Reply To: My #4 Stanley Bailey Plane Builds Up Static
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[quote quote=555083]Is there a coating on the plane? The reason I wonder about this is wood and steel are right next to each other on the triboelectric scale so should not develop much static charge when rubbed together. As you have noted, only the one plane behaves this way.[/quote]
In testing whether the static occurs while naked, I also tested using my #3, #4 and #5 planes and they all create the static the same way. I spent a couple hours on the internet doing research (googling), and it seems to be that rubbing just about anything produces static…and that positive and negative electrons transfer to and from each other easily, including insulators. One site indicated that standing in water will provide the best path to ground. Another site said the connection from my hands contacting the handles on the plane can be improved using moister hands by using hand lotion…so I may try lotion today. I’ll let you know. It could be my skin is too dry to pass the electrons to ground, causing the problem…so we’ll see.