could use some help tuning my woodie

Here's another view

Roy Anderson

>Here's another view.

And another view

Roy Anderson

>And another view.

One last view

Roy Anderson

>One last view.

Re: One last view

Marv

>Hi Roy,

I had one like that...I just trued it up on my joiner. Yeah, it was old but I wanted it to do the job it was meant to do. It was warped in every direction you could imagine. If you are concerned about the iron opening, cut it out bigger, glue some new wood in and recut the opening.

Then a nice coat of John Deere green and no one will be the wiser.

Marv

Re: One last view

Warren in Lancaster, PA

>I would use a hand plane to true the sole. That way you are taking off less material from the sole than you would with a machine jointer. Arm yourself with a straightedge, a pair of winding sticks and a finely set plane. Then I would check the cap iron for nice mating and the wedge for good seating.

I suggest holding off any mouth adjustment until after you have everything else working nicely and gotten used to the plane. That way you will get a feel for what problems might occur and what tightening the mouth does for you. Unless you are using a smoothing plane that is only to take fine shavings, the mouth size is a compromise between various considerations.

Re: could use some help tuning my woodie

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Roy

The last picure has what appears to be a replacement sole. If so, I would plane it all down until that is removed, make sure that the original sole is flat, and then glue on a fresh sole.

To make life easier, size the replacement sole and cut out a preliminary mouth before you glue it on (drill and file).

Don't forget to check that the blade sits flat on the frog. Often they do not, and the rocking will open the mouth and cause chatter. Use files or a fine rasp if you do not have a float. And of course check the fit of the wedge. Where is it sticking? A little pencil lead rubbed on the groove will show up the high/low spots on the wedge.

Regards from Perth

Derek