Originally Posted by
MartinCH
Hi Rob,
I was speculating that the relatively low humidity locally was lowing friction and using a light number 4 plane (1.34kg) for smoothing, an immediate help in lowering resistance.
Curious on why I was missing out on - so since the weather was more than toasty here, today, I wasted some time in the afternoon dragging my plane slowly across my bench with travel scale and recording the weight.
Notes
unwaxed
Generally 145 to160 grams but some monetary peaks at 220 grams
Waxed candle - white paraffin
180 grams peaking at 300 grams
As the value had increase tried beed wax with similar result
Tried with 3 in 1 oil
180 gram peaking at 220 grams
Cleaned the plane and tried agin
Approx 200 grams peaking at 220.
Rewaxed the plane and tried agin
Resistance 250 gram to 330 grams
Since the results reunexpected : comments
Was not planing at the time - dragging a plane across a bench only.
Suspect the waxed/oiled surfaces may be gathering dust - causing the higher resistance
The Bench was cleaned prior.
The loadstar light and pulling the plane is easy