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J Marshall,
if you can securely attach the bench to the floor or wall somehow it would probably work. The problem with it free standing is it tends to want to tip in the direction you are planing, as well as it does want to walk across the floor sometimes. Mounting the vise in the center and maybe maybe using a bigger vise might help this out. Also maybe adding some serious weight, like sandbags, to the bottom would help as well.
I hope that helps and good luck!
Hey Patrick….I just did the same thing! It’s 36″ long and 24″ wide. I put a 7″ eclipse vise on it. I’m really liking it so far!
It’s really nice to just turn around and sharpen up quick and not having to clear off a spot on the main bench. The sharpening plates and strop are always ready to go. My strop has a finishing nail on each corner, then I snipped the nails very short and they grab nicely to the bench top, as Paul shoes in his blogpost Traditional Oil Stone Box
Also was able to clear some the clutter of my main bench as well. Keep us posted!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Thanks Gooner. I have it another go last night and had better success! I sharpen up good and took thin shavings and got something resembling a groove. Your dead on with “getting to grips with technique of using the thing” Going to take some practice, but at least I’m making progress. One thing I didn’t realize is that this tool was really made for right handed people, of course I am left handed. But I’ll figure it out, I’ve been living in a right handed world my whole life and am used to having to do things the wrong way :)!
I think the new dashboard work great, but as rnieuwenhuijs mentioned it would nice if the short description were there as they are now.
Hopefully more people chime in and give they’re opinion. Maybe Paul should do a very quick blog post, because I’m sure he has time :), mentioning the new proposed format and that opinions would be appreciated.
thanks again for all the work and education you guys provide.
For flattening I used 100 grit regular sandpaper on a glass shelf from a refridgerator. That was after a long time trying to use 220 wet/dry. I don’t know why I thought starting off with 220 was a good idea. After the 100 grit I went up to either 240 or maybe even 600 (I cannot remember) to make it nice and smooth.
Just keep at it. It’s taken me over a month and I still don’t have a workbench. I’ve made 8 legs I think. I always seem to find something to screw up with them. Recently the mortise holes were screwing me up. I got some advice from some fine folks on here and I think I may my problem solved. Hopefully this all helps.Ben,
Just keep at it. Take this post for example. A month and a half ago I couldn’t do anything with my plane. Fast forward to today when I sharpened my iron after I was done in the shop it took me 3-4 min (wasn’t counting) and I was shaving hair off my arm.
Maybe a honing guide will help you. Check this one out I used my sliding bevel gauge set to 30 degrees (after I learned what 30 degrees actually was) and used the bevel gauge as a reference. You could be right and the bevel on your iron is way off. It was suggested to me in this post to correct my mistake (too steep of a bevel) to rough it out on a bench grinder and if I didn’t have a bench grinder to make friends with someone who has one.Got an update…..made the mortise jig and things really improved!! As was said by many I wasn’t holding the chisel perpendicular. The jig really helped. Still have a LOT of practice to do to get them perfect but I think I can finish my workbench now!!
Thanks again for the help, I’m glad there’s a site with people willing to help out.
thanks for the tip Diego. I have some Lee Valley honing compound on it’s way. I’ll have to make a new strop. For the quick fix I glued an old leather belt to a piece of wood and used some metal polish I had laying around, it’s all I had while waiting for the buffing compound to arrive and couldn’t find anything else locally. Hopefully my order will be here soon and I’ll make a new strop and see how it goes!
thanks,
BobMark….The end grain didn’t come out silky smooth. I guess I have to refine my sharpening techniques. At this point though I’m pretty happy to be getting shavings, but I’ll continue working on the details. I think after I build the bench the shooting board will be built, that is not a good sound hearing the breaking of end grain!
thanks again for all the help
Bob
just an update (will get a few pictures up shortly). Reground the bevel and all I have to say is WOW!!! Just amazing!!! It glided right along the wood surface but this time took shavings!!!! I was so impressed and mesmerized I planed a piece of 1×4 pine down to a big toothpick!!!
Mark, thanks for the heads up. I was very careful, just a pass or two on the grinder and into the water. I’ve had the experience of doing that on other projects when I didn’t know any better so I really tip toed through this one.
thanks again to all those who helped…..off to the lumber yard tomorrow to buy wood to start on my the bench!!
thanks again for all the help guys. just ran out quick and picked up a protractor….going to be a busy night!!! Some things a guy just has to learn the hard way I guess. Luckily I do have a bench grinder so I’ll get to work on that and hopefully be able to post some pictures of shavings soon!
thanks again….it’s been a frustrating last few days here and I finally have hope!!!
thank you folks so much for the replies. I added a few more pics o the blade sticking out of the bottom of the plane.
raze599: my chip iron is good…no light between it and the blade. I hadn’t heard about sanding the frog a bit so I’ll give that a shot as well.
Mark Armstrong & Matthew Jones: I’m guessing I need to re-learn how to use a protractor after seeing Marks diagram (Geometry wasn’t my greatest strength). I used a speed square to set and angle…..seems to be I did that way wrong. Oh well. I just bought some new Norton india stones and they are fun to use and need to be broken in. I’ll go buy a real protractor and get to grinding. I’ll let you guys know how it turns out.
thanks to all you folks for the help. I truly do appreciate it.
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