Thread: Moulding planes and their use?

HP-6v2 Surface Cove Profile by Bridge City Tool Works - YouTube

Check this out I didn't knew it existed

HP-6v2 Series - Mini Multi-Plane - Planes - Tools - Bridge City Tool Works
Like all bridge city it's a beaut.
Think you would need some serious money. Looks like 250 outlay for the unit then at least 2 grand for the accessories.

It starts at $40 to 150 for profiles but when you think about moulding planes has lasted 300 years because they were looked after these will last longer but how does that matter to us? It doesn't. You can find them reasonably priced I missed out on eBy a collection of hollow and rounds for $390 to buy them new it's $1700 some will charge more.

I tried being a smart ass and purchased two profile cutters that fit a stanley comb 45 I sharpened put it in my small plow plane and was sadly dissapointed it just does not work. There is no way to make it work I looked at how I could modify it to fit and you just cannot do it so I'm up tthe creek once again.

Have you seen this book? Mouldings In Practice - Bickford

I didn't even know he had his own website but I did have a brief look at this book at the last event,it's a very good book but no colourful pics it's pretty old if I'm not mistaken.

It's a great book and I think you are mistaken about it being old.
Lost Art Press, 2012, Hardcover, 254 pages, Printed and Bound in the United States
if you get into H&R's then this is a must read.
Mike B recomends getting two or three pair based on the size of work you intend to do. A well written informative how to on making a multitude of profiles based on logical steps.
A half set is over the top for most of us but it's nice to have.
i don't have the larger ones but who knows...one day.
I originally intended to make a half set, as did Mike B, by using the blade blanks provided by LN but as time went by the products from Mike B, and Terry Gordon became attractive. I stayed with te local product and couldn't be happier with the tools. They work well...and the look pretty too.

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I received some Mathieson info recently - reprints - and couldn't find catalogues online to save me scanning stuff ...

except ... Peter McBride has done it for us ...

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Patrick Leach has this half set for $545 and a couple of pairs for 95 a set

They are really nice looking I bought from eBay from the UK $40 no.8 hollow and round and looking at that picture it's pretty much identical looking but eBay is a big risk and I just can't stress that enough. Without physically picking up the plane and checking it out yoursef you can get stung, now I've been fortunate with the ones I bought but I bought some others from gum tree and I've got a blade missing in one and the other there's a massive hole through it and a big chunk taken out the bottom. I also bought from eBay a no.5 miller falls hand drill and the seller advertised it being restored, when I received it not only has it not been restored but the shaft is bent, the springs are missing and there's a nice tape that's rapped around the tip of the handle holding it together. Fortunately I got a refund but still eBay has somewhat created a big question mark which leads me to say your much better off making these planes yourself or digging into your pocket and have them made for you. I haven't done any woodworking since I've received these planes there is just way too much work that needs to be done on it before I can put them to proper use. HNT Gordon makes some wonderful planes but they are not cheap if I could afford it I would love to buy the lot but having said that we just don't have a dedicated plane maker or moulding maker in this country none that I'm aware of and if I can pull it off by making atleast one then I just may become that maker.

I think moulding planes in their current condition are not as optimal as everyone may think and definitely need improving, firstly they are not chatter free I have already experienced that and yes the blade is razor sharp. The improvement can be made if the blade was skewed at 22.5° just like the Veritas skew rabbet plane then you can safely work across the grain as well. Also I think there should be a control knob that could raise or lower the blade to get superfine shavings, constantly tapping and loosening the wedge is tiresome and time consuming not to mention pretty darn hard to dial in the exact shavings your after.

The best method of sharpening the profile I've found with out changing it at all is to plane a profile on a bit of scrap and wrap a bit of wet n dry sand paper around it, I tried that using the Veritas honing guide and worked wonderfully.

They can be tricky and some times they are so easy , it all depends on a few things .
The length of your cutting edge and the timber you are cutting and grain direction to name a few.
side beads are one type of moulding plane that work well and give satisfaction quickly .

I had a paying job to mould some second hand red pine for a lady two days back, I had to cut and plane these bit's from old architraves, then run a 1/2 inch bead on them. I don't own a 1/2 inch bead cutter for the router so I got out a 1/2inch side bead.
That red pine is so soft , 3 swipes and a step forward a few times and it was done. It's a simple mould .

What timber type are you trying it out on section 1 ?

I'm just using ordinary pine but to get side tracked a bit your a legend and you don't even know why because the timber your using I bought a bundle of for practising because it's dirt cheap but the crazy part is I didn't know what sort of timber it is. The guy that sold it to me said it's cedar but I knew it wasn't so red pine hey. To be honest I hate red pine it's way too soft and brittle but I didn't know it at the time and it's taught me a lesson or two along the way which has improved the quality of my work ten fold.

I've never been much of a Red Pine fan myself , for furniture any way .

If I can side track a bit
I did see a Red pine table once that was at The Old Melbourne Jail, it was part of a Ned Kelly exhibition.
This Red Pine table complete with bullet holes through it was sitting on the veranda at The Glenrowan inn when the shooting started. and was pulled off as the inn was burning.
Wish I had taken a camera that day.

Yeah I wouldn't use it for furniture either I really don't know what's it actually good for other than brushing up on hand tooling but I got to admit it does take stain rather nicely. It's a pain in the butt to plane, handsaw and shoot I think it's really a timber for machine work like MDF.