PW article on edge jointing
Stephen in Ottawa
>In his article on edge jointing in the Feb '04 issue of PW, Don McConnell suggests using a slightly cambered iron on the plane to achieve a square edge. I've read of this technique on Jeff Gorman's site as well, but never tried it. I usually use an iron that is straight across and switch my downward pressure on the plane towards the high side of the edge to get a square edge. I've had good success with this technique, however am curious to try the cambered blade technique. My concern is won't the camber on the iron create miniscule scallops on the wood when I use my jointer for face jointing ( I guess this will depend on how much of an arc you put on the blade ), or do people who use this technique generally have two blades for their jointer? Also, do you create the camber on the grinder or will favouring one side of the blade, then the other when sharpening on my waterstones create enough of a camber? I already do this on my smoother's blade by favouring the ends when sharpening.
- Stephen