Thread: One "Restored" Plane

Nice Plane Paul . Good to see such things saved .

With the nail . I use what I think is called a Dummy Plate . I saw this on the ANZLF Lutherie forum when broken screws need to be removed from the tuner head end of a guitar. The polished end where their is no room for mistakes like the drill sliding off the end of the screw and making a lager hole .

Its just a plate of steel with a hole of the desired drill diameter needed put through it . Something 5mm thick is good . The plate is then clamped , padding in between , so that the hole is over and pointing in the same direction you think the nail is going in . So when you start on top of the nail it cant slide off .

Rob

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bench with so many on the go projects in one photograph.
I like it.

Originally Posted by riverbuilder

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bench with so many on the go projects in one photograph.
I like it.

RB

Thank you. That has allowed me to see my cluttered bench in a new light.



Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by auscab

Nice Plane Paul . Good to see such things saved .

With the nail . I use what I think is called a Dummy Plate . I saw this on the ANZLF Lutherie forum when broken screws need to be removed from the tuner head end of a guitar. The polished end where their is no room for mistakes like the drill sliding off the end of the screw and making a lager hole .

Its just a plate of steel with a hole of the desired drill diameter needed put through it . Something 5mm thick is good . The plate is then clamped , padding in between , so that the hole is over and pointing in the same direction you think the nail is going in . So when you start on top of the nail it cant slide off .

Rob

Thanks Rob

I can visualise the technique and I will store that one away for future use. In the first instance I will try to uncover enough nail to grab. Not quite sure when I will get to this as clearing the bench used up most of my available time and the bench was cleared for another more urgent project.



Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Simplicity

That is just inspirational Paul!

I hope you two are ok with the weather?

Cheers Matt.

Matt

There was mild hysteria coming to the fore by our very conservative and fearful QLD population in anticipation of wild storms, but it did not eventuate in this area. There was some small hail and while we have cover for one vehicle my ute lives outside. One of my neighbours has a small car which he tucks underneath his high set house and he offered to drive it further under so I could poke the front of my ute under his house too. The heavy checker plate trayback can cope with anything short of a landslide.

So we survived very well. I think other areas in QLD may have got a drenching, but I don't know details at this stage. To put things in perspective we got about 25mm yesterday. useful but certainly not destructive.

Regards
Paul

Hi Paul. I'm always suspicious of overly clean work benches, creativity is messy. After all, how can you justify the time spent at the work bench if you don't have to spend a large chunk of it looking for things that are buried under something else. Next we will see posts about shadow boards .

Yep, many years ago, some of my colleagues liked to have a sign in their offices "An uncluttered desk is a sign of an empty mind", or words to that effect.

But I really do need to improve my game. I used to keep my work area reasonably tidy, be it in the lab or in the workshop, it's definitely a more efficient way to work (& I suspect you know this at least as well as I do, MA ). Lately, I find myself spending far more time looking for tools than using them! I suppose time isn't a big issue when you are not invoicing it, but it becomes rather frustrating, nevertheless. P'raps it's just an inevitable consequence of ageing, I remember my dad complaining of a similar affliction when he was about the same age I am now.....

Cheers,

I had a couple of young blokes on site yesterday and I thought this was a good chance to instruct them in gentle art of "old man noises". You know, those involuntary grunts as you bend down to lift something, the sigh as enjoy a sip of tea and that aaah as you straighten your back up. Gives them an important insight to their future methinks.

And yes I do work better on a tidy bench, just like to have an artistic interpretation for my laziness.

As a teenager, I always wondered why old blokes grunted at the slightest effort. Now I know - it just happens, you don't have to fake it.......

I’m actually a bit disappointed after reading the original opening post that this thread hasn’t developed into “one of those threads”, like the one earlier this year.

Originally Posted by riverbuilder

I’m actually a bit disappointed after reading the original opening post that this thread hasn’t developed into “one of those threads”, like the one earlier this year.

RB

I am disappointed that you are disappointed and a little .

What were you hoping for and to which earlier thread in the year are you referring. I am not clear whether "One of those threads" is a good thing or a bad thing, but remain positive until shot down or otherwise knocked off my pedestal.



Regards
Paul

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Originally Posted by riverbuilder

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Ummm. This thread is planely not in the same league as the bug threads: Also not as controversial and less likely to get me a pineapple.



Regards
Paul

Hi Paul,

good work so far on your plane,

with regard to the loose handle held by the nail

a simple and the least damaging solution is to drill the nail out.

it has already created a hole.

start with a very small diameter bit
and work you way up in size.

once the nail is gone you can then try lifting the loose handle

Graham.