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I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - C. in Indy - 11-30-2017
In recent project downtime, I've been catching up on some shop maintenance. I buttressed the legs on my "Rubbo-legged" junk bench, changed my vise-jaw faces, etc. I also had a small coffin-plane which needed tuning.
I have become a real fan of using the chip-breaker, and not so much a tight mouth. For this woodie, the tight mouth was jamming with shavings, quite frustrating. I found my wide chisel to be the right size to start opening things:
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Here's a bottom view as the opening got to be about right to flow. This happens to be a holm oak base, which I love
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Now trying it out on a ripply piece of cherry, the chips are flowing pretty good, and the finish is good:
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For the 'beauty shot', the plane really swooshes a shaving of sassafras:
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Happy woodworking,
Chris
RE: I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - JimReed@Tallahassee - 11-30-2017
Pretty curlies.
RE: I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - Bibliophile 13 - 12-01-2017
Very nice!
How do you like the coffin body in use as opposed to a plane with a tote?
RE: I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - C. in Indy - 12-01-2017
(12-01-2017, 02:23 PM)Bibliophile 13 Wrote: Very nice!
How do you like the coffin body in use as opposed to a plane with a tote?
Well, more planes never hurt anyone
I like using a coffin plane in moderation. For extensive planing it's hard to beat a plane with a tote for comfort and adjustability, though.
This said, I think certain coffin planes are just beautiful. But sort of like with vintage saws, a really nice one is pretty uncommon. I grabbed this one and I was aiming to make it cut very nice like a Krenov, but with more nostalgic character.
RE: I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - iclark - 12-02-2017
That "beauty shot" must have smelled wonderful.
Sweet job on the tune up.
RE: I had to Go and Open my Big Mouth - bandit571 - 12-02-2017
Some Coffin Planes did have a "tote"
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another view?
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