Setting that pesky plane blade.

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Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by Nick » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:20 am

Just ordered one of these and I am in no way endorsing them! Just thought for the price, they might be a handy addition to the shed for any other forum members who, like me (self taught!), takes forever setting up a plane to cut properly :wink:
http://www.chipsfly.com/product/35-580.html
Especially like the fact that you can 'dial in' your depth of cut as well as set the blade up dead parallel (although the tried and true eyeball method has proven itself over many centuries).
They may well be crap but will report back if they are!
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Re: Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by kiwigeo » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:32 am

If you're like me and use plane blades that have a slight curve worked into the cutting edge this gauge wont work too well.
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Re: Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by Kim » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:32 am

You could always use it to measure u'r dick Marty.. :D

Looks interesting Nick, it may save a few of us from having to reach for that second set of reading glasses so often..

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Re: Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by kiwigeo » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:38 am

Kim wrote:You could always use it to measure u'r dick Marty.. :D
Would never work...the scale doesn't appear to be able to read in whole metres :mrgreen:
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Re: Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by Kim » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:45 am

:shock: Sorry Marty, didn't realise you had a hole now...must be a biggun, what'd ya use, one of them flam'in oil rigs ya bin work'n on??? :P

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Re: Setting that pesky plane blade.

Post by auscab » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:57 pm

:lol: :lol: I Love this place .



Nice one Nick . I know a fella who may like to see that .

That could be interesting to play with and figure out the radius of a curve to a plane blade.
Like the video says , good for lateral adjustment.
When jointing ,
I usually set it to what I think is right , retract the blade then wind it back down and watch the first shavings it takes before it takes the full width , and then correct it if its out. It works this way but that would be a nice thing to have a play with and see as well .

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