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6th October 2020, 01:41 PM #91
Ian
I will probably give all possibilities a go, but I suspect the angle grinder will get the thumbs up: Desperately trying not to be too blinkered here.
I had seen posts of the channel plane your father made and that coupled with my take that "here is a plane body ready made" prompted me down this path.
As to the driving, one of my uncles recounted how my father drove trucks in the army during WW2. Apparently on one occasion he drove for 36 hours straight, had a brief rest and drove 24 hours back the other way. This was all with pin holes in the night time cowlings fixed to headlights so the Luftwaffe didn't spot them and blow them up. I have not inherited anything close to that ability that ability, but I work shiftwork and all too often I still go close to 24 hours without sleep. I think it is starting to take it's toll, and it is certainly not a good time to argue the toss with me .
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PaulBushmiller;
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6th October 2020, 03:33 PM #92
Yep, like I said, we're too protected nowadays. What our parents' generation endured in the 1940s makes the covid crisis look like a picnic in the park on a lovely sunny day.....
IW
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8th October 2020, 08:13 PM #93
I got a little bit done.
Roughly cut with the angle grinder. Mainly angles rather than curves:
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Smoothed out, a little, with a grinding disc. Next up will be checking sides for profile integrity, work with flap discs and finally files.
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I was going to use this fluid for marking out the profile, but
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When I came to use it I couldn't find where I had put it! So I used a sharpie tracing the outline against a sheet metal template. As it happens, when I checked the description a little closer, this Prussian Blue is described as a machining compound and is more for the fitting of gears and bushes etc than marking out. It is a Loctite product if anybody wishes to investigate it further. However I think IanW has turned up the best option here.
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PaulBushmiller;
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8th October 2020, 08:28 PM #94
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8th October 2020, 08:43 PM #95
I think Matt has found better value-for-money. Just depends how much you think you'll need!
Cheers,IW
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8th October 2020, 08:49 PM #96
Matt
It's big: Really big. The biggest you ever saw.
If I had known how interested you would be in the floor I would have taken many more pix as there is a huge expanse, regrettably with little in the way of feature or figure, instead of concentrating on my fore plane. However, I am already planing future posts to include a range of totally irrelevant features. I have realised that they will most likely be of more interest than my plane.
Stand by!
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
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8th October 2020, 09:03 PM #97
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8th October 2020, 09:24 PM #98GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Paul. You do have to be careful about the background and the influence it can have on your project. Just ask Matt about tableclothgate . Like the idea of using channel too!
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11th October 2020, 06:50 PM #99
The sides are getting close to symetrical. They are close using the timber template, but I still have to check for square.
This first pic is after some clean up on the profile with a flap disc and then a fibre wheel. The sides have been treated to the fibre wheel too but still need more work to remove the striations. On this side I have only treated half the plane to the fibre disc to show the difference. This pic is expressly for Matt:
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and these are for the rest of you. Much the same but less scenic.
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I weighed the original channel at 2.8Kg. After lopping bits off the sides it is down to 2.1Kg. With blade, cap lever and infills I am hoping to keep it down to <2.5Kg. The length is 460mm. We will see. This is cleaned up along the complete side but is sufficiently shiny (but far from perfect) to reflect anything it sees!
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The three sets of templates (card, thin sheet steel and mdf) are there too.
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PaulBushmiller;
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11th October 2020, 07:26 PM #100
Looking very good Paul,
If it makes you feel something, you win at being the biggest so far, the Plane that is.
Have you started to flatten the soul yet?.
At 450 mm you can give up the gym membership,and will be able to hive Arnold a run for his money.
Ps I appreciate the “scenic” picture, I can’t comment on the Judges tho.
But maybe I should start including bottles of red wine I know longer need in my pics ?
Cheers Matt.
How’s it feel being in with the Heavy metal crowd now?.
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11th October 2020, 07:49 PM #101
Only 2.5Kg.? That's just for adolescents, my panel plane comes in at a bit over 3.8 Kg. - that's man sized....
Seriously, depending on what you intend its main use will be, your projected weight shouldn't be too much of a problem. I tried to get a weight for a Norris jointer, plenty mentioned on the web, but no-one bothers to give a weight. They were made up to 28" long (that's 711mm for the younger set ) so I reckon they would've weighed in well north of 4 Kg!
Cheers,IW
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11th October 2020, 11:39 PM #104GOLD MEMBER
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I would have thought that with all the handsawing you must do your "guns" would be big enough to handle anything (at least in the dominant arm) . How fine a finish can you get with a fibre disc? (I'm assuming they are those things that look a bit like a kitchen scourer)
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12th October 2020, 07:41 AM #105SENIOR MEMBER
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