Thread: Raised panels

Originally Posted by Berlin

But I don't kick myself, actually, that stuff is nice just to see in the wild without stabbing it and dragging it back the cave.

I'll have a panel raiser soon enough

That doesn't preclude netting them gently, taking them home, feeding them up until they are strong again, then finding good homes for them amongst your friends and acquaintances ... particularly your acquaintances



Paul

Ciao,
I have a wooden moving fillitster plane; it works well for raising panels. Same technique showed above: first rebating then the slope is made by tilting the plane properly. Because the cut isn't square, you need to adjust the step with a shoulder plane.
Giuliano

Ciao Guiliano, thanks for showing your method.

That's a beautiful plane and you get a very neat result. You can't swap the fence to the other side though can you? I mean, do you have to work against the grain on one side of the panel? I guess it is all cleaned up with the shoulder plane at the end.

What sort of pine is that you're using? It's got a nice figure.

Cheers
Matt

Originally Posted by Berlin

Ciao Guiliano, thanks for showing your method.

That's a beautiful plane and you get a very neat result. You can't swap the fence to the other side though can you? I mean, do you have to work against the grain on one side of the panel? I guess it is all cleaned up with the shoulder plane at the end.

What sort of pine is that you're using? It's got a nice figure.

Cheers
Matt

The wood is Douglas pine, used mainly for outdoor furniture, specially windows.
The plane can be used only right-handed so your question is correct and a cleaning up could be requested for tearout areas. In alternative, you could glue up the external panel pieces in the opposite grain direction, so the filitster would cut along the grain for both sides.
Ciao,
Giuliano

Originally Posted by ac445ab

The wood is Douglas pine, used mainly for outdoor furniture, specially windows.

Douglas Fir, Giuliano. Or as it's known in Aus., "Oregon pine". The pedant in me has to point out that it isn't a pine at all, & not even a true fir, hence it's botanical name, Pseudostruga.

You needed to know this......

Originally Posted by IanW

Douglas Fir, Giuliano. Or as it's known in Aus., "Oregon pine". The pedant in me has to point out that it isn't a pine at all, & not even a true fir, hence it's botanical name, Pseudostruga.

You needed to know this......

Specificity is the mother of precision.

...not concision.

I wasn't planning to post my pretty ordinary badger plane, but I was reading here:
Docking Saw
and came across this great link:
Badger Plane - Lee Valley
so I thought I'd throw mine in too.

Cheers,
Paul

Originally Posted by IanW

Douglas Fir, Giuliano. Or as it's known in Aus., "Oregon pine". The pedant in me has to point out that it isn't a pine at all, & not even a true fir, hence it's botanical name, Pseudostruga.

You needed to know this......

Sorry, yes is Douglas fir (abete di Douglas, in Italian).

Originally Posted by pmcgee

I wasn't planning to post my pretty ordinary badger plane, but I was reading here:
Docking Saw
and came across this great link:
Badger Plane - Lee Valley
so I thought I'd throw mine in too.

Cheers,
Paul

Why are you bad mouthing your badger? Have you given it a spin?

Originally Posted by Berlin

I'm on the hand tool wagon and don't want to fall off at the first temptation.

I know that you are on the hand tool wagon but if all of this talk of making your own planes etc does your head in, and doing raised panels on the table saw requires too much sanding afterwards, you can always take the lazy man's way out and use a vertical raised panel bit on a router table.


I went that way after watching how easy it was on this video ... Podcast #9: Cabinetmaking 101 — Woodworking Online


I found it to be incredibly easy and quick using such a router bit ... eg ... Vertical Raised Panel Bits : CARBA-TEC



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You're not thinking I *made* it are you?

It's probably 1900s Woolworths version.
Unimaginative but serviceable.


Paul

Hi Charleville, thanks for the link. I've got a router table but it's just for holding other things off the ground.

Actually, i gave all my big machines to my brother to look after and don't miss them. I could make it faster with the machines, but then, faster still would be to buy something from Ikea.

Here's a link I haven't had a chance to follow:

Philsville: Mini Panel Raiser Review

Now you don't see that very often ...

Rare Planes - Bill Carter Plane Maker Leicester