When I was at the WoodWorking Show, someone from LN/V showed me how
to emulate a scrub plane. He was using a Low-angled plane with a blade that
appeared to be ground with a lot of camber. Now I'm asking myself whether
it would be
helpful for it to be "dished" as well--or wouldn't that matter because of
the amount
of camber? I intend to try the same idea with my #5 Jack plane (comments
welcome--please!).
Intuitively, making the blade iron "dished" means removing more metal which
seems bad.
Bill
On Feb 28, 3:44=A0pm, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I was at the WoodWorking Show, someone from LN/V showed me how
> to emulate a scrub plane. =A0He was using a Low-angled plane with a blade=
that
> appeared to be ground with a lot of camber. =A0Now I'm asking myself whet=
her
> it would be
> helpful for it to be "dished" as well--or wouldn't that matter because of
> the amount
> of camber? =A0I intend to try the same idea with my #5 Jack plane (commen=
ts
> welcome--please!).
> Intuitively, making the blade iron "dished" means removing more metal whi=
ch
> seems bad.
>
> Bill
Crowning the edge works well enough. Additional advantage is,
when the narrow working part of the edge is dull, tilting the iron
brings a sharp edge back into play.
The 5 will make a good scrub once you set the frog back.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I was at the WoodWorking Show, someone from LN/V showed me how
> to emulate a scrub plane. He was using a Low-angled plane with a blade
> that
> appeared to be ground with a lot of camber. Now I'm asking myself whether
> it would be
> helpful for it to be "dished" as well--or wouldn't that matter because of
> the amount
> of camber? I intend to try the same idea with my #5 Jack plane (comments
> welcome--please!).
> Intuitively, making the blade iron "dished" means removing more metal
> which seems bad.
A jack with a fair amount of camber in the iron and an open mouth would have
been the starting place for board preparation in centuries past.... then a
jointer and then a smoother. The scrub is a relatively recent development!
John
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On Feb 28, 3:44 pm, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I was at the WoodWorking Show, someone from LN/V showed me how
> to emulate a scrub plane. He was using a Low-angled plane with a blade
> that
> appeared to be ground with a lot of camber. Now I'm asking myself whether
> it would be
> helpful for it to be "dished" as well--or wouldn't that matter because of
> the amount
> of camber? I intend to try the same idea with my #5 Jack plane (comments
> welcome--please!).
> Intuitively, making the blade iron "dished" means removing more metal
> which
> seems bad.
>
> Bill
Crowning the edge works well enough. Additional advantage is,
when the narrow working part of the edge is dull, tilting the iron
brings a sharp edge back into play.
The 5 will make a good scrub once you set the frog back.
____________
Thank you very much! And John Grossbohlin, thank you for the brief history
lesson--I'm
doomed to repeat it! ; )
Bill