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Hollow & Rounds
Doug Reynolds in Seattle
>Following up on an earlier post on 0-1 and A-2 steel for planes. I have read Whalen, Roberts, and Armour on making molding planes. None give a standard for wedge width. I would assume when going from a #2 to a #24 the wedge would get progressively wider. Any ideas on what the common practices of the times were? I only have #8 and #10 to use as a reference.
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ken c
>Doug,
It's my understanding that the wedge should be 1/3 the width of the handhold.
Ken
Wedge width
Bob Hackett
>Mine range from 3/16" on a #1 to 1/2" on a #19
MB
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Neal White
>I'm not sure there is (was) a standard, except that bigger ones were bigger and smaller ones were smaller. Usually. I just measured some VERY large Greenfields, and they vary from 9/16 for a #128 (8 inches) down to 1/4 inch for a #16 (one inch). However, the 48 hollow (three inch) is 5/8, while it's matching round is 1/2. I looked at several Doschers, and they vary from about 1/8 inch for a #2 (1/8 inch) up to 5/16 for a #14 (one inch, I know, I know - you go tell Doscher is should be #16!).
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Doug Reynolds in Seattle
>One text states the handhold should be 2/3rds the width of the plane. The rabbet would, therefore, be 1/3rd the plane width. The book does not state, however, at one point in the set of hollows and rounds does the rabbet start i.e., a number 4.
On mine
Jim Reed @Tallahassee
>They are pretty much the same because the tangs are uniform. My theory is that in a production shop the wedges were made up in bundles and fitted to the plane with the iron. That says that they should be the same on a matched set of H&Rs. I will check tonight and verify.
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>I make mine at 11- 12 degrees angle. I have a set of differnt wedge that I use to see what size I need.
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Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
>Jim, I was just about to say the same as you. All the tangs on my H&Rs are exactlly the same size. Only the blade section is different. Therefore the wedges are the same as well.
Regards from Perth
(PS How are those blades coming along?)
Heat Treat batch
Jim Reed @Tallahassee
>went out on Tuesday. Blades should return sometime in the next ten days.