Challenge 2020 - 2021 Simplicity

**Simplicity** · 24th November 2020, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

Time to fess up - the old grey beard stuffed up the maths

and set the tool rest on the angle grinder to remove a 30 degree bevel instead of leaving a 30 degree bevel - end result was that he ground the primary bevel at 60 degrees

Result being that Matt got to do it with files and whetstones. Just as well the blade hadn't been hardened - but then he did need a bit more exercise

Apologetically,
Bob

Na,
It was a combined effort on the stuff up, it was easily done, I think we both suffered some kind of weird combination brain fart.

Like Bob said, the workout didn’t kill me.

Cheers Matt.

**IanW** · 24th November 2020, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

It is a Stanley 340 “Furring” plane.

Have a read here of Patrick Leach’s appraisal of this somewhat unique tool!

This is a blatant digression, but I think Patrick's explanation for the name is a bit glib & possibly not correct. If the plane was named because it was for knocking the 'fur' off fresh-sawn wood, surely it would've been called a "de-furring" plane?

I suspect the name comes from the building trades use of the word in the sense of 'levelling'. e.g. as in "furring strips" & so on. But I couldn't find much in the various on-line dictionaries to back that up, none of the ones I consulted explain how/why the word "furring" became used in his context.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Matt's plane......

**Bushmiller** · 24th November 2020, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by IanW

If the plane was named because it was for knocking the 'fur' off fresh-sawn wood, surely it would've been called a "de-furring" plane?

Logic and reason doesn't always prevail: The thicknesser, which thins

. Q.E.D.

Regards
Paul

**Picko** · 24th November 2020, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Logic and reason doesn't always prevail: The thicknesser, which thins

. Q.E.D.

Regards
Paul

Or "to arris an edge", when in fact the arrris is what's being removed.

**Simplicity** · 28th November 2020, 05:37 PM

If your a table cloth fan, and I know a few of you are, still in the Closet about that, please turn away now.

My pain is over, a micro thread,did a little more exercise this afternoon,an got the last of the defects that I wanted out from the soul.

Huston we have flat.

Cheers Matt.

**Chief Tiff** · 28th November 2020, 06:08 PM

Not that in any way at all picky or CDO

but it looks like you might have had a couple of degrees of yaw to port when flattening the sole. If you add a touch of starboard wheel you should be able to make the sanding lines run fore-and-aft and looking tiddly.

Only 6 big sleeps left and I can back to mine!

**Simplicity** · 28th November 2020, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Not that in any way at all picky or CDO

but it looks like you might have had a couple of degrees of yaw to port when flattening the sole. If you add a touch of starboard wheel you should be able to make the sanding lines run fore-and-aft and looking tiddly.

Only 6 big sleeps left and I can back to mine!

Chief,
Just tilt your screen a bit, an I think you’ll find it’s almost kind off, pretty close, she be right mate, straight.
It’s really all relative to your own perspective.[emoji6]

Cheers Matt.
6 sleeps not to long.

**Cklett** · 28th November 2020, 06:29 PM

I think Matt had already predicted the degree of skew he is going to give the plane when in use. Then the lines are perfect in the direction of travel [emoji16]

Looks good, but next I would like to see The Body from the top again.... Wondering what other surprise you have in store for us....

By the way, that new workbench is awesome!

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**Bushmiller** · 28th November 2020, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Cheers Matt.

Matt

I like the degree of curve on the front: it seems somehow....appropriate for a tool so named.

Regards
Paul

**Simplicity** · 28th November 2020, 07:28 PM

I feel some of the admirers of the “body” may need more monitoring, while using social networks, or maybe just get out a bit more.[emoji6]

Cheers Matt.

**Ironwood** · 28th November 2020, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Matt

I like the degree of curve on the front: it seems somehow....appropriate for a tool so named.

Regards
Paul

I think you are on the money here Paul, but I am wondering about the lack of curve on the rear end, now I seem to have an old song going round and round in my head.

**Simplicity** · 28th November 2020, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by Ironwood

I think you are on the money here Paul, but I am wondering about the lack of curve on the rear end, now I seem to have an old song going round and round in my head.

Settle down guys, there’s more curves planed.
It will be ok !!

Cheers Matt.

**Picko** · 28th November 2020, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Ironwood

I think you are on the money here Paul, but I am wondering about the lack of curve on the rear end, now I seem to have an old song going round and round in my head.

Not now Brad It's a family show.

**Picko** · 28th November 2020, 09:55 PM

She's looking great Matt and I love the new bench too. The Monash might become the new trend in benches.

**Simplicity** · 29th November 2020, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Picko

She's looking great Matt and I love the new bench too. The Monash might become the new trend in benches.

I would just like to confirm, that I am not being sponsored by Monash city council,but I’m open to the idea.

Cheers Matt.

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