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Posted by FarmI on April 8, 2008, 6:55 am
> "FarmI" wrote...
>> :-))) I've just been in my shed doing a bit of woodwork and I was
>> soooooo >> pissed off with my the performance of the Plane I was trying
>> to use, that I started dreaming of buying a Lie- Nielsen one (or three).
>> Having just priced them on the internet (Gulp, Choke) I think, I'll just
>> go buy a few cheap plastic buttons and a punnet of seedlings instead.
>> Sigh! I wish I was richer.
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> Been to their website, looks like very nice stuff, although their planes
> look vastly different from anything we used. However, what is the problem
> with your plane? Perhaps I can help you? I should think that your blade is
> sharp enough. However, are you sure that it has the right angle (the magic
> 5 degrees)? Did you adjust the piece of metal that is screwed onto the
> blade to make the woodchips or shavings or what it's called in English
> curl.
It's called a 'cap iron' in English .
> Recommended is a distance of about 1 mm from the tip of the blade.
Yep, it's set about that distance.
What
> else? Oh, I bet you know all this and I'm a nuisance. However, if I can
> help you, please let me know. I can remember a number of things that
> prevent satisfactory plane performance (including my clumsy hand as an
> apprentice).
For some reason the Adjuster nut isn't moving the blade out through the
mouth beyond the sole plate. I've now pulled it apart and will give it a
really good inspection tonorrow, but there was nothing really obvious to
explain the problem when I pulled it apart.
> ;-) In the meantime, plastic buttons and seedlings aren't too bad. ;-))
:-)) Not sure about that :-)) To compensate for my failure to get the
Plane to work, after I posted here, I went shopping at the local woodworking
shop and spent a gift certificate I won for an entry I put into a show in
January. I won first prize, got the gift certificate and a big fat blue
ribbon for a laminated and steam bent hat stand I made.
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