bhickman173
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2020
- Location
- Durham region, Ontario
Hey everyone,
New to the forum, and figured now would be a good time to join in with a trial and tribulation that has been discussed here a few times.
My son and I are getting into woodworking, and have collected 5 Stanley bench planes - #4,5,6,7,8 and some smaller hand planes. Today we tried to adhere some sandpaper to a granite slab from a monument maker, that was supposed to be "flat", and began to sand the #8 sides and bottom. The result was poor and after checking the slab, it was not flat with an 18" sliding rule and feeler gauges.
We are planning to build some hand planes, and want to scrape them. Yes, it is unnecessary, no we are not concerned about that, we want to try, and see what sort of result we can achieve. Now, the questions [emoji16]
To scrape hand planes, you will need;
• A surface plate - presumably atleast the length of the longest plane?
• Bluing fluid
• Vice to hold plane upside down (we'll worry about scraping 1 side of 1 plane into square, once we manage to get 1 sole flat enough like @stephen thomas has shown on this forum)
• Scraper - Saandvik seems to be most prevalent from online comments
• Way to sharpen a scraper - cheaper is better for us if possible, not looking to go too crazy on the outlay yet
•Dial indicator with base - [emoji3581]
•Bastard file
Is there anything else that's missing for scraping a sole into flat? Also hoping to do the face of the frog, the sole of the frog, and the connection point of the frog in the bodies themselves. The 4,5,6 have the 4 paw connection setup, and the 7&8 have the "hang over" single flat setup.
The process looks something like;
•blue ink on surface plate
•place plane on surface plate
•set plane in vice
•scrape away at blue areas which represent "highs"
•rinse & repeat
Obviously sharpening the scraper will be critical, so any advice/links to reads would be appreciate. Advice on heavy material removal initially would also be appreciated. Any comments on what might have been missed or inadvertently ignored would also be great. Thanks in advance everyone. The goal is to scrape these planes in, even if the overall investment is a bit heavier than a new set of Lie Nielsen or Veritas planes. With the replacement blades & cap irons, the prices are not far off in total at this point already.
The cosmetic components are going to be dealt with as well - handles, brass, bed paint, but preference is being given to utilitarian needs at the moment. Scraping may be more utopian - but .. it's all perspective [emoji1787]
Brad
New to the forum, and figured now would be a good time to join in with a trial and tribulation that has been discussed here a few times.
My son and I are getting into woodworking, and have collected 5 Stanley bench planes - #4,5,6,7,8 and some smaller hand planes. Today we tried to adhere some sandpaper to a granite slab from a monument maker, that was supposed to be "flat", and began to sand the #8 sides and bottom. The result was poor and after checking the slab, it was not flat with an 18" sliding rule and feeler gauges.
We are planning to build some hand planes, and want to scrape them. Yes, it is unnecessary, no we are not concerned about that, we want to try, and see what sort of result we can achieve. Now, the questions [emoji16]
To scrape hand planes, you will need;
• A surface plate - presumably atleast the length of the longest plane?
• Bluing fluid
• Vice to hold plane upside down (we'll worry about scraping 1 side of 1 plane into square, once we manage to get 1 sole flat enough like @stephen thomas has shown on this forum)
• Scraper - Saandvik seems to be most prevalent from online comments
• Way to sharpen a scraper - cheaper is better for us if possible, not looking to go too crazy on the outlay yet
•Dial indicator with base - [emoji3581]
•Bastard file
Is there anything else that's missing for scraping a sole into flat? Also hoping to do the face of the frog, the sole of the frog, and the connection point of the frog in the bodies themselves. The 4,5,6 have the 4 paw connection setup, and the 7&8 have the "hang over" single flat setup.
The process looks something like;
•blue ink on surface plate
•place plane on surface plate
•set plane in vice
•scrape away at blue areas which represent "highs"
•rinse & repeat
Obviously sharpening the scraper will be critical, so any advice/links to reads would be appreciate. Advice on heavy material removal initially would also be appreciated. Any comments on what might have been missed or inadvertently ignored would also be great. Thanks in advance everyone. The goal is to scrape these planes in, even if the overall investment is a bit heavier than a new set of Lie Nielsen or Veritas planes. With the replacement blades & cap irons, the prices are not far off in total at this point already.
The cosmetic components are going to be dealt with as well - handles, brass, bed paint, but preference is being given to utilitarian needs at the moment. Scraping may be more utopian - but .. it's all perspective [emoji1787]
Brad