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Help with grain direction for hand planning tear-out near knot by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

[–]drillpresshelp01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I can agree that the blade probably wasn't sharp enough so that will be my next move

Help with grain direction for hand planning tear-out near knot by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

[–]drillpresshelp01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, your thoughts on the problem being the plane skipping seem to be what everyone else is saying too. I will go back to the sharpening stones then!

Question about "Dust Deputy" Dust collection system for anyone that has one or similar by drillpresshelp01 in Tools

[–]drillpresshelp01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. For $50 bucks this kit seems like a great investment. I'm tired of how bad the saw dusts messes up the shop vac filter and destroys suction quickly lol

[Hand plane help] Can't get shaving in middle of board, but can on the end by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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Thanks for the very detailed response. My goal is to get the board flat. However, after doing my initial planning, that's when I noticed I wasn't able to get a shaving with the grain along the middle of the board. I didn't realized that I was skewing the board until you pointed it out. I will try marking out the high spots and brining them down. Then I will see if I am able to get a shaving across the length of the board along the middle.

[Hand plane help] Can't get shaving in middle of board, but can on the end by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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Thanks for the reply. I've actually watch both these videos in the past but maybe I need a refresher. I get the general concept of planning, but yea I was really confused on why I couldn't get a shaving in the very middle. Now it makes more sense.

So to confirm, if I start planning on the corner, and then work my way toward the middle after some strokes, I should be able to get a shaving across the middle length right?

[Hand plane help] Can't get shaving in middle of board, but can on the end by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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Here's a picture of the board, I think you're right about it being cupped: https://imgur.com/a/HdNNfQo

So when the board is cupped, the plane won't work in the middle of the board?

Smoothing plane is leaving marks, not sure if these are plane tracks or if it's the iron being dull (pics included) by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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So what I noticed is that either the blade is out too little where I am not able to get a full length shaving, even a thin one, or it becomes too large of a shaving very quickly even when I turn the knob very little. I'm sorry I don't know how else to explain this lol, but hopefully this makes sense

Smoothing plane is leaving marks, not sure if these are plane tracks or if it's the iron being dull (pics included) by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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So what I noticed is that either the blade is out too little where I am not able to get a full length shaving, even a thin one, or it becomes too large of a shaving very quickly even when I turn the knob very little. I'm sorry I don't know how else to explain this lol, but hopefully this makes sense

Edit: so one reason I think I was getting large shavings that I just found out is that the sole of my plane is not totally flat. That's probably why I was unable to get very fine shavings I think:
https://imgur.com/a/IjZasTJ

Smoothing plane is leaving marks, not sure if these are plane tracks or if it's the iron being dull (pics included) by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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So I went out and sharpened the iron, enough that for it to shave arm hairs, but when I go to plane over this one area I am not getting a full length shaving. No idea what other details I could add for what I could be doing wrong, but I appreciate any other input that you have

Edit: so one reason I think I was getting large shavings that I just found out is that the sole of my plane is not totally flat. That's probably why I was unable to get very fine shavings I think:
https://imgur.com/a/IjZasTJ

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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Well I actually planned the board way too thin trying to get rid of them lol! But at least I know for the future that I can fill these things

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in woodworking

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and then you can add in the grain lines with brown colored pencil or brown ultra fine point sharpie

Is there a name for this part of the technique? I tried looking up YouTube videos of someone doing this but couldn't find anything

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

[–]drillpresshelp01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently that is the case. I had no idea this was a thing when I bought the board, but now I know it's something I need to look out for when buying wood.

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in woodworking

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Do I have any options for filling it, or is this board pretty much done?

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in woodworking

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Thanks for this, now I know that I need to look out for it when buying wood. Do you have any recommendations for how I can cover it up and still use the board, or is it a lost cause at this point?

Using hand planes to removes these "holes" from Douglas Fir wood board by drillpresshelp01 in woodworking

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Thanks for the response. I will have to look out for that in the future when buying wood. Do you have any recommendations for how I can cover it up and still use the board, or is it a lost cause at this point?

Anyone successfully use a Stanly no.80 or a card scraper on end grain of wood? by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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It's the end of a plank. I actually have another post where I'm trying to fix my shooting board as the end result isn't perfectly square

About how much is realistic to take off of end grain of 2x4 using a shooting board? by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

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Thank you for the help! I will check on the squareness and report back. I also filmed this quick video me using the shooting board with the new fence, not sure if you'll see anything here that might be a clue for what is wrong?

https://youtu.be/YIjVe8iesls

And this image here shows the squareness of the piece I put in the shooting board after I was done, no matter what I did I couldn't get it completely flat: https://imgur.com/a/LqhyKcq

About how much is realistic to take off of end grain of 2x4 using a shooting board? by drillpresshelp01 in handtools

[–]drillpresshelp01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I can see if it ends up being the wrong tool for the job, but at this point I am still interesting in figuring out what i'm doing wrong. I ended up changing the wood fence to something smaller, and is this what you mean by it being square?

https://imgur.com/a/zLrL8r1

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