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  1. 23rd January 2009, 05:31 PM #1
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    Default Funkychicken's plane

    Earlier in the week a little padded bag arrived here with Funky's plane in it.
    After a bit of serious work on a coarse dmt diamond stone (decided not to hollow grind it - should have because it took a bit of work to get to the back of the blade - that d2 steel is hard!) 1200 and 4000 grit waterstone (the back was already very flat so just lapped it with the 4000 grit and did the Charleworth ruler trick). Gave the sole a bit of a lap and it was ready to go. Here's the result on a bit of curly Silver ash.
    Thanks Funky!

    I've also been bringing back to life, a couple of wooden planes and here are the results from them too. The little German plane has a Henry Boker tapered blade and is a sweet little thing to use, but not as nice as Funky's. The other is a jack plane with a tapered Mathieson blade in it. There are two different coloured steels in this blade, were they laminated? A bit more agricultural and less refined. both have been jointed too.

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  3. 23rd January 2009, 07:11 PM #2
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    Hey it works!

    Glad you like it
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  4. 23rd January 2009, 07:21 PM #3
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    Looks pretty good to Me!!
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    Looks great, please bring it down to the BBQ so we can have a look. You could also accidently leave it behind
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    Quote Originally Posted by funkychicken View Post
    Hey it works!

    Glad you like it

    I was going to make some comment about the sheer surprise in your belief about your own work.

    but I thought I'd say instead ...







    Tha Chook Rules
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  7. 23rd January 2009, 10:06 PM #6
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    That's superb! Make me one?
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  8. 23rd January 2009, 11:33 PM #7
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    Nicely made tool
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    That sheoak looks fantastic. It can be a pain to work because of the weird grain but that
    finished look is worth it. (also exceptionally stable.)

    Well done Funky Chicky....

    You have a winner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    That's superb! Make me one?
    Well, with the appropriate incentive
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    Hi FC

    That is a beautiful looking and great performing smoother. What more could one want? I really like She-oak, and agree with Ray that it is a bear to work. Very well done indeed!



    Hi Michael

    I must ask ...

    (1) why you did not hollow grind the blade - unless you are a glutton for punishment with D2 steel

    (2) why you first lapped the back to 4000, and then used the Ruler Trick? The second cancels out the first, and is really better suited to the vintage (unflat) blades you are restoring. The Ruler Trick makes it very difficult to later strop blades between honings. What do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by derekcohen View Post

    Hi Michael

    I must ask ...

    (1) why you did not hollow grind the blade - unless you are a glutton for punishment with D2 steel

    (2) why you first lapped the back to 4000, and then used the Ruler Trick? The second cancels out the first, and is really better suited to the vintage (unflat) blades you are restoring. The Ruler Trick makes it very difficult to later strop blades between honings. What do you think?

    Regards from Perth

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    Hi Derek,
    1) By the time I was half way through with the diamond stone, I was asking the same question. The blade arrived with a machined bevel and an ever-so-slight truncation of the bevel, maybe <0.5mm, which I thought wouldn't take much to knock off. Pigheaded as I am, I was not going to give up once well into it

    2)Ah, well, I'm used to making scungey old blades work so it was force of habit I suppose Didn't realise it made stropping difficult. But having a 4000 grit stone as my finest you might realise I engage in a fairly primitive form of sharpening compared to yours, and I don't strop. Do you mean strop on leather or with a fabric wheel and honing compound? I have that sort of wheel for my carving tools.
    I only gave it a couple of light passes on the 4000 grit with the ruler after finding that the back was so flat, so not much of a bevel produced.
    Maybe I will get a finer stone now too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by funkychicken View Post
    Well, with the appropriate incentive
    How about I send you ALL my wooden planes, and you send me back one nice one, and keep the rest?
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    please excuse my ignorance but what is the Charleworth ruler trick i nave never heard of it

    cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by terry arnold View Post
    please excuse my ignorance but what is the Charleworth ruler trick i nave never heard of it

    cheers

    http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/w00177.asp

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