Comments for Toolmaking Art http://toolmakingart.com Timeless Tools Sat, 19 May 2012 20:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Chip Breakers by Kees http://toolmakingart.com/2012/05/16/chip-breakers/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 Kees Sat, 19 May 2012 20:07:31 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=32#comment-2158 Thanks for this article Bob. Some interesting things to think about and experiment with. The last few weeks have been fun with all the talk about the chipbreakers. Wilbur published the video with the translation. Bill Tindall on Woodcentral started this recent discussion. He dug out the vidoe and articles from Japan and arranged the translation by Mia Iwasaki. The real hero of this story is of course prof Kato who did the research back in 1989. Thanks for this article Bob. Some interesting things to think about and experiment with.
The last few weeks have been fun with all the talk about the chipbreakers.

Wilbur published the video with the translation. Bill Tindall on Woodcentral started this recent discussion. He dug out the vidoe and articles from Japan and arranged the translation by Mia Iwasaki. The real hero of this story is of course prof Kato who did the research back in 1989.

]]> Comment on Leatherworkers Tool Holster by Mari http://toolmakingart.com/2009/12/27/leatherworkers-tool-holster/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Mari Fri, 18 May 2012 16:07:26 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=1277#comment-2129 Haha, yeah, I've been browsing your blog, so I've gathered you like portable tool kits. I like the bucket one the best of the ones I saw :D Haha, yeah, I’ve been browsing your blog, so I’ve gathered you like portable tool kits. I like the bucket one the best of the ones I saw :D

]]> Comment on Chip Breakers by Bob Strawn http://toolmakingart.com/2012/05/16/chip-breakers/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Bob Strawn Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:47 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=32#comment-2113 Right now it is a kind of magical feeling on the forums. People who have experience with and understanding of chip breakers can have conversations about chip breakers. In the past they had to defend reality and were a bit scared to offer their full data, having seen how torn to shreds those who were forthcoming often became. There is still a lot of mystery and unanswered questions about chip breakers. Now perhaps data can be shared a bit more freely, and experiments can be made. Bob Right now it is a kind of magical feeling on the forums. People who have experience with and understanding of chip breakers can have conversations about chip breakers. In the past they had to defend reality and were a bit scared to offer their full data, having seen how torn to shreds those who were forthcoming often became. There is still a lot of mystery and unanswered questions about chip breakers. Now perhaps data can be shared a bit more freely, and experiments can be made.

Bob

]]> Comment on Chip Breakers by Skip J. http://toolmakingart.com/2012/05/16/chip-breakers/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 Skip J. Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:31 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=32#comment-2111 Hello Bob; When I first started tuning metal planes I read a number of expert books and web articles. Only a few, but the very best of them advised working over and tuning the cap iron to the same degree of finesse as the blades. So I started from the beginning with well-tuned chip breakers and was broke-in quickly as to positioning and it's effects. I have never been able to get results on swirly grain as good without a chip breaker as with one, all other aspects of the plane being equal. Thanks to Wilbur for the proof, and to you for supplying it to us... Skip Hello Bob;

When I first started tuning metal planes I read a number of expert books and web articles. Only a few, but the very best of them advised working over and tuning the cap iron to the same degree of finesse as the blades. So I started from the beginning with well-tuned chip breakers and was broke-in quickly as to positioning and it’s effects. I have never been able to get results on swirly grain as good without a chip breaker as with one, all other aspects of the plane being equal.

Thanks to Wilbur for the proof, and to you for supplying it to us…

Skip

]]> Comment on Chip Breakers by Stefan http://toolmakingart.com/2012/05/16/chip-breakers/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Stefan Thu, 17 May 2012 11:36:55 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=32#comment-2096 Hi Bob, Double irons are indeed very useful for standard angles and lower. I recently did some tests with various wooden planes (including Japanese) and quickly came to the same conlusions as yours. I also believe that the cap iron has a heatsink function to keep the edge cool and thus at least a bit more wear-resistant. There happens to be some confusion around about this topic so I'm glad to read this on your blog. Regards Stefan Hi Bob,

Double irons are indeed very useful for standard angles and lower. I recently did some tests with various wooden planes (including Japanese) and quickly came to the same conlusions as yours. I also believe that the cap iron has a heatsink function to keep the edge cool and thus at least a bit more wear-resistant.
There happens to be some confusion around about this topic so I’m glad to read this on your blog.

Regards Stefan

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