Thread: Scrub plane maybe?

Sheddie, my old woody Scub is also bevel down. I'll give the bevel up ago tommorrow on a bit of Tallowwood. None of this Crapiarta stuff, I've ran out

Originally Posted by Pat

Sheddie, my old woody Scub is also bevel down. I'll give the bevel up ago tommorrow on a bit of Tallowwood. None of this Crapiarta stuff, I've ran out

g'day Pat. Don't bother. Bevel up is wrong.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Shut up Jake..don't interupt when I'm talkin' stand in the corner rude bugga

As I was about to say before I was rudely interrupted.

Charrrrming..... I didn't know there was going to be 6 steps !

tried taking thicker shavings than that yet ? ..... from what I saw they look like the kind of shavings you could do with any bench plane.

My scrubs a bit different to yours. Yours is bevel down.....mines with the blade back up (BBU)....slightly skewed to the left (SSTTL).... and splashing it with holy water helps (SIWHW) .

Originally Posted by apricotripper

Charrrrming..... I didn't know there was going to be 6 steps !

tried taking thicker shavings than that yet ? ..... from what I saw they look like the kind of shavings you could do with any bench plane.

My scrubs a bit different to yours. Yours is bevel down.....mines with the blade back up (BBU)....slightly skewed to the left (SSTTL).... and splashing it with holy water helps (SIWHW) .

Once I sorted the bevel up/down question i hit the crapiata again. got chips you could trip over. Mind you being a light weight wooden plane I had to put a bit of grunt behind it. But, as someone said it removed a prodigious amount of wood in short time albeit pine. I reckon something heavier like a 3 or 4 stanley would drive through a bit easier. I might have a go at somehow modifying the Stanley 3 to take an old Marples blade. The thicknesses of these old blades is somehow very re-assuring to me. Especially when shooting through knots.

The thicknesses of these old blades is somehow very re-assuring to me. Especially when shooting through knots.

This is why the LV Scrub plane is so good: thick blade, heavy casting, and longer length.

BUT, when it come to working really hard Jarrah, etc then I bring out the Big Gun, the #5 1/2 scrub. Nothing like extra momentum! I am on the lookout for a thick blade for it.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

This is why the LV Scrub plane is so good: thick blade, heavy casting, and longer length.

BUT, when it come to working really hard Jarrah, etc then I bring out the Big Gun, the #5 1/2 scrub. Nothing like extra momentum! I am on the lookout for a thick blade for it.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I agree entirely. Personally prefer a heavier plane over a light one.

Derek, your next infill could be a No 3/4/5 1/2 Scrub with the infill of lead or other suitably "Heavy" metal . . . The Iron Maiden of Woodwrecking

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