knew. I hate to admit it, but most of the time that's the case with...
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    I used it some. it came with a ward and sorby...

    I used it some. it came with a ward and sorby iron combination. the pair fits, and I have no idea if it was pieced together and sold that way or just fitted by someone in the past.

    It works well...
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    Scraping a Plane - shocked at the speed

    So, I ordered one of the typical scrapers you'd find in the US - having not ordered one before. and I realize that i could take out a bar of 52100 or XHP or whatever else and just make one of these...
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    I think we get an incorrect view of how good the...

    I think we get an incorrect view of how good the tools would've been, say in the time that Nicholson apprenticed as a cabinetmaker and then worked for half a decade or a decade before going into...
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    You are right. I got the words backwards in the...

    You are right. I got the words backwards in the quote above. A tiny bit of convexity is nice. A tiny bit of concavity is yuck.
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