Thread: Bevel up Toothing Plane.

Another lovely creation except I can't like the front tote.
Yes I understand the reason why and being a toothing plane requiring a bit more effort it's perfectly practical.
But in my opinion it just seems to heavy visibly.
But I also don't have an answer either if I was required to do so
And I would not say no to having it on my bench either

What is the finish on he plane? Damien.

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Another lovely creation except I can't like the front tote.
Yes I understand the reason why and being a toothing plane requiring a bit more effort it's perfectly practical.
But in my opinion it just seems to heavy visibly.
But I also don't have an answer either if I was required to do so
And I would not say no to having it on my bench either

Hi Matt. Sometimes practicality must override visual balance.

regards; Stewie.

Originally Posted by goodwoody

What is the finish on he plane? Damien.

Hi Damien. The PNG Rosewood has been treated with a Van Dyke solution, and the Merbau front tote has treated with a Rust Oxide Stain. 2 coats of paste wax has been used over the top.

regards; Stewie.

Practicality and ascetics something that designs have been chasing for thousand of years
Stewie
I do and I don't agree
But please don't take my opinion to seriously Stewie

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Practicality and ascetics something that designs have been chasing for thousand of years
Stewie
I do and I don't agree
But please don't take my opinion to seriously Stewie

That's okay Matt. Its a good thing to disagree on points of view. I could not see the logic for fitting an upside down handle to the backsaw you completed a while ago.

regards; Stewie.

Nice work. Does this use the same blade as your last toothed plane or is the bevel toothed to keep the toothing on the upper surface like the LV toothed block planes?

Originally Posted by hiroller

Nice work. Does this use the same blade as your last toothed plane or is the bevel toothed to keep the toothing on the upper surface like the LV toothed block planes?

The toothing is on the underside of the plane iron with the cutting bevel facing upwards. Same principal as the LV Block PLanes. Toothing is never applied to the bevel of a plane iron.

regards; Stewie.

My mistake. For some reason I had thought that their bevel up toothed blades were toothed differently.
So how does moving the toothed side from top to bottom impact the planing?
Is there a noticeable difference between the two types?

Originally Posted by hiroller

My mistake. For some reason I had thought that their bevel up toothed blades were toothed differently.

At least you're one step ahead of me Gavin - I hadn't even considered this. But now that I do it has to be on the back - otherwise pretty soon there'd be no teeth left (after a few resharpenings).

That about sums it up Brett. No value at all in having the toothing grooves on the main bevel.

Stewie;

Stewie, having the blade bevel up is going to increase the cutting angle, & it looks like you have used a fairly high bed angle to start with, so the front of the bevel must be getting close to perpendicular? That should give you both the benefit of a high-angle plane as well as the effect of toothing when laying into cranky grain - is that your cunning plan??
Does it make a noticeable difference to the effort required to use it?
Cheers,

Ian, where's your Optivisor?

Originally Posted by planemaker

With the blade bed at 55 * and the iron fitted bevel up, the actual approach angle of the cutting edge to the wood surface being worked is increased by an additional 25* to a total of just over 80*. That increase makes the plane much more user friendly given a deeper iron set.

Stewie, what's the next step after hitting it with this plane - go straight to scrapers, or a bit of smoothing plane to take the top off the ridges first? The valleys look to be about 0.5mm deep?

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Ian, where's your Optivisor?

Hmm, seems like I scrolled down the post a bit too quickly - sorry Stewie, please ignore my stupidity!