I'm wanting to buy one but I can't find any on ebay.
I'm wanting to buy one but I can't find any on ebay.
A badger plane. Patrick Leach's tool list has one I'm pretty sure.
badger plane or panel raiser, search for either one.
Someone may also call them a large rabbet plane or something.
Try to find one that doesn't appear to have too much wear around the corner where the iron protrudes from the side - especially at the mouth. If the mouth is eroded significantly, they can have feeding problems - especially if they don't have a double iron to redirect the shavings upward.
uh... Panel Raising Plane. They have them, also look for a Badger Plane. They are typically from England and aren't as complex as a true Panel Raiser, but they do the job.
Check out this episode of Uncle Roy's.
http://www.thirteen.org/programs/the...ing-panelzona/
"I've cut the dang thing three times and it's STILL too darn short"
Name withheld to protect the guilty
Stew Hagerty
My first raised panel was for a cabinet recently built for my wife. A large rabbet was used at first, then a #6 turned out to be a bit better for the job.
Here is a #90 rabbet plane being used on the cross grain:
Old #90 Raising to the Ocassion.jpg
The biggest problem with using a rabbet plane is the blade can cut into the edges of the field being planed. My mistake here might have been cutting the outside edges first.
Using the #6 didn't have a problem with marring the edges:
#6 Panel Plane?.jpg
This worked for a simple raised panel. It could have been made a bit better by first making a raised plateau first and then working the angle.
My understanding with purposed panel raisers is there should be a matched pair for dealing with grain direction, one for left and one for right.
I too long for a real panel raiser, but until one can be afforded I will "fake" it.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
The last panel raiser he used, The American Plane, shows his using it with the grain. How is the other long grain planed? It seems one would need a plane designed to be used on the other side. Sort of a mirror image of each other so as not to be planing against the grain and causing tear out.
Edit: I did not see Mr. Koepke's post.
Last edited by Jerry Thompson; 01-14-2015 at 1:24 PM.
I needed a panel raising plane last year, so I made one.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...-raising-plane
It's not easy, but it isn't impossibly difficult either.
Darrell
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User