I disassembled the Kobalt plane and found every single part you showed. This in effect meant the the sole of the plane was 3mm thicker on one side of the plane. Consider one of these three other clear finishes for your next project. Well, because now its flat of course! At least the planes you found are genuine Bailey pattern, Ive seen budget offerings with a 151 spokeshave type blade adjustment prob. You give a fair, i.e. Ideally I would hope that the general feedback and reviews will filter back to the manufacturers in one way or another and result in a better result in the compromise between price point and quality. Theres no skill or guesswork required. With only basic woodworking skills, a tablesaw, and a few simple tools, you can make custom cabinets for your home or shop. After I assembled and adjusted as close as I could to your video. I often looked at them when I lived there but never had need of one. Now Ive abandoned that method in favor of one thats better and faster. It is nearly identical to my dads old Stanley #4. Keep your plane in a dry area and retract the blade when youre not using it. It definitely feels better than the Harbor Freight #4 I did the same thing to a few years back. The mouth was also a little on the big side. You'll also find block planes with a bedding angle of about 12. Herald Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, The Quest for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Regional Planning of Least Developed Countries: Strategy Implications for Regions in Ethiopia, Women and development process in Nigeria: a case study of rural women organizations in Community development in Cross River State, Dimensions of water accessibility in Eastern Kogi State of Nigeria, Changes in land use and socio-ecological patterns: the case of tropical rainforests in West Africa, Environmental management: its health implications, Intra-urban pattern of cancer morbidity and the associated socio-environmental factors in Ile-Ife, South-western Nigeria, Production Performance of Fayoumi Chicken Breed Under Backyard Management Condition in Mid Rift Valley of Ethiopia, Geospatial analysis of end-of-life/used Vehicle dumps in Africa; Nigeria case study, Determination of optimal sowing date for cowpea (Vignaunguiculata) intercropped with maize (Zea mays L.) in Western Gojam, Ethiopia, Heavy metal Phytoremediation potentials of Lepidum sativum L., Lactuca sativa L., Spinacia oleracea L. and Raphanus sativus L, Socio-economic factors affecting household solid waste generation in selected wards in Ife central Local Government area, Nigeria, Termites impact on different age of Cocoa (Theobroma cocoa L.) plantations with different fertilizer treatments in semi- deciduous forest zone (Oume, Ivory Coast), Weak Notion of Animal Rights: A Critical Response to Feinberg and Warren Conceptions, Assessment of Environmental Health Conditions in Urban Squatters of Greater Khartoum, Mayo Area in the Southern Khartoum, Sudan: 1987 2011, Comparative analysis of the effects of annual flooding on the maternal health of women floodplain and non floodplain dwellers in Makurdi urban area, Benue state, Nigeria, Analysis of occupational and environmental hazards associated with cassava processing in Edo state Nigeria, Herald Journal of Petroleum and Mineral Research, Herald Journal Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, Herald Journal of Marketing and Business Management, Herald Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacological Research, Herald Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, Herald Journal of Plant and Animal Sciences, Herald Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. How to Install Crown Molding on Kitchen Cabinets, How to Make and Install a Flushmount Sink and Countertop, How to Customize Garage Cabinets for More Storage, How to Build a 2-in-1 Coffee/Dining Table, How to Increase Storage Space In Your Bathroom, Jigsaws: How to Use and Cut With a Jigsaw, We are no longer supporting IE (Internet Explorer), 12 Best Home Improvement Projects Under $100, Do Not Sell My Personal Information CA Residents.
