Veritas No. 6 bench plane
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27 March 2013 at 8:17 am #10080
All is personal preference if you like,size and weight( I mean personal filling) why not, if its inexpensive.
27 March 2013 at 8:01 pm #10104I don’t have the Veritas but do have a Keen Kutter K6 and a Sargent and use my #6’s for a smaller jointer plane, never really gave it a thought to use as a Jack Plane. If it works for you why not !
Steve
Dave, I Bought a new blade and they put the radius on the blade for me, as I don’t have a grinder and it would take forever by hand. There is some info here ……..http://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/269
I hope it helps.
Anonymous28 March 2013 at 12:36 am #10119A mill file would work, although I’d tend to use a double cut flat file. Cambering is also possible using an extra coarse diamond stone if you have one. An 8″ radius isn’t too much metal removal across a 2″ iron, as it works out in the region of 1/32″ of metal to remove at either side of the iron and arcing to zero at the mid point/centre.
A quick double check using dividers or compass on paper should confirm this and you can create a template – if desired – and superglue this to the blade being ground. The template can be removed using acetone once you’ve obtained the desired radius. 😉
28 March 2013 at 2:07 am #10120Wow! $50 for a Veritas fore plane? If it’s not broken, that’s a steal! They’re close to $300, new! I paid close to $50 for my vintage No. 6 Stanley.
Hi , again , @Dave : as I’m posting , I see you’re on the line .
In my pursuit for happiness (read a # 5 jack plane) , I found the attached data.
Instead anything better , this might be a (good) starting point.
Please double check the values – I cannot be sure about , but I use -them as reference.
Thanks to every-one for corrections .
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