Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
#78 Duplex . . .
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
>Now that I've used the #78 (pre-lateral) for the task I really needed it for (and it did the job VERY well !) I've started playing with it exploring other uses. I know my next score needs to be a chisile plane and I know I dont want to hack the nose off my pretty 78. That said . . . and probably a stupid question . . . what tasks would you move the cutter to the forward position on the 78 duplex ? Rookie user !
Stopped rabbet
jim reed @ tallahassee
>Here is a common project--case goods with rabbeted back. It you use the #78 to make a rabbet for the back then one piece (usually the vertical) is a through rabbet. The horizontal pieces require a rabbet that is stopped about 1/2" from the end. Most people use a chisel to chop out the stopped ends and then go to the #78 to make the rabbet. The front position of the blade means that you need only chop about 1" of the stop and let the plane do the rest.
Stopped rabbets or similar situations
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Although the bullnose position keeps you maybe as much as 1/2" from the end of a rabbet, in practice from limited experience, the chips kind of self-clean that last 1/2", and if not you can periodically knock them out with a quick chisel swipe.
Don't cut the nose off; it will make a much more awkward plane.
As for chisel planes, there are several interesting designs around for make-your-own chisel planes. No need to spend LN kind of $$. I've never owned one, and have heard from those who have that a chisel, properly handled, does the same job just fine.
WHEW ! . . .
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
>For a moment I thought I had eliminated the "need" for that chisel plane I "need". Guess I STILL "need" it ! Ah-ah-ah !
Agreed!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>"Don't cut the nose off; it will make a much more awkward plane."
I made a 77-1/2, i.e. cut the front off a 78 to make a chisel plane. It's uncomfortable to hold and doesn't work all that well as a chisel plane because the bevel down configuration. Use the front for it's purpose a bullnose. Then go get your self a nice LN chisel plane, but be carefull with it. It's one of the more dangerous hand tools.
Re: Really?
Glenn Madsen near San Francisco
>"Then go get your self a nice LN chisel plane, but be carefull with it. It's one of the more dangerous hand tools."
I never had that impression with mine. Seems pretty innocuous to me. And my wife is always curious when I'm digging around in the band aid drawer, certain I've removed a digit somehow. Nope, not me!
That table saw monster has a tendency to grab my attention, however.
Amen fellow brotherin' and Sisterin' too!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA
>Don't you know it!
save your money...
Paul M. in San Diego
>I've never seen any need for a chisel plane. I've always just used a chisel to clean up the edges of stopped rabbets and such. I cannot figure out how having a chisel with a training wheel would give me any more control than just using a chisel with a wide bevel so that you could ride the bevel.
How many people consider chisel planes to be an important part of your arsenal of wood submission? Am I alone here? Am I the only one that just doesn't get it?
-- Paul M.
Chisel plane
jim reed @ tallahassee
>is very handy for cleaning up squeeze out on projects and glue drops on the workbench.
Re: Chisel plane
Paul M. in San Diego
>I find that a card scraper does this same task at a fraction of the price.