So here it is! The marginally successful video demonstration on how to clean up and tune a used bench plane. Unfortunately, my internet connection broke in the middle of the demo, resulting in a part 1 and part 2 (initially I thought I lost the first half of the demo...phew). You'll especially enjoy the chattering across the cherry on the initial cut - nothing ever goes as planned....
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2 comments:
Thanks for posting up the video. I think it was an admirable attempt for the time allotted. Usually I break up plane tuning into a several day project spending only 20-30 minutes at each stage. I find that I am fresh and can see issues better with this approach. When I have raced through I have run into similar results and then I have to back track to deduce the problem.
LOL - I hear ya Doug! nothing like trying to prove it was relatively easy and then run into chatter right off the bat. You bring up a great point in that it really is important to take your time with this initial process and get everything dialed in properly.
Just for a follow up, it took two to three days to get the rust cleaned off of the plane I had planned to use that day, so there went my time line. Also, I think that rounding the corners of the iron AFTER I had already honed the back might have been a culprit. Looking back on it, I think I rushed that stage. I also noticed that the cap iron wasn't honed as well as it could've been. The list goes on, unfortunately, at the cost of attempting to keep the time to a minimum.
Despite my fumblings, I do know of one fellow wood worker that was able to use the info I shared. The next day, he successfully tune up one of his father's old planes that had been passed on to him. I'm still smiling over that :)
Mudd
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