Free Plan Explosion!
Added 2020-01-22 11:36:54 +0000 UTCFriends:
I just released my DIY grooving plane for $3 and my Specialty Plane Bundle for $10. These plans are already a great deal, but you all don't pay anything. Both files are attached.
Hope you find them useful.
Thank you for you constant support!
--Rex
Comments
Glad you like the idea. There's just a little bit of information on youtube about making a kerf plane. None of them present it well. It seems like a good fit into your collection along with your approach. I'll probably keep tinkering around with the idea, especially of using a thin kerf pull saw. The collection of Japanese saws AND replacement blades at Lee Valley may provide some inspiration. Replacement blades are relatively inexpensive so perhaps having a dedicated blade for the kerf plane is the better way to go.
David Neufeld
2020-01-26 07:34:53 +0000 UTCFeel free to email me. rexkrueger@gmail.com
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 15:54:30 +0000 UTCI could draw up what I remember of his lathe and forward it to you. Could also make a drawing of how I think a flywheel might power a clamp on table top lathe on your bench under construction. How might I send a bitmap or j-peg picture?
Larry W Thayer
2020-01-24 12:17:01 +0000 UTCUncle Gene has passed and other than what his daughters allowed me to take home for my students and class, the shop things have gone to the wind through garage sales and other family. Unless it was you, me, or any of your subscribers, the components of the makeshift lathe he made would be overlooked as scrap or junk. It wasn't.
Larry W Thayer
2020-01-24 12:07:03 +0000 UTCI would love to!! Now that I'm on to this bench, it'll have to wait a bit, but it's a first-class idea!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 11:35:57 +0000 UTCWouldn't mind seeing a picture of that.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 11:35:02 +0000 UTCI do follow and there are some historical examples of benches like that, mostly for pattern-making. It's a fascinating idea. A pole lathe is on the agenda for this year. No doubt.
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 11:34:07 +0000 UTCVery kind of you to say so!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 11:32:51 +0000 UTCI've thought of that exacto knife thing a few times. I think it would work. Good idea!
Rex Krueger
2020-01-24 11:32:32 +0000 UTCThank you!
Steve Symes
2020-01-23 17:10:54 +0000 UTCTwo words: kerfing plane. While looking into how I could resaw by hand (without an expensive bandsaw that can't fit in my place anyhow), I found out about kerfing planes. But more of a jig to fit on a japanese pull saw to keep the kerf narrow and easier to cut with less sawdust, and to avoid getting 2 saws. One saw does the accurate kerf around the circumference of the board, and then resaws the board. Because it takes an expensive bandsaw to have enough of a mouth to resaw beyond 5 to 6 inches, and rarely gets above 10", a 9.5 to 10.5 inch dozuki could resaw a wide board by simply switching sides on the cut. Maybe up to 15" board width. Not as fast as a big bandsaw, but not as slow as a resawing with any western or pull saw with a much wider kerf. Additionally, if the kerf saw had enough, variable and stopped depth, then it could cut walls for dados/grooves, and cut out complete rabets without resorting to a plane, leaving you with a piece of usable wood instead of a pile of shavings. Would like to see you give a kerf plane a try.
David Neufeld
2020-01-23 00:39:27 +0000 UTCUncle Gene turned all sorts of really first class stuff with a washing machine motor fixed to a drive spur, a tool rest he clamped to the edge of his bench, and a tail spur on an "L" shaped stand he clamped on the bench as long away from the spur drive as he needed to accommodate the length of what he was turning. Seems like if you had a flywheel fixed under your bench, you could have a lathe any time you wanted.
Larry W Thayer
2020-01-23 00:33:28 +0000 UTCI came across a video from Mr. Chikadee about a Treadle Lathe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwXisyGuy-Y Started thinking about how the same project could be done in a knock down version for the small shop. Something that might be brought out and used when you had a backlog of turning to do. Just brainstorming. If you assembled a wheel and treadle into the framework of your bench, couldn't you work a way to extend the belt/rope driver up onto the deck of the bench to run various DIY machines you make ?? Follow?
Larry W Thayer
2020-01-23 00:25:50 +0000 UTCThank you. Nice stuff.
Larry W Thayer
2020-01-23 00:19:55 +0000 UTCWorth every penny to be part of this community, and, get the free plans as a bonus!
Jim "Mr. Measure Twice" Marchetti
2020-01-22 23:22:31 +0000 UTCthank you so much!
Hansfree
2020-01-22 21:42:52 +0000 UTCThank you, sir!
Howard Tuckey
2020-01-22 15:39:25 +0000 UTCThanks Rex
tom Masters
2020-01-22 15:30:13 +0000 UTCThat'd work, but I'd be afraid of it being brittle if it got into a bind. I was thinking more along the lines of a stamped steel paring knife from the local Goodwill. the metal's soft enough that you'd be able to drill it or sharpen it easily, and there's enough meat that you'd likely never have to get a new one.
Ethan Chitty
2020-01-22 14:39:04 +0000 UTCWhat do you think about a #11 xacto blade for that knicker? They are cheap and easily replaceable.
Jim Williams
2020-01-22 14:08:31 +0000 UTCThese are fantastic. By adding some heft to the grooving plane, adding an adjustable fence to the sole with some long heavy bolts (recessed into it), and a knicker (perhaps with an old knife), you'd have an affordable Moving Fillister Plane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKiJ46JhWSM. If you're able to find a couple junker chisels you didn't feel bad about grinding the center out of, it could easily be adapted to making a matched tongue and groove set.
Ethan Chitty
2020-01-22 13:01:04 +0000 UTCThanks daddy can you show us how to make a plough plane next?
Urmamjeff The third
2020-01-22 12:43:26 +0000 UTCThank you for the great plans
Shanni Marmen
2020-01-22 11:58:12 +0000 UTC
