plane stupid

[jfc]

I just nipped in to d and m to pick up a scraper plane for some raised panels i am doing by hand . £175.00

[paulchapman]

But just think, it will last for ever and you won't have to throw it at the wall because the electrics have conked out, like you do with your power tools ;D

Cheers

Paul

[jfc]

But thats part of the fun ;D
Anyhow i didnt buy it , i can get a good result straight off the smothing plane and save my pennies for the minimax combination machine

[paulchapman]

Nov 4, 2008 16:12:53 GMT jfc said:

minimax combination machine

Make sure you're wearing your truss when you throw that at the wall ;D

[jfc]

All done with a crappy faithfull smoother and a stanley 90 .







Just the job

[paulchapman]

[sainty]

That's £175 saved then! Why a scraper plane now, what have you used before?

Everytime I see your clamping/sawing wall the more impressed I am with it, clamping up a panel for some bookshelves today would have been a doddle with that. I'm going to have to build a wall for it to go against!

rgds

Stu

[jfc]

I usually machine it but this door is going next to an existing one and i didnt have big enough cutters to copy the raised panel . As there was only four i just did them by hand . Its fun now and again ;D
The clamping wall / wall saw is so handy . I use it at some point on nearly every job and doesnt take up space as there is storage behind it . Its basicly a vertical work bench . If you have room i would build a double sided one and use the middle for board storage .

[paulchapman]

Just another thought, Jason. That door looks like it's made from soft wood - scrapers don't work too well on soft wood, so it's probably a good job you didn't buy it

Cheers

Paul

[jfc]

I did buy the stanley version just to see what they where all about . £20 sounded better to me Had a little play but like i said the smoother was faster .

[mrgrimsdale]

"All done with a crappy faithfull smoother and a stanley 90 " Whats wrong with the faithfull? It's got a brass knob on it

Door looks good. If you've got a lot to do, raised & fielded panels very quick on a T/S, once you've set it up.

cheers
Jacob

[jfc]

Whats wrong with the faithfull?

Nothing , thats the point . I bought it in one of those gift sets for about thirty quid . I was after the marking gauge and the sliding bevel so all the other bits like the plane where sort of free . You dont need to spend hundreds of pounds to get a tool that works . Although i do have a veritas spoke shave and it is very user friendly . I may go for the veritas smoother and jack but other than that i cant see me using the others . Then again i do use machines where i can .

[andy]

I just can not understand those people that buy planes and never use then

[jfc]

Cmon Andy , tell them the story you told me on the phone while i was on my way to D and M ;D

[garywayne]

jfc said:-

The clamping wall / wall saw is so handy . I use it at some point on nearly every job and doesn't take up space as there is storage behind it . Its basicly a vertical work bench . If you have room i would build a double sided one and use the middle for board storage .

Could someone please explain. If this is what I think it may be, and as I am in the process of building my workshop, this seems to be the ideal time to perhaps build one.

[jfc]

It started off as a bit of fun to see if my wall saw idea would work . I built the frame work and have a clamp and guide suspended on sash chords and sash weights ;D It works a treat but the wall has become so handy for clamping up doors and windows that its normally used for that . I built it angled back a bit so things dont fall off . Because everything is flat , square and true it makes clamping up a doddle .

[mooretoolsplease]

By the looks of things it is constructed like a studwall, with 8" or so rips of mdf screwed to the studs, the good thing with this is that its very easy to clamp a door to. clamp one jamb to the frame, pinch up the joints with sash cramps then clamp the other jamb to the wall.
Keeps everything nice and flat and out of wind.

[jfc]

Yup , thats all it is . And if you build the base about a foot off your workshop wall you still have the wall space for sheet storage . Im a flippin genius ;D

[engineerone]

been thinking about your genius much of the day ;D

however i thought it was originally designed as a saw device which i do not see working

so where is the genius???

mind you the vertical construction jig is a great idea

paul

[jfc]

I used it today to rip 24 6mm panels for cupboard doors , worked a treat .

Then pushed the clamp and guide up and clamped up seven doors .

There good Sir is the Genius

[engineerone]

in which case i do bow to your undoubted genius ;D

and the bloody speed at which you do things

paul

[garywayne]

Nice job jfc. Come to think of it, I vaguely remember talk of a panel saw quite some time back on the other side.

This might sound dumb. Is there any chance of some sort of plan? Please. ;D

[jfc]

A plan

[engineerone]

so that's where the genius ends ;D


paul

[woodyew]

Nov 7, 2008 10:34:13 GMT jfc said:

A plan

I've heard of these 'plan' things. Something to do with thinking about what you're going to do and how, possibly with notes, drawings etc. as a reminder.

I might try it some day, then my scrap pile might not be quite so big.