They are out there just not as easy to find ad the 4s and 5sJohn. Heres what you need. You are not influenced by manufacturers, although many on line woodworking gurus are. Less-expensive planes have fewer adjusting mechanisms (youll have to wiggle the blade by hand to position it), less accurate machining and lower-quality steel in the blade. No internet then, so I had to wait until I worked with an old guy who really knew the tools. Angle the plane slightly to the backside of the miter to help the face of the miter fit tighter. square pieces of 1/4-in. Expand your woodworking skills and get access to a wide range of domestic and imported wood for your furniture projects by learning to flatten and plane rough-sawn lumber. Plus the last Stanley #4 I purchased was $5.00 :). Then flip the blade over, backside down on the sandpaper, and sand off the burr with 600-grit paper. Also, no matter what you do to this plane, pretty much anyway, you can just take it back to the store if it fails in any way. So I planed down the white paint on the inner edge, and painted back on a single coat, and now they close quite well. Then polish the back of the blade by sliding it back and forth on progressively finer grits up to 600-grit. It had the adjustable frog, a brass adjustment knob, and wood handles. But despite these shortcomings, theyll still do the job when fitted with a sharp blade. I am not saying they are bad I just know I can make an old Stanley work. More-expensive planes usually have a means of adjusting the size of the opening (mouth) in the bottom (sole) of the plane to accommodate fine or thick shavings. My main question about these and other cheap tools is; are they the lifetime tools that the Stanleys Disstons and Sorbys of old are? I managed to improved on that with several sheets of 60 grit, followed up with several sheets of 120 and then some 220 until the sharpie marker lines were almost gone (re-applying the sharpie marks many times). I was 14 years old and working on boats. The frog could not be seated because of how the frog adjustment mechanism was made. I need a number 7 Stanley/Bailey jointer to overhaul if anyone has an extra!!! Some woodworkers prefer low-angle block planes for end-grain work. I have jointed the edges and have completed my first lamination. Paul Ive got a similar plane from Homebase that I picked up a few weeks ago to find out just how bad it might be. To get set up for sharpening, spray a light coating of spray adhesive (available at hardware stores and home centers) on the backside of a full sheet of sandpaper, let it dry a few seconds and stick it to the glass.
A block plane handles many tasks, including some that would be difficult or unsafe to perform with power tools. For an archive linking to posts from each month going back in time click here. I then found your restoring old planes video. I bought these two by different manufacturers but made specifically for selling through the same outlet to look over and fettle and see what we could do. The 2 adjuster nuts give you a surprisingly fine adjustment. I have not looked at this kobalt plane but I have looked at some new $10 planes. Check the sole with a sheet of 180-grit wet-or-dry sandpaper laid abrasive side up on a flat surface. I put the plane back together, then started the restoration video and followed along with restoring my New plane. If you do a follow up, can you show how you deal with adjusting the frogs with each tool? If so that probably answers your question about them in the uk. The plastic handles are solid, but had a 1-2mm step at the mold line, fixed easy enough with a file and sandpaper though. Same story with the cap iron, its rather floppy and raged, not really useful. I spent a bit of time on the nubs where the frog and the sole meet, mostly sanding until all the paint was removed and I had nice square metal flats for the frog to rest on. Its a nice feature but not a necessity. Continue this process of grinding and polishing the back using progressively finer grits up to 600-grit. 2018 Herald International Research Journals. Holds the sharpness fine. Ease edges and round off corners by setting the plane for a very light cut and making the first pass at a 45-degree angle to the face of the board. SteveWales that would be the stanley 2 adjustable plane. Fortunately, Axminster took it back but I had wasted hours. Use sandpaper to smooth out the curve. Roy, To a Northern English and particularly a Yorkshireman, To Fettle means To modify, alter, change or touch up something. Make sure you hold the back of the blade exactly flat on the sandpaper when you grind off the burr. The lever on the lever cap had a completely square profile, and was thus impossible to use. Slide the blade back and forth across the grinding surface until you raise a burr on the back of the blade (you can feel the burr with your fingernail). Start with 220-grit paper. I bought an import plane before i got into woodworking because i had a cherry headboard from a bed i replaced and wanted to make into a shelf. I am not endorsing cheapo planes or imports per se, just getting some clay on the wheel. This was remedied with a file easily enough.The depth adjustment mechanism uses two stamped pieces of soft steel, so soft that they would just bend out of the adjustment screw in stead of actually adjusting the blade. To flatten the sole, wet the sandpaper, then continue rubbing the plane sole over it. Block planes range in price from about $12 for a basic plane to $150 or more for a collector-quality plane. honest appraisal of various tools and methods. I will say this. What I like about what Paul is doing here is covering avenues for people who may not have any other choice, or due to logistics, lack of infrastructure, knowledge etc and would like the easiest path which may be a big box store for their tools. Removing this mechanism altogether did remedy that though. The yellow nylonny handles felt comfortable to me and funnily enough I cant always say that for wooden ones. It's versatile enough to perform all kinds of cutting and shaping tasks, yet small enough to fit in a tool pouch. I have the yellow one! I agree Ken. Test the cut on a scrap of wood and raise the blade a little at a time as necessary to achieve the desired cut. Hold the plane at an angle to the wood so the blade slices off thin, even shavings (Photo 2). Not bad for the $14- I am in love with my Stanley/Baileys though. Face planing allows the plane to move in just about any direction, from. They are also quite expensive when you can find one., Radically different planing strategies for shoulder/rebate/rabbet planes. This bedding angle is usually in the neighborhood of 20 for block planes.
