Jamie

That makes a ton of sense to just put a slight back bevel. Another lesson learned. I did try it on a piece of hard maple and was impressed on how easy it took a shaving. Didn’t look real close at the finish, it was a piece of scrap that had a jointer tear out on the edge. Ran the plane over it a few times to see if I could remove the tear out without causing more. Worked really well! I think I have found another weapon for the arsenal. Best part is I don’t have to plug it in! Next one I’m gonna try is a little adjustable mouth block plane. Shouldn’t take the 5 hours that I have in this one with a little different process.

@Tmize so I took the blade back off, polished the back of the iron, which was a pain. Took quite a bit of time to get it flat as it seemed like it was taken to a disc sander. Worked on it off and on for a couple hours. Then sharpened the cutting edge. Re shaped it to a 30 degrees and put a 35 degree secondary bevel on it. Made a huge difference! Cuts like a hot knife through butter. Tried it on some read oak, can really see where hitting a board with this before sanding could save a ton of time. The finish on it turned out really nice. Thanks for all your advice!

Looking good! the sprayer I have was about $100, actually bought it when I lived at our other home and had a big deck to stain. The guys are spot on that a sprayer changes the game in finishing.

Great idea to cheer them up. Sometimes all you can be is an ear for someone. Nice work!

That is crazy white oak! I have built quite a bit out of white oak and have never seen a board like that. How often do you run across wood that figured?

Haha! I really need to get into that habit. I tend to cover every surface in my shop before I get to spend a couple hours cleaning it up. But it’s ok, did some personality test at work and it came back spot on. Basically said that my desk is going to be a mess, but don’t move anything because I know exactly where it is at. Holds true at home in my shop as well ?

That is good to know. How did you become so educated on hand tools??!

@Tmize it helps out a ton! Thank you for taking the time to show me! The plane I have I read that it’s a flipped bevel or something along those lines. What I mean is the plane iron is in backwards compared to a block plane. It seems kinda backwards to me but that was the way it came apart as well. Is that normal?

That is a neat build, take quite a bit of planing to get it to turn out the way it did.

Holy smokes! There is a ton to learn! I have been watching some videos on plane restoration tonight. Shoulda watched them before jumping in on this! I am going to have to give it another sharpening. Didn’t spend much if any time on the back of the plane iron. It honestly looks like the guy took it all to the belt disc sander to clean it up at one point. Actually the grizzly sander that i have came from the same auction. Not sure how far I’m going to take all this, but it is nice to have another tool to grab. What is the best way to set the depth of cut? I think I had it set way to aggressively.

My jointer leaves very little If any behind. Most I tend to take is 1/16 per pass.

Thanks! I could see it being handy for fitting inset doors. Would it be good for flattening panels? I see now why you guys have beefy benches. Took quite a bit of force to get it to cut. Like the upper body workout tho! Need to do some reading up on the setup on it. Like how close to have the chip breaker and how to get it sharp.

So with our talk on the workbench coming around to my drawer of rusty hand planes, I decided to look in there tonight after work and pulled them out. No clue what I’m looking at. Decided with a house full of quarantine women who haven’t got to go shopping in a few weeks that it was better for me to find something to do in the shop. This is one of the 4 that were in the drawer. It’s a Stanley #4. Worked on cleaning it up by soaking some parts and sanding on others. It seemed to me that this wasn’t the first time this has been done to this plane. Had super deep scratches in all sides. Almost looked like a belt sander was used. After about an hour between the random orbit and sanding on a piece of stone I got the bottom pretty flat and even. Left some of the deeper scratches in it. Went to work on the plane iron and got it pretty sharp. Went to a 35 degree angle as per googles instructions. Took the other parts in and took a toothbrush to them. Got it back together! Even made some shavings! How have I been doing woodworking darn near my whole life and never experienced this?! It was incredible experience having shavings hit the floor with no noise! I only wish I knew more about them and the setup. Will have to get better at sharpening as well. What a thrill! I gave the plane a coat of wax before I put it together, is that the way to care for it?

You mentioned pallets and flooring.....is that where most of your material goes? Do you dry it as well?

Seriously??!!! Glad you are doing well! I like cold beer.

The hold fasts are what I’m referring to. Never seen them before coming to the forum. My top is 1 1/2 thick, don’t think they would work. When this lock down is over let’s do it!

As being a power tool dominate woodworker I could see the usefulness of being able to clamp in the middle of the bench. If you guys would see my collection of planes you would kick me off the forum! Heck I honestly don’t know the last time I used them Most of them I know I haven’t touched, they are rusted up and doubt they are sharp. They mostly all came in a box from an auction that I paid $8 for 3-4 planes. Wish I knew more about them.. Are you ever worried about cutting into your bench if something moves on you? With my adjustable height table having a ton of wiggle in it I’m considering a more dedicated bench. I really like the hold downs I see you guys use. Or is that something that I could incorporate into my bench?

How far do you deliver?? Iowa on the route?

Could get black pipe and paint it with oil rubbed bronze spray paint. Have used that paint on many things and turns out well. Could be a less expensive option. Plus with hangers on it won’t see much of it.

I have a silly question for you all, since I don’t have a dedicated bench. Why do you want the gap in the middle of the top?

Great quarantine project! Turned out really nice!

Like how you continued the grain through the drawer fronts. I have never put any thread lock on a drawer handle. With the 2 screw pulls have never had one come loose. The single knobs can sometimes back off a little bit which could be from a little twisting actions when opening. On my table saw outfeed table it happens occasionally, some of those drawers are a little over loaded as well which might cause the twist when opening.

That is similar to why I gave it up. Our first daughter was born, was a complicated labor for Courtney and took some time. All turned out well, actually great! But a sister in law of mine caught wind of us having a girl and put it out to the world before we had a chance to even call everyone. I deleted my Facebook account right then and there. I am tempted to make a burner account just for the for sale groups. But have one of the guys who works for me search on the for sale groups time to time.

Yeah the Facebook thing is hard for me as well. I gave it up 8 years ago and haven’t looked back. But the for sale groups have me interested. Now this ??

Hello and welcome!