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Thread: Steiner 1859 Handplane
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3rd September 2019, 06:15 PM #16
Ian
Thank you for the offer of brass. I may take you up on that in the future, but I might also get more information about you supplier and perhaps call in there one day on the way to Brissy. Brass and wood are such a wonderful combination: Possibly the best there is.
In the meantime of course I am merely experimenting with what I have. I drilled the hole first before I lost the square reference and cut a lump of aluminium off with the a fibre disc in the cut off saw. That aluminium sure does get hot.
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To replicate the original I routed a grove down one flat side, started to do the second one and promptly broke the bit.
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I must have been a bit too pushy. I had another bit, but it would not cut (probably blunt and I tried sharpening it unsuccessfully.) So I cut two guides with a hacksaw and filed out the waste for the second groove with a 12" bastard file using the edge. The edge teeth were very coarse and it was relatively easy with almost no clogging, although I did have a brass wire brush on hand to clean:
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After roughly beveling all edges with the same file I cut the corners off, this time with a thin cutting disc in an angle grinder:
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I finished shaping the block (Formerly referred to as the "thingy") on a linisher and disc sander:
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It was then polished up to appeal to those of you who like pretty things. It is still aluminium, but is now shiny enough to reflect the surroundings. I think the gold look was coming from my halo .
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At first, after installing the block, I thought it was a disaster as it wouldn't plane at all. Then I realised the chipbreaker had slipped down and the chipbreaker was actually doing the planing!! After adjustment it works OK. The blade seems to release by tapping the button behind the front handle. The blade has not been sharpened and no other tuning has been performed so performance is understandably "moderate" at this stage.
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The only slight problem is that tapping to release the wedge caused the front handle to also loosen and jump out. I will glue that back in next time I am making up some epoxy.
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Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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3rd September 2019, 07:00 PM #17
Looks ok to me, Paul, & what works, works - but what happened to the cupid's bow ??
Cheers,IW
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