{"id":242,"date":"2018-10-17T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T07:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2018-10-17T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:21:26","slug":"workshop-making-my-1st-scrub-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Workshop: making my 1st scrub-plane."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve taken a Stanley Handyman #4 from my new stash of planes, and, following advice and info gleaned from several sources, primarily Paul Sellers and James Wright, I’ve turned it into a scrub plane.<\/p>\n

\"Scrub
Stanley Handyman #4, converted to scrub-plane, with replacement handle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Previously I had just one plane, also a\u00a0Stanley Handyman #4. It’s because I already had one, and because they’re not top of the line planes, that I chose to make my second Handyman #4 into a scrub plane.<\/p>\n

I set my home-made workshop compass to a radius of six inches, and made a paper template, and then inked in the radius on the plane iron, a la Paul Sellers. I ground the blade to remove the inked in areas and produce a curved iron, and a suitable 30\u00b0-ish bevel, using my Bosch belt-sander, and a pot of water to keep the iron from overheating.<\/p>\n

\"Scrub
Here you can clearly see the curved iron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That part proved to be the easy bit. While dismantling the plane to inspect it, the plastic handle broke. I’ve superglued it back together. But I was going to replace it with a wooden one anyway, at some point. This rending asunder brought that point into the immediate present!<\/p>\n

This particular part of the plane renovation wound up taking ages.\u00a0I’m not sure what wood it is I’m using – sapele, perhaps? – but it’s very dark, very dense, and gives off a strange smell when being machine-tooled. I spent hours shaping the handle, with a rasp, file, and sandpaper. But, I’m not too happy with it; it still looks, and to some extent also feels, very… erm… well… rustic?<\/p>\n

\"Scrub
Rather rustic replacement handle. Needs more work!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As well as spending way too long shaping the new handle, I made a pigs ear of drilling the hole through it, so as to pass the long screw through it, and attach it to the plane body. Next time I make a plane handle – and I plan to replace all\/any plastic plane handles with good ol’ wood – I’m going to have to be a lot more efficient.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I finally finished a round 12.30. As in half-past midnight. I’ll have to be patient and wait till this evening, after I’m done teaching, to try it out. I’m a little concerned that the iron protrudes too much, but it’s wound back in as far as I can get it.<\/p>\n

\"sensor-activated
Newly installed worskhop sensor-activated light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Saw
Two more saw handles, in their roughed out state. Gluing up splits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other things I did in the workshop today included hooking up a sensor activated light, for illuminating our very dark back passage (snicker), when walking to and from the shed. I roughed out two more wooden saw handles, both of which split and required gluing. And I also made a pen\/pencil holder, from scraps of circular plywood, to go on the side of the new saw rack.<\/p>\n

\"Pencil
Pencil holder made from off-cuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not sure whether to paint the pencil holder in ‘elk antler’, like my saw till, or just use some oil or varnish to bring out the laminated layers. Hmmm!?<\/p>\n

Well, it’s a long working day tomorrow. Or, I should say, later today. And it’s coming up to 1a.m. Time to crash out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve taken a Stanley Handyman #4 from my new stash of planes, and, following advice and info gleaned from several sources, primarily Paul Sellers and James Wright, I’ve turned it into a scrub plane. Previously I had just one plane, also a\u00a0Stanley Handyman #4. It’s because I already had one, and because they’re not top … <\/p>\n

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