Planing Stop Suggestion
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14 February 2019 at 3:19 pm #555088
Hi all,
I’m sure at least a few of you might find this helpful.
I recently developed (although I’m sure someone, somewhere has already done this) a simple planing stop for my workbench. It involves two threaded inserts and two thumb screws I picked up from HD, and a small 1/2 in scrap of oak (it was closest to hand).
Here are links to the hardware if anyone is interested. I’m sure you can also source them from the amazon jungle.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Hillman-Group-1-4-in-20-x-1-in-Thumb-Screw-6-Pack-44937/204775041
The washers were just random ones I had lying around that seem to work for now.
Since it is at the end of the workbench, I actually leave it in the up position most of the time. It also works great when chopping out the waste when making tails/pins, or created the “step down” when working on a dado.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Justin Masone.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.12 June 2019 at 9:28 pm #580467How are those working for y’all. Ive broken two of those aluminium ones Paul use so far..
12 June 2019 at 9:55 pm #580472It stays in the up position 99% of the time. I did have to go back and “re-engineer” slightly, and that was to get larger (and longer) insert nuts—going into the end grain of 2×4 pine proved to be too weak for some of the heavier planing. I also epoxied the threads.
22 July 2019 at 9:22 am #592302When I made my bench last year I did the exact same thing. Works well, all it lacks are some ‘teeth’ in the stop that grab the wood being planed. I’ve not found this to be a problem though.
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