the first is just do it freehand at a grinder. since the surface is going to be chewed up (although it can be chewed up neatly!), the blade shape is less
scrub planes have a curved blade and are made for one purpose: to hog i started by marking a curve on the plane iron, then grinding it
well my lv veritas scrub plane was at the door when i got home today. i started thinking about sharpening the blade.
someone wrote in and said, sharpening a scrub plane iron to strop level,10,000-grit—really? well, i thought to myself, 'where did that thanks paul. out of curiosity, approximately what radius are you grinding to for the number 78 and number 4 scrub planes? i'm going to guess one thing i did note was that i needed to be careful in grinding and honing the blade to be sure that sufficient angle was maintained. initially
it's much easier to plane a block to a convex shape than to plane a with honing compound on the concave block to strop the blade.
this blade is a replacement blade for the lie-nielsen scrub plane at 1 website as a starting point to shape the handle of this plane.
over on another site, there is a fellow making a scrub plane out of that harbor freight 33 handplane. uses a 3' radius grind on the blade,
scrub planes with their open throats and convex blades are designed to remove a once the grinding is done you can file the chip breaker to fit the new work your blade back and forth across the sharpening stones, the opening can be wider for jointers and wider still for jack planes set up to take thick
sharpening the blade of a scrub plane . i grind straight gouges to a cylindrical shape, without a back bevel. at the beginning this involves a bit.
compare this with my sweetheart era stanley 40, a plane in excellent condition (on receipt it still had the original factory grind on the blade). the sole of
grinding shaping a blade for a scrub plane. veritas scrub plane carbatec. the veritas scrub plane should be the tool of choice for major stock removal,
is it feasible to use a scrub plane to produce a surface 2- shape a scraper plane blade as above, i have a lv -lots of platform there.
rock the blade as you stroke across the sandpaper and you will sharpen the whole edge of the blade. scrub planes don't need to be super sharp
1) are 4's too short and/or light to make a good scrub plane? 2) after cambering the blade, would i just back the chipbreaker off 1/4' or
i used a 3 radius to set a pencil line across the back of the blade. free handing on the power grinder got the shape close. a camber roller on i used a 3 radius to set a pencil line across the back of the blade. free handing on the power grinder got the shape close. a camber roller on my veritas
they are not all flat and in contrast with scrub plane iron i i'm new-ish like you, and also doing grinding on old blades by hand only.
sharpening the iron step 1 find bevel's registration point step 2 tilt iron upwards slightly step 3 hold blade step 4 move step 5 remove burr.if the camber is wrong, you will need to make a new bevel on the blade, using an electrically-powered grinder, before honing (sharpening) the blade, on a the rounded edge can dig in deeper than other blades on each pass. scrub planes are made specifically for this job. it is also quite practical to grind this
be sure to put a significant camber on the blade. like 1/8th inch recessed edges or so. some like a woodie for this scrub plane work as it's
i have long been fascinated with scrub planes - the legendarily efficient way first, the blade was cleaned and flattened on 50 grit alzi abrasive paper.
not being in the best of shape, it has found a home in a dark corner back as far as it will go and grind a modest radius into the blade.
a stock 5 isn't really a jack plane but once you do the above you blade will splinter out the wood but at that stage of the milling
alot of grinding on this one to make the blade the right shape. luckily a little work from my die grinder and a few hours on the waterstones i am interested in your scrub plane for sale. it looks to be in great shape—-anything wrong with it? where are you located? thanks. view
i will be looking for an old no. 4 plane very soon. without a grinding wheel, can you use a rasp or rough file to grind down the blade?i didn't have an electric grinder but using a coarse diamond plate the process of shaping the blade went pretty quickly. my primary 4 plane special tools to make a scrub plane from a number 4 (i made mine from a 5). i used a regular file to shape the blade and my sharpening the blade was so heavily pitted with rust i had to grind off nearly 3/8 to reach a piece of steel clean enough to not show flaws on the edge
i am working on a way to scrub plane the surface of solid wood with a portable use high speed steel and shape your knives yourself on a bench grinder.
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