Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

Is it like this?

jim reed @ tallahassee


>Are you looking for the little piece of metal that fits against the rod and wedges the blade in place? The ones that I have are just little squares of steel with a bent corner. Looks like you could make one out of some angle iron.

Re: Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

ThomD


>The cheap ones are just bent chunks of mild steel, the better ones are seperately forged blades of laminated construction.

The sub blade doesn't hold the main blade in, so the plane can be used without, and some prefer that approach.

I don't see why you couldn't get a spare part if you wanted one, just ask one of the suppliers most seem to have extras of little bits and pieces like hoops pins, etc...

Re: Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX


>And here I am, irritated that I have to pay for that subblade that I don't use. :)

You don't need it except for special situations (as soon as I find one of these I'll let you know).

Let's see a photo of the one you've got, it may be OK.

Pam

Re: Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

wilbur


>Dang. One more reason for me to finally get a digital camera. I don't have one, but this chipbreaker's in prety bad shape. The top corners, which are normally turned down a bit, look like the corners had partially broken off and the remaining part bent further down. The bottom of the chipbreaker is nowhere near flat, so it only contacts the blade at two small contact points. Overall, this chipbreaker is a thinner piece of metal than the one in my other Japanese plane, which I also got on eBay, but was barely used.

Re: Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

steve knight


>I have an extra i think for a 65mm iron but I have to find it and see

Re: Chipbreaker for Japanese plane

James Watriss


>The guy that taught me doesn't use one, and has all of his collected in a box somewhere, I think. I don't use mine either.

Speaking from a purely sentimental viewpoint, I think it's good to keep the original parts together when it comes to a plane that was so carefully hand-made. It just seems natural somehow. No, I don't use the chip-breaker for mine, and I see no need to use it, and I've gone so far as to remove the pin that it wedges against from the plane. But I still store both the chip breaker, and the pin, with the plane.