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Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

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Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

#1

Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

Mick Foley

>Hey all -

After taking parts from two incomplete planes, I have been able to assemble a working 46. After cleaning/waxing/oiling I was looking for something to try it out on, so I tried to set up and use the slitter. The only documentation I have for it is the description that is on Blood and Gore for the 45. I think I set it up correctly, but the tip of the blade seemed to be so low, that controlling the plane was a real problem.

Has anyone tried this? Any advice?

Thanks!

Mick

P.S. I've now got a bunch of extra 46 parts. Is your 46 missing something? Drop me an email - I'll give away any available parts to good homes. (The extra parts are a little rusty, but they are functional.)

Re: Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

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Re: Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

mfitterling

>Mick-

I have a 46 and would be really interested in hearing how it goes with yours once you get it going, any tips, etc. I would love to try mine out, but it only came with one iron. Got to send an order to Jamestown Tools, I guess. Good luck.

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#3

What I found

jim_reed@marietta

>I have repaired alot of antiques from the 1820-1930 era. Before the wide adoption of plywood, 1/8 to 3/16 poplar was common for casegood backs, picture frame backs, etc. I think that wood is what the slitter was designed for. It is brittle and prone to splitting, so cutting with a saw is a real challenge. Better to score it deeply and then break it like glass. The planes seem to do this scoring well. As for modern uses, I have found none for the slitter.

Re: Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

#4

It's good for

Dan Clermontin Burnaby

>I have used my 45 slitter to score where I want the lid on a dovetailed box. After I score it with a slitter I then use a saw to ro the rest of the work.

It works well but you have to go slowand keep good pressure on the fence.

Dan Clermont

Re: Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

#5

It's for cutting

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>or should I say slitting veneers and other thin wood. If you have any spare nickers and their screws I'm insterested;)

Re: Using the slitter on a 46 (or 45)

#6

Re: It's for cutting

Mick Foley

>Scott -

Sorry, I don't have spare nicker/screws. However, I do have an extra for anthing else except the fence. (I do have an broken fence you have though...)

Back to the slitter - I must be doing something wrong. When I have it installed, the point protrudes a good 1/4" below the bottom of the plane - it's pretty hard to control the slitting since the bottom of the plane is not on the wood to help guide it.

Mick

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