Setting Up A Smoothing Plane

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Setting up a smoothing plane. Its not my style to simply dismantle other peoples work point by point. Get ready to spend from 150 up to 500 for a great smoothing plane. All that really happened was learning to sharpen and reinstall the plane iron and set it well was postponed for a few days. The no5 jack hand plane can be used for a number of tasks scrubbing dimensioning shooting and smoothing to name four but to perform really well at all of these most planes will need a little tuning.

Hand planes can be tricky to set up. Its the last plane used on your work so unlike the jack it cant look like its been up a trolls arse. Whenever i set up a new plane this are the exact steps i take to get it out of the box and planing wood. Whereas setting the standard was important it served mostly to prove that the plane was in good working condition when it arrived but reality hits of course when it needs sharpening.

Setting up your first smoothing plane the finest plane of them all. Tuning a hand plane. 4 plane in iron and i set it up last week with the camera rolling. The smoothing plane this is where you need to put your efforts in setting up.

We show you how to assemble and adjust a hand plane to make smooth cuts. Or rather whilst it doesnt need to look fine it needs to be fine. Setting up and tuning in a hand plane to be a smoothing plane can drive people nuts but it does not have to if you understand a few basics and what they can do for your plane and the wood. So instead i asked lie nielsen toolworks to loan me a new no.

Below are the basic steps for setting up and tuning a hand plane for use. But how come a smoothing plane up to 412 made of fairly thick cast iron be out of true unless. A great tool can also be had for a lot of less money if you are ready to spend hours of your time for setting and honing the plane for top notch operation.