Protecting Your Hand Planes

Re: Protecting Your Hand Planes

Regs in Kitchener

>I like to give them a quick coating of Top-Cote. I find It really reduces friction while planing, and keeps them in good order.

Regs

Camillia oil.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Butchers Wax

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

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Renaissance microcrystalline wax

Lyn J. Mangiameli

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navel of a pig (pic) *LINK*

Rolf Schmid

>If tried an old tip of cabinetmakers:

its the navel of a pig.

the fat sticks better to the blades than camomilla oil. I havent tried it on the planes, only on blades. the results were good. The advantage of the navel fat, I was told, is, that it will not decay.

You can get the navels for no fee, as they were not used for food.

Regards from Germany

Rolf


http://www.woodworking.de/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_con

Re: Protecting Your Hand Planes

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>I've been using Liberon Lubricating Wax. I've tried Camelia Oil and just about everything else. Where I live (stop me if you've heard this before :-) near the sea, this is the only thing I've found to be effective.

The Liberon product is intended for machine tables etc, and does a good job there too.

Re: navel of a pig (pic)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>That must have been one big pig! Or maybe pigs have huge navels? Or maybe this is a big plug of abdominal fat around the naval? How do you carry it home? Do butchers really have these things? Do you still have butchers? How do you store it? How many different types of insects, worms, birds, and/or vermin are attracted by it? Do you treat the blades after each sharpening/honing? Do you hang it from something near your bench? Can you render it for packaging in a can?

Pam

Re: navel of a pig (pic)

Mark Harrison -- in Sydney, Australia

>I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that this was, shall I say, a tad curious!

Re: navel of a pig (pic)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>It's prime fodder for a fairy tale of a Black Forest woodworker who's just brought a new fist of naval fat into the shop, from a pig that he's butchered badly, the pig suffered much, died with much pain, and the woodworker feels no remorse...

Pam

Re: Protecting Your Hand Planes

Charles

>Use them frequently.

Re: navel of a pig (pic)

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>I suggest that you use lard as a substitute, Pam. Just smear it liberally all over your planes and saws.

Be sure to post a follow-up message with your experiences - perhaps an article?

Re: navel of a pig (pic)

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>That's too easy, Don. Where's your sense of adventure into the Teutonic psyche? Besides, can't possibly use lard in Texas, the shop would be overwhelmed by hungry bugs of all sorts. As it is we fight to a draw. :)

Pam

Do I really want to know...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>anything about that post... I guess I'd like to see it desifered.

Scott, feeling a bit quezy this morning.

Re: Protecting Your Hand Planes

Alan Hamilton

>Jeff,

I have nothing to add to the pig navel discussion--which I'm now sorry I read. But, back to where this thread was going before it was highjacked by the pig navel experts...

I have some camelia oil; but I use it only after a sharpening session. Day to day I clean my tools with kerosene--which not only cleans very well, it also leaves a very thin oily film that's a wonderful rust inhibitor. Kerosene has never affected any finishing.

Alan

Re: Protecting Your Hand Planes

Friedrich Kollenrott

>Hi folks,

I use "Ballistol" oil. This is a product very popular here in Germany. It was develloped about 100 years ago as an oil to preserve weapons, leather etc. in emperor Wilhelms army. Works well, smells well, is fully degradable.

If it is not available in the US, Dieter Schmidt offers it: http://www.feinewerkzeuge.de/pflege.htm

Really an excellent product!

Friedrich Kollenrott

Camillia Oil

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