That said, as I said somewhere, I think I can have this plane working in 15 to 20 minutes. For $30 I am very pleased. To allow for the fact that the blade gets shorter as its repeatedly resharpened, most plane blades can be positioned in any number of slots. Difficult? Im currently building your workbench with it, and, whilst I dont have any reference point, never having used anything else, its doing a great job of flattening and smoothing pine. Simply mount the plane blade in the guide according to the instructions (Photo 8). Paint and other finishes rapidly dull plane blades. Never again. There are a couple serious but fixable issues in this one. They give you a block plane including in the $14 but that doesnt even make a door stop never mind work. Even with the adjuster maxed out it was not possible to expose the same amount of blade on each side. I havent actually tried out the rest of the plane as such. Youll know the back is flat when the sheen is even. Retract the iron, and rub the plane sole over the abrasive. Do not confuse Fettling with Furtling though, as Furtling was a (mostly) victorian pass-time and somewhat lewd! The two planes arrived bubble-packed side by side and cost 10 (yellow handled one) and 20 respectively. Tighten miters by trimming excess with a sharp block plane. I spent ages ages fettling it, particularly to flatten the sole which was way out, but I then discovered something which seemed irretrievable. In the middle of this range is my favorite, the Stanley low-angle block plane (about $45). As interesting as it is to read these experiences, isnt it much better to buy second hand planes/chisels and renovate them. Anyone try the new $30 Kobalt bench plane at Lowes home improvement store? This provision for small donations has been created due to popular demand from wonderful people that expressed their desire to support Pauls work, you can donate here. Some timber yard staff might not be that friendly,, You're welcome, Matt. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. We will film the first plane this week and let you know how we go on. Always keep a sharp blade in the plane. I have a no4 from wickes.its a shambles,but a little fettling and now i use it when ever I have to plane hollow doors,hardboard edges and all,very nasty to work. You hold it in one hand, as shown photo below, with the rounded top of the iron cap (see the Plane Parts illustration, below) in your palm. Nah. While you didnt spend much time on that, it seemed to me that a flat metal surface was better than than the thickly painted over ones . Pick the one that places the bevel of the blade close to the opening in the sole of the plane. A few years ago, before I knew better, I bought a new Stanley No 6 from Axminster. Not quite the same and somewhat different because we dont build stick-frame homes with sheetrock walls for outer walls to homes and commercial buildings as is the general method of the USA and others following those patterns as standard. Grind the primary bevel at 25-degrees and the secondary bevel at 30-degrees. The big difference is the quality of the casting (is the mouth straight and the right size), how well the frog is machined and fitted, how fine is the depth and lateral adjustment. Of course most of the time we might pass them up, but look what would have happened had I passed up the Aldi chisels six years ago. Next, buy a honing guide to hold the blade at a constant angle as you roll it back and forth over progressively finer grits of paper. With one, you can: The block plane owes its handy size in part to the shallow angle between the bladeor ironand the sole. These two came from B&Q, a DIY home repair and maintenance chain here in the UK and something of the equivalent of the Home Depot in the USA. You must enter certain information to submit the form on this page. Be aware of the grain direction and work with it whenever possible. After all, sharpening and tuning my tools is a skill that has to be acquired just like sawing straight has to be acquired. You must be logged in to reply to this topic. One was a Use Luck No.3 from Jula. I dont doubt though that it could work well on wood after a proper fettling, at least for some amount of time; but Im quite partial to the older tools I have, and would far rather use them I just love the stories they tell me as I hold them. Yes, I just bought one at Lowes last week. Compact and versatile, block planes such as the low-angle one (left) and the standard version belong in any woodworking shop. Get his weekly digest delivered straight to your inbox. By the DIY experts of The Family Handyman Magazine. Adjust the blade by backing off the height adjusting screw until the blade drops completely below the sole of the plane. When the sole shows a uniform scuff pattern, it's flat. Remove the cap by sliding the lever, or in some cases loosening the screw that holds it in place, and lifting it off to expose the blade. Sharpen the iron to a 25-30 bevel. Can I recommend anyone else buying a plane to look for these irretrievable flaws before they start the laborious task of flattening. Even so, a block plane's cutting edge meets the wood at about the same angle as a bench plane's. A