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Stanley #46 to the rescue

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Stanley #46 to the rescue

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Stanley #46 to the rescue

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>I took Wednesday off to take care of some move in issues. One was the kittie box (done) and the other was a pantry shelf. The shelf was 7 feet tall and 28" wide with six graduated shelves and was made out of 1x4 pine furring strips. I cut the pieces to length with a chop saw, clamped the sides on the top of my bench, marked out the dados, sawed them together with a handsaw & batten, and then cleaned up the dados with a #46 using one of my homemade 1/2" blades. It went quickly--the whole project took less than an hour. Now the floor is full of shavings and the shelf is full of canned goods.

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John H. in Maryland

>Congrats Jim.

I am planning a similar operation with my recently aquired plow plane. Since I have no experience with such planes, did you use the plane free hand or run the plane against a batten?

Thanks in advance.

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How I did it

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>I cut the sides with a saw to get a straight line. Kerf was about 1/8" deep. The resulting dados were about 1/4", so I used the saw mark as a guide and ran a razor wallpaper knife down the side to further define the shoulder. I used the plane freehand with a 1/2" blade for a 13/16" dado and worked from both sides, overlapping in the middle. Shavings were messy, but the #46 cuts on a skew, so cutting went pretty easy. If I were using a plow plane, I would first cut the shoulders to depth with a 1/8" blade and then follow up with the plow freehand to clear out the waste and define the bottom. I think a batten would get in the way. The wood will fight because you are going against the grain, but the precut shoulders should help keep the sides clean. Good luck.

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Jim, A question...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Did you use it's nickers when cleaning out the dado, or let the saw kerf do teh job?

BTW... Any progress on nickers for the 289?

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About nickers

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>I did not use the nickers. They take time to set up and I like the square sole. In this case, I used the sole to square up each side after I scored it with a sharp razor knife. As for the #289 nickers, I am on vacation from the day job next week & hope to have time to crank some out.

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