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Woodchat Talks Hand Tool Olympics

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11 years ago
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I am a huge fan of the Hand Tool Olympics at Woodworking in America. It is a great place to show off your skills and win some tools or woodworking swag. More importantly it is a great place to learn a new skill from some very talented woodworkers. I was hoping to convey the message that the olympics are for everyone, even if you have never cut a dovetail or ripped a board by hand so I reached out to the Woodchat gang to see if they would have me on the show to walk through the 6 events. Chris and Scott agreed not only to talk about it, but to each try an event on the show. I have no affiliation with the event other than being a member of SAPFM, but I really love what the event stands for and of course am always encouraging people to try a hand tool technique. Anyway, here is the show. We cover the events in the first hour then just hang out and talk woodworking and tools after that. Enjoy and thanks again to Chris and Scott for letting me hijack their regular programming.

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Mariyn

Great information and great timing. This arrived yesterday -> http://mgprojects.blogspot.com/2011/04/kenewa-jackfore-plane.html

    Shannon

    That plane looks really sound. It should be a great user one you clean and sharpen the blade. Remember the Jack is a med to rough plane so don’t spend too much time on the sole. Grab your jointer and make passes til you have fresh wood exposed, or don’t even bother. I find the biggest tuning issue I have to make is once I have everything set up I will get some clogging of shavings in the throat. Sometimes you have to do a little filing to clear any sharp edges that can catch and hold a chip. It only takes one before the rest back up behind it.

Tico Vogt

Hi Shannon,

Where did you see so many old toothing planes available? Recently I went looking, didn’t find any, and bought an ECE plane from Adria Woodworking Tools. It’s teeth leave a finer pattern than the vintage ones I’ve used. The plane functions perfectly. The recommendation after honing is to smack the teeth into a hardwood block to de-burr the edge.

Best,

Tico

    Shannon

    Maybe I was lucky. I found 6 or 7 on ebay, a few at a local flea market and more than I can count while at the Brown Tool Auction. It could be my area too. Lots of vintage tools around here. Great tip on the burr of the blade!

matt

Instead of using the smoother to finish (running the risk of adding more tear out if your not careful) I use a scraper plane on hand held scraper. Makes quick work on remaining teething marks and no chance of further tear out.

    Shannon

    This works just as well Matt. You are right, a card scraper or scraping plane will knock down those ridges really quickly. I really like my smoothing planes which is probably why I gravitate towards them first.