quick flatten of the iron and chip breaker and a sharpen, and honestly, it cuts super fine shavings that are translucent. and I know with certainty that its going to be making shavings 10, 20, 50 maybe 100 years from now. Personally the small variety of cheap hand tools I have come across in regards to planes have been a waste of time in terms of the sheer effort required to try and get them up to speed. Maybe one day I can find a vintage plane at a decent price (i have looked on craigslist, the antique store and on ebay), but for now, I am very happy with my expenditures and believe I can use these tools to learn more about hand woodworking. I doubt that there are more than a handful of people with that much planing under their belt today. You know that router plane kit we said was coming? Please click here to read it before you provide any information on this form. That was when I realized that the new Stanley was nothing like the plane you where using. Here's one of the handiest: the block plane. Start each stroke with more force bearing down on the front of the plane through your index finger, and end each stroke with more force on the back of the plane through your palm. just really tedious to do. llustrations: Roxanne LeMoine; Lorna Johnson Photographs: Wm. Then gradually raise the blade as you eyeball across the sole until the blade barely comes into sight. Not counting the square and sharpening plate, I have purchased everything else including the lumber and glue for the bench for less than what I spent on that new stanley. Nestle the plane in your palm. Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total), This topic has 9 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated. Hold the plane at a slight angle to the wood and plane with the grain of the wood as shown whenever possible. (A cast-iron saw table or piece of glass would do.) Not really sure how to answer that beyond my own life but my own lifetime of using mine is a testament to Stanley, but Stanely of old and not any endorsement of Stanley UK today. Continue planing in this manner until you achieve the desired radius. Polish it, following the same procedure with progressively finer sandpaper grits. Over the weekend I purchased some 2X4s for the bench. Then polish the back of the blade on 600-grit paper to remove the burr (as in Photo 7, except leave the blade in the honing guide). I must admit though, this standard was set by Stanley UK back in the 1960s because thats how their planes arrived from Sheffield. In saying that I did inadvertently purchase an India manufactured knockoff Record no. Trusting your experience and not listening to the other opinions on the net about this junk of plane has resulted in me getting a useful tool. For fine sharpening, buy 220-, 320- and 600-grit silicon carbide (black) waterproof paper. I went to Lowes and purchased a Kobalt plane. The compact block plane fits your hand comfortably, making it easy to use. Would be great if someone could make a resonantly priced plane like the kobalt that would still work good, it would be a great first learning experience for kids. Nothing beats a handy little block plane for simplicity and convenience. I love Lowes and have several Kobalt products. Then, inspect the back of the mouth to determine how solidly it supports the iron. Though I did get it to work after a fashion, It took me almost 10 years before I learned enough about tuning a plane to make it work really well. Buy two 12-in. Then buy an assortment of sandpaper. I still have it today, the iron is soft, holds an edge very poorly, the sole is as flat as the bubblewrap it didnt come in and its very heavy, but i found use for the blade as it fits my stanley handyman (my only other 4) I gave it a york pitch and now i change the blades whenever i run into short grain. (For a block plane, the angle of the cutting edge to the work equals the bedding angle plus the iron's bevel angle.). There are so many available from local auctions and junk shops. Then reinstall the cap and snug it down onto the blade. Welcome! PS. Resharpen the blade often to maintain the edge and youll always be ready to trim a door, loosen a drawer, or unstick a window at a moments notice. Then make passes on either side of this at 22-1/2 degrees. I guess I got lucky with my first setup, so when it was tearing the wood after the second sharpening, I was able to keep trying until I got it adjusted properly again. Which hand planes should a power-tool woodworker buy first? It kinda works, but im spending increasing amounts of time on ebay to find a real plane so my handyman can get the higher angle. I hear what you are saying and agree to some degree, Geoff. Set the honing guide for 25 degrees and grind the primary bevel (Fig. The company's registered address is Accsol House High Street, Johnstown, Wrexham, LL14 2SH, United Kingdom. Even then I understood there was nothing I could do to fix the plane : the bed the frog rests on was at an angle to the sole. So, mixed message here. The sole was relatively flat right out of the box, almost like yours. C:\Users\Johnny\Pictures\Nikon Transfer 2\189\DSC_0106.JPG. That's because the bevel on the block plane's iron faces up.