cutting grooves without a plough plane
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8 December 2013 at 4:59 pm #23294
I’ve got a bit of time to spend in the shop and I’d like to get the sliding doors frames made for my upper cabinets. The problem is it’s snowing outside and I don’t want to have to resort to a electric router and be coughing up sawdust for the next 2 days.
Unfortunately I don’t have a plough plane (keep getting outbid on them) but I do have a router plane. Is there a way to cut 6mm grooves by hand using a router plane or any other method?
8 December 2013 at 5:12 pm #23296In one of the masterclass video’s Paul shows at least one method for if you don’t have a plough plane (I think it was one of the video’s on the breadboard cutting boards). He used a saw to cut the sides of the groove and then chiseled out the waste. I’m not sure, but he might have used a router plane to level the bottom of the groove after the chiselling…
8 December 2013 at 5:30 pm #23298Thanks for reminding me of that one. It might work but I’m cutting grooves in pieces that are 2400mm long.
Hi Patrick,
here there was a little discussion about that.
I used it to cut the grooves for glass doors on a hanging cabinet.
9 December 2013 at 9:23 pm #23408I would have replied sooner but didn’t get any emails saying someone replied.
Thanks for the pics of your plane, I did wonder if a chisel stuck in a block of wood would work. I’m going to save your pictures and see if I can come up with something.
I don’t know if you saw it, a few pages later in that old post I uploaded some pictures of the final versions. I didn’t remeber that yesterday:
9 December 2013 at 10:04 pm #23414Patrick…they made a fence for the stanley router planes for just this sort of operation. You could make a screw on base for your router plane and add a fence to that. Start the iron very shallow and work your way down. It will take a little more time but should work just fine.
9 December 2013 at 10:20 pm #23420Greg
I have a fence with my record router so I might give that a go. Anything to avoid using electricity.
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