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22 January 2021 at 3:16 am #697965
I have the Veritas combination plane and find that it works really well; however, it does have some limitations working cross-grain. With the straight blade (not skewed) for rabbeting, the surface on a cross-grain cut can be rough unless I take a really light cut (at least for the final few passes).
I don’t own a skew rabbet plane, and so I can’t directly compare the two. For me the combination plane is fine, and I don’t expect I will feel the need to obtain a skew rabbet.
29 January 2020 at 5:36 am #646865I have also come to draw a line between construction grade SPF and clear-ish pine. The former I no longer try to use for any but the absolute roughest projects. Too many knots and too much wild grain for hand planing, and when I’ve used SPF (kiln-dried) it always seems to be subject to severe movement. But clear pine, even from the local hardware store, is completely different (and, of course, more expensive). Although the hard latewood and very soft earlywood can present a challenge, I find clear pine workable with hand tools. Where I live (California) poplar is a very easy-to-work hardwood that isn’t too much more expensive than clear pine.
15 January 2020 at 9:43 am #644876Personally I like using the end grain to make a first guess, when practical. To make it easier to remember, I think of the phrase “the heart shows the way” which I learned from a Phil Lowe video. The meaning is: on the heart side of a board, first try planing in the direction of the cathedral points. (And on the other [bark] side, plane in the opposite direction.)
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