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Sweatin to the 45

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Sweatin to the 45

DaveK

>As a Colorado boy moved to Tenn. the heat and humidity are somthing else. I recently got contract for a corner cabinet. She wants it to look like it was built in originally. The doors beside it have 3-1/2 beaded casings. She wanted them on the cabinet. So it was either spring for a knife for the moulder or time to learn the 45. Since it was an off day I decided to try the 45. I set it up sharpened the knife and flattened it. Started at the front and worked my way back. It worked pretty well. A little effort and a lot of Tn sweat. So I thought about waxing the thing to cut down on the effort. I waxed everything. The fence,skates,board and edge. It was like somebody plugged it in. Less than a minute on a 3' board and I had my first bead. the whole thing took about 20 minutes with adjustments. I had heard about the horror of the 45 but I must say I was real happy. I could almost imagined myself in an 1800 shop. I think the wax is the key to this thing. And I didn't mind the heat near as much. We have become good friends.

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Sounds like youv'e been doing ...

Scott Burr in absoutly sweet Ben Lomond,CA

>Your homework. If you don't mind me asking, what wood we're yo working?

What era 45? Seeing who I'm full of questions...

Glad to see you became the master, Luke...

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Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>Using wax was a real eye-opener for me also.

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Aaron W. Gonya

>I love my 45, I use it quite a bit, but for some reason I never thought to wax the thing! Learn something everyday.

I manage to wax the soles of my #4 and #5 but never thought to wax the #45, Doh..

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DaveK

>I ran poplar and walnut. Both worked well. It was not all that much different then setting up any other machine. As far as what 45 i have to say i couldn't tell you :) I haven't had time to learn all that yet. I wish I was younger and could do this as a hobby instead of a living. I could enjoy it a lot more. I know I'm finding older ways can be faster a lot more times than one thinks.

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DaveK

>I sure would like to know if you get the same results :)

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My 45

Robert R. Clough - Thorncraft

>I also have a 45 which I am learning to use. It is a fun tool to use. So far I have used it to practice beading, routing, and rabbeting. I have practriced on pine, cherry, maple, and cedar. Obviously pine and cedar were/are easy to work, but cherry is also not bad. I have given up on maple. I am currently sharpening all of the blades. And yes, I have waxed it as I do all of my planes.

My tool shows little wear. The knives are all "factory" sharp. There is no rust. The plane body has no "bubbles" in the finish. The rosewood is in exccellent shape and the tote has no wear at all. As far as I can tell everything is there including the slicer (which I cannot figure out how to use - yet). Based on internal evidence I have dated it to between 1895 and 1905. (would you guess I was an historian?)

I plan to use the 45 on at least one part of the blanket chest I am making for my 3 yr old grandaughter.

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