Adam, do you have a set of winding sticks?
Adam, do you have a set of winding sticks?
Bumbling forward into the unknown.
Brian, I do. I would say my application of them is...inconsistent, but I have been checking for twist by eye as much as I've been using the winding sticks for that purpose.
Windings sticks and the straight edge are pretty critical for flattening. If you are having trouble getting consistently flat then the winding sticks will help you find your problem as sometimes a minor twist is hard to spot by eye but will drive you nuts as you are planing.
Bumbling forward into the unknown.
Adam,
I'm really enjoying your thread and it looks like you're off to a great start. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the build. Thanks for posting.
[QUOTE=Brian Holcombe;2561054] Windings sticks and the straight edge are pretty critical for flattening.
+1The with a little practice, you'll be able to make quick work of getting a flat reference service, in the process I'm sure you'll come to appreciate "hand tool friendly" Woods that plane easily.
I'm also "tablesaw free", and a saw bench is probably the most used tool in my shop. Having your upper body positioned over the work with secure workholding ability makes dimensioning stock with handsaw's MUCH easier. I've gone through a couple different saw bench designs and find a slightly larger/heavier bench than what I typically see online works better for me. My current benches about 45" long x 24" wide, Knee-high with a slot in the top for ripping. The legs/framework are Doug Fir 4x4's and the benchtop 2" x 12". It probably ways about 50 pounds which for me is wide enough to still easily fly around shop, but heavy enough that it holds the work stable without my body weight. I also have a little flip up bench stop along one edge that makes crosscutting really convenient.
All the best, Mike
What plane, or more precisely what series of planes, are you using?
It's fine to start out with a Jack that has a nice bit of Camber to it, or even a Scrub Plane. But it is only for the rough stuff. Once reasonably flat, you should move to a much more modestly cambered Fore Plane, before finishing up with a #7. At least that is how I do it. If you keep trying to get it just using a #5 (or 5 1/2) you'll just knock down one spot only raise two more.
"I've cut the dang thing three times and it's STILL too darn short"
Name withheld to protect the guilty
Stew Hagerty
So I'm having some concerns about one of the legs and the groove I routed in to accept the side panel. It appears to be too thin and is starting to split when I do a dry fit. Any ideas for shoring up this section? I am beginning to think it might be too far gone but I really don't want to make another leg if I can avoid it!
Honestly my plane selection is a little limited. I am using a #6 to do the hogging and the flattening, just using different blade settings to perform the different tasks. I have a wooden try plane that needs a little work before I feel comfortable using it to flatten (the sole is fairly out of flat).
Got the front drawer frames pretty much knocked out. Bit of tweaking to do here and there but it looks to be coming along pretty well.
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