This channel shows my journey in the art of woodworking, fun woodworking projects, sometimes basic tutorials on how to make fun projects. I also sometimes describe woodworking tools, how to "fix" them (e.g., if some parts are missing), and just generally having fun with anything that is related to working with wood.
I think I'd buy a secondhand in-channel gouge rather than converting an out-channel to in-channel. However, useful to see how you sharpened the in-channel once it was formed.
Hello, thanks for sharing the video. i have a doubt: Does the stem inner diameter varies withe the stem`s length? or can I use 4mm drill for any stem length, or longer the stem, bigger the inner diameter?
I really enjoy watching a person that isn't hung up on the ascetics of an antique tool, but more of the function of the tool. Too many people worry that all the parts need to be accurate to the tool more than if the tool works properly.
You should look up Garrett Hack. If you're a patron of Rex and on the forum, the video with Garrett hack is available. I think you made the profile too big. You will need something more substantial for that, but for small details a scratch stock is very effective. Also, it should cut like a scraper which should leave a perfect surface.
just remember you want the hole for your stem to come into contact as close to center bottom of your bowl as you can .. its better that way for the flow / billow of smoking the pipe
Thanks for posting this video. I just bought a 78 from ebay and it has no fence or fence rod. How did you get the rod? My understanding is that stanley had very odd thread size and pitch. By the way, would a stanley combination plane rod fit here?
Yep... Stanley used non-standard threads. That is what motivated me to buy my first metal lathe. I never regretted that decision. 🙂 Well done! Good fence.
This is great. I also have an old 78 clone (not Stanley, nor Record. Unbranded and old. ) it also has a quarter inch threaded hole that I am guessing is 25 tpi. I am thinking of trying to re-tap it coarser to 20 tpi. This was what worked for you? Never retapped before so I thought I would double check before I acted without knowing much of what I'm doing... Regardless, it's a great video, and I will be using your plans, so thank you again!
Wow! Awesome invention! A significant improvement would be to use long 3 blades sandwiched together with either rivets or short bolt and nuts. The first blade has the non-cutting edge facing down. It serves as the guide fence. The second blade also has the non-cutting edge facing down, but it is offset from the bottom by a millimeter or the tooth depth. It's thickness establishes the spacing between the teeth and also serves as a depth stop, limiting the cutting depth. Finally, the third blade is the cutting blade and it of course does the cutting. The beauty of this design is that you not only get both a depth and space stop, but more cutting rigidity due to the stacked blades.
Out of necessity. This part started when I had several handplanes to restore and was absolutely unfeasible to do it by hand. And I am certainly not a machinist. They will laugh at sloppiness of my precision :-)
This is LeeValley plane (bought directly on their website). They had a sale of “seconds” about 3 months ago. Still wasn’t cheap… but I think it worth it
Word of advice, turn the blade around. That flat is what controls how much is the blade is cutting. It's not for flat surfaces, I mean it can be used that way, but not how it was designed to work. You'll find that the handle situation to be resolved too.
I tried all combinations (this is 3rd video on this), including some basic modeling. With the way it was designed, it allows a bit of control, but not much. Video 2 on this is a bit boring, but shows some geometry model that supports my observations and a little bit of experiment. I, honestly, was thinking it would be much better for concave surfaces than it end up being... unfortunately.
Good to see you, Alex. I'm so glad you did this. Looks like cabinet scrapers are the new router plane in popularity. And I've never seen a compass block plane. Cool! I hope to film the Groundhog show in Springfield in a couple of weeks.
I'm in the process of cleaning up the Craftsman version of this plane, and it is also missing the fence assembly. Thanks for showing a simple solution for this; I'm going to try it out, myself.
Been searching for a second hamd cabinet scraper for some time but they're a rarity here in Australia. I do use a card scraper and sometimes mount it in a wooden holder that adds a bend similar to what you'd expect from the thumbs approach. Thanks for the video!
Yeah. Can be rare. I just manged to get another one, this time a Union version that I need to cleanup and make a blade. But they should exist even in Australia :-D... I hope
Yeah. Fun… Scrubbing was a bit slower than I anticipated :-)) I made the fence for 78 quite a while ago. And even though I got the real one since then, prefer using the custom fence, as it has much more reference area
