Veritas� Scrub Plane?

Yes..

Rob Lee

>There are four on the go...scrub is first...possibly February catalog.

Cheers -

Rob

Veritas Hijack for Rob?

John Meikrantz

>What is the status of the new honing jig? Any more clues on its design?

John

Awww, not in time for Christmas? Darn.

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Re: Veritas Hijack for Rob?

Rob Lee

>Hi John -

All that's left to do is pay the bills as the tooling is finished... I think we expect to be shipping about March or so - but I'm not at the office, and can't check.

We have only a couple of production parts finished now - the main body castings are what take the time. I believe the most complex mold has 7 sliding sections...

I do have images ready to "leak" - but we're still too far away from release to do so...

Cheers -

Rob

Sure it is

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>it will just give LOYL lots of time to realize it needs ordering for Christmas 2005.

Re: Yes..

kees

>I'm interested in the extra's of that scrub.

Can you give some details? Rob Cosman is already creating a market for the scrub with the DVD "rough to ready" , so you have to give us a reason why waiting till next year.....

kees

Don't forget Valentine's Day! If men are....

Eric Hedberg

>supposed to give diamonds to show they care, why not hand tools for men? "Show your woodworking husband you'd marry him all over again" I can see the ad already ;-)

Note to you catalog merchants. Great opportunity for targeted sales ;-)

Re: Yes.. *LINK*

Rob Lee

>Hi Kees -

I'm not sure I can give you a reason to wait...other than price. Our target here is to hit the street at about the same price as a spokeshave (depending on the blade). The plan at the moment is to offer it with an A2 blade, and with a less expensive HC (or variant) blade.

Early surface model below...

Cheers -

Rob


Scrub Plane

Re: Yes..

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Ah! Battleship grey...appropriate for a plane on that mission :^)

What, no Norris style blade adjuster :^J

Seriously, it is great to see you people entering this segment of the market. I always thought the price of metal scrub planes was unjustified, putting them out of reach of most of the people who could otherwise make very good use of them. Now maybe there will be another valid answer to the "Which plane first", or at least "Which plane next" question. I still think wooden scrubs are too fragile for their mission.

Re: Yes..

Rob Lee

>Hi -

You noticed the missing adjuster? :) Believe me - we discussed it!

Note too no "sides" (anyone shoot w/a scrub? :) )

We will be surface grinding the sole though - even though it's not necessary...

Cheers -

Rob

(BTW - in your post about the shoulder planes - the Norris adjuster is only there to accommodate the various lateral blade positions - not to actually adjust the blade laterally... the adjuster pin that engages the blade has a movement locus in two axes... )

Excellent idea!

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Scrub Plane Picture

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Is that a blade adjustment screw hole in the unpainted area on the side of the plane?

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paul womack

>Norris adjuster is only there to accommodate the various lateral blade positions

Genius! So the pivoting action of the adjuster doesn't control the lateral movement of the blades, it allows it.

Of course, designing and making the adjuster just for this purpose would have been crazy, but since they're already part of the inventory...

BugBear (impressed)

Re: Scrub Plane Picture

Rob Lee

>Hi -

Those are our normal lateral restraint set screws...

Cheers -

Rob

Re: Yes..

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Aha! I agree with BugBear. An ingenious approach to the problem. I am very pleased with the very small amount of backlash in the BNSP's depth adjustment. Of course (now that you point it out), a round pin in a round hole can be machined to much closer tolerances than a slotted blade and slotted adjusting knob that have to allow lateral movement of the cutter. Also, your design doesn't tend to push or pull the blade back towards the center when you are adjusting depth and have intentionally skewed the cutter, like a slotted adjuster would.

I'll make sure I clean up that problem if I turn my comments on the bullnose plane into a real review.

Bit of overkill, there, Rob

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Seems like a bit unnecessary to have the set screws - you're certainly not doing fine setting with a scrub plane iron!

Pretty tool, though, and good to hear that you're aiming for a reasonably good price - these are such useful tools that every hand tool user should have one.

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kees

>Rob I do appreciate that; pay for two and getting three, although the exchangerate USD vs Euro maybe will do that.

regards,

kees, who likes his spokeshaves.

Re: Bit of overkill, there, Rob

Brad in Ottawa

>It might seem like overkill but remember there are people out there who will tune the scrub so that it can take whisper thin shavings and be flat within a few thou!

Brad

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paul womack

>Given the "vigorous" use a scrub plane is subjected to, I'd have loved to have seen it with the "attached at top and bottom" handle from your bench planes.

Those handles must be near to indestructible.

BugBear

Re: Yes..

Rob Lee

>No worries Paul -

If you break it - we'll give you a new one....:)

Cheers -

Rob

Tote Attachment?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>It looks like there are two nuts for attachment rods on the top of the tote. That looks pretty sturdy. Rob?

Re: Bit of overkill, there, Rob

Paul M. in San Diego

>Nah... People who want a scrub plane that is flattened to within a few thou will be put off by the fact that it doesn't have an adjustable mouth. ;-)

Re: Tote Attachment?

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Not Rob, but yes, the twin rod attachment makes for a very secure tote and one that is less likely to break from torsional forces as well as inline forces. I don't think anyone will have problems with a tote of this nature breaking.

Laugh away, guys, but if I had

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>had my way, it would have had an adjuster and I think the lateral screws are very appropriate to a scrub.

With respect to the latter, scrubs are often used very roughly on woods where uneven surfaces result in uneven application of forces. It is quite possible to shift a blade in such circumstances, and while it usually won't have any effect on the surface finish, it does slow you down having to re set the blade position. I use a scrub a lot to surface chainsawed slabs and to flatten big turning blanks for a faceplate. I regulary have hassles with the blade shifting, and yes, I would like a simple means to dial in a small change in extension or retraction (which I do all the time with a #5 modified into a scrub).