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Shhhh - you're going to make me want a scrub now! What's different about them that makes them good for that type of work? Could I set up an old #4 in the same manner?

Originally Posted by bueller

Shhhh - you're going to make me want a scrub now! What's different about them that makes them good for that type of work? Could I set up an old #4 in the same manner?

I guess the main thing is that it uses a narrow but very thick and highly cambered blade with no chip-breaker and a massive mouth. If you were to file the mouth opening out on an old #4 and grind a radius on the blade then it would be similar - however the scrub is also quite a lot narrower than a No.4 and you'd also have the issue of a chipbreaker that would maybe make it a little harder to push.

Are you on Instagram? I just put a little 30sec clip of trying it out on a large, uneven piece of blackwood. It was a lot of fun.

Cheers,

Dom

Originally Posted by DomAU

I guess the main thing is that it uses a narrow but very thick and highly cambered blade with no chip-breaker and a massive mouth. If you were to file the mouth opening out on an old #4 and grind a radius on the blade then it would be similar - however the scrub is also quite a lot narrower than a No.4 and you'd also have the issue of a chipbreaker that would maybe make it a little harder to push.

Are you on Instagram? I just put a little 30sec clip of trying it out on a large, uneven piece of blackwood. It was a lot of fun.

Cheers,

Dom

In fact, let me know if this link works -

Dominik Dudkiewicz on Instagram: “For #woodshavingwednesday I present my last discretionary tool spend for a long while - a @lienielsentoolworks Scrub Plane. For those…”

Cheers,

Dom

Ah yep I see what you mean, thanks for sharing! You have a new follower

Are the old Stanley scrub planes any good in your opinion?

Originally Posted by bueller

Ah yep I see what you mean, thanks for sharing! You have a new follower

Are the old Stanley scrub planes any good in your opinion?

Hey mate,

Thanks! What's your Insta handle?

I have no idea about the Stanleys but from what little i do know about scrub planes I suspect they work just as well. Scrub planes are roughing tools and don't need to be precise or very flat etc.

Cheers, Dom

Awesome thanks mate. devndust is my instagram handle!

Originally Posted by bueller

...Could I set up an old #4 in the same manner?

Absolutely!!

Here is something to get you started:

This link from Highland woodworking - How To Convert a Smoothing Plane into a Scrub Plane | Chris Black

This Paul Sellers video:

Originally Posted by Greg Ward

I can't comment of overseas costs, the AUD will have an infuence. But don't know where you get your local stock from.
Our wholesale price for camphor boards is 1500/cm. silky oak, 2000/cm, hardwoods 1500-2000/cm
rosewood, white beech, red cedar, mackay cedar, blackwood 3000/cm, huon 4000cm
Slabs I accept are a separate issue and may be double these costs as they are priced on size and quality. For example, camphor slab 3m x 800mm x 50mm $350. but split, probably back to the 1500/cm, price or $175
Greg

When you say "our" ... how does one order or send in a request to "our"?