Accurate setting for mortises
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31 July 2015 at 9:35 pm #128982
I can see that this will get a proper width to the mortise gauge lines. But I can’t see that it helps to center the mortise in the thickness of the workpiece (if centering is what you’re going for).
31 July 2015 at 10:43 pm #128985I was led to believe that this method did cwntre the mortise but I havent ried it myself. Getting a mortise dead centre is pretty darn hard one of these days I’ll work something out that is fool proof.
Btw I really like poat on how to make thoae hollowa amd rounds as soon as I get a chance im going to tey thia out and go balliatic in making an entire set for myself. I wonder what other timbers beaidea beech would be as good to use.
31 July 2015 at 10:45 pm #128986Ok my typing is way off because im using my phone. Try and decypher what I have written.
2 August 2015 at 1:16 am #129004@salko Yeah that’s funny, I could tell that you were using some other keypad or devise, but I got the gist of your post.
I think if the H&R planes you make need to last a long time and take some serious use, then they should be made from a pretty hard wood. In the US, maple is quite hard, though there are “soft” maples and “hard” maples and even something called “rock” maple. Some would say that a very stable wood is best so that it doesn’t twist or bow in the future. I guess that’s why traditionally they are made from quartersawn wood.
Now, I don’t know how my planes will hold up, but with the way these planes were built, I can make more fairly quickly.
2 August 2015 at 2:15 pm #129011Thanks Matt I do have a lot of European Beech it is medium hardwood and plain sawn which isn’t ideal but I am determined to carry on with it until an opportunity arises from which I can make some quality ones. But it will be a great experience until that time comes along.
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