Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

Re: Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I'm not sure about your planes but I have a small smoother with a rear tote(handle)and it has a strike button on the top of the front of the body so you won't break the handle tapping it in the rear.Hitting the top front has the same effect as hitting the rear of the plane,it backs up the iron.What are you hitting the plane with?---Jack

Re: Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA

>A round carvers type mallet I turned out of cherry...? Let's see, I might have a pic - yeah, here's the picture. So, is hitting the button on a plane (in front of the iron) the same as hitting the back of the plane?

Still a little confused.

David

Re: Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I was hoping someone else would chime in here.I have limited experience with woodies. However,the one I have,that I built,when you strike the top front of the plane the iron backs up.---Jack

Re: Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

Greg B�tit, Crown Point NY

>Does it look like 'old brown glue'? If it is hide glue, get some, warm the subjects, and glue the totes right back. Exposure to cold weather and differential thermal expansion (Mechanical Engineering jargon) will take it's toll. Don't be afraid of hide glue. It's available and usable with or without a heating do-thingie (technical jargon).

Greg -A total novice in hide glue use, but has recently found out that it's slicker than trout.

Re: Help! I'm busting plane totes... (!)

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>When I hit a plane to adjust the iron it is a light solid tap, tap-tap-tap, and then a tap on the wedge to retighten the iron. Different from a smack. I can't imagine hitting it so hard the tote would break; perhaps you are hitting it harder than necessary? And yes, hitting it on the front top will also adjust the iron upward. I find it easiest to start with the iron retracted slightly, then tap down on the iron until it cuts.

Ditto

Frank D. in Montreal

>I adjust downward only, tapping the iron or wedge until I have the depth I want. If the blade goes too far, I pull everything out with my hand (or give a light tap on the rear to loosen the wedge) and start again. I found that trying to tap the plane to get the blade to back out just ends up damaging my planes (big mallet marks, chips).

FWIW,

Frank

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Bjenk Ellefsen

>Some even manage to damage their thigh muscles and rush to the hospital even with a ligh tap. Heh Frank ?

;)

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Frank D. in Montreal

>When you hit them too hard planes get mad, and they bite. Don't say I didn't warn you!