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If you read my previous post, then my template may be familiar. A good method is to use the template to set up the stops on your measuring equipment. The stops in this case are a pair of brass stair gauges attached to a large carpenters square. These two gauges once set [...] First thing you need is a really precise hexagon template. Enough other errors will creep into your work, you need to start with a good pattern. Fortunately this is fairly easy to do manage, and you don’t need a lot of expensive stuff. A compass and some paper will do quite nicely. Here is [...] Silly in a way to show a Japanese Plane that is not a smoothing plane in a smoothing plane article. The shaving is uneven on the left side. This means the blade projects more out of the bottom on the right side than the left. For most work, this would need to be [...] A smoothing plane is one that makes nice fine smooth surfaces on wood. They usually have a reasonably wide profile, so that side to side, they are quite stable on the surface being planed. They also usually have a slight curve upward at the edges of the plane so that they leave a gentle [...] |
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