Flattened my first panel with a plane
Jay St. Peter
>I did it yesterday. I took a large glued up panel and used my #605 to take out the ridges instead of my ROS. It worked great and I wound up with a flatter panel than the one I had just done with the ROS. There were less hills and valleys.
I had spent a lot of time with this 605 a few years ago. But, I had sharpened the Hock blade straight. So, every time I used it I gouged up the work. After recently beveling the edges of my LV LA block blade and seeing how much it helped, I knew what I had to do to this one (I kind of knew that anyway but had been to lazy).
I also re-learned the lesson of mixing sander and plane. As I was sanding the panel later I found a ridge that I had missed. I picked up the 605 and started to smooth it down. Soon, small ridges were appearing on the board. Looks like time to rehone.
I'm now convinced this is the way to smooth out a glued up panel. I'll try out my LV LA smoother next.
Jay St. Peter
