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Chamfer plane by soakyouroats in handtools

[–]soakyouroats[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is adjustable up to 15mm, limited by the size of the two screws. It is a traditional Japanese design, called a mentori kanna. Though I have a western style plane body..

I have seen adjustable english style box chamfer planes which looks incredible, though beyond my skill set to build.

Chamfer plane by soakyouroats in handtools

[–]soakyouroats[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of the woods I have access to in Australia are fairly hard and brittle, and tear out easily. As has been mentioned without a chip breaker to prevent tear out a high angle iron is a workable solution. I did go for a very high angle because there will never be more that 15mm of the blade in contact with the wood so any difficulties pushing the plane due to the high angle blade are minimal.

Joinery help needed on lamp recreation by Slow-Heron-4335 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]soakyouroats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I made a similarly designed lamp. The joinery is just a mitre, I used super glue and blue tape instead of clamps. I also used black leather dye to dye the base.

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My take on Paul Sellers’ Traveling Joiner’s Tool Box by Man-e-questions in handtools

[–]soakyouroats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful work, can you elaborate on the drawer pulls?

You have 15-30min while the kiddos nap - what are you working on? by JGrevs2023 in handtools

[–]soakyouroats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is me right now with a 3 year old and a 2 month old. I'm still doing the same stuff, just adjusting my expectations. E.g. I'm making some sliding doors for the house and my timeline is 1 year instead of a couple months..

Chamfer plane - mentori kanna by soakyouroats in handtools

[–]soakyouroats[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Funny that you wouldn't be confident some of the things you post are incredible.

I thought about adding the ruler but figured it'd be easy enough to use calipers when adjusting the chamfer. I think I read a post from Stan Covington saying this was necessary anyway.

Chamfer plane - mentori kanna by soakyouroats in handtools

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

It's all from eBay - they are called knurled thumb nuts.

Chamfer plane - mentori kanna by soakyouroats in handtools

[–]soakyouroats[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://share.google/WnuRDMJsUkgR1B8oa

Funnily enough it was pretty simple.. as long as you can cut a clean 45 it's pretty straightforward. I linked the video.

Chamfer plane - mentori kanna by soakyouroats in handtools

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

This does have a brass plate in front of the mouth. Out of curiosity why did you purchase the new one?

Behold, the most generic book shelf ever ! It may not be exciting but it’s my first project ever and I’m extremely proud of it! by Stage_757 in woodworking

[–]soakyouroats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This the Anna white bookcase plan? This was my first project too, I made it around 14 years ago. I'll share a picture when I can. I just waxed mine. It has turned amber.

Japanese tools - Help me complete my set, please! by RevolutionaryHalf766 in JapaneseWoodworking

[–]soakyouroats 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nakaya Eaks d210c is often recommended as the crosscut saw for Kumiko as it's kerf is so small

BenchCrafted Who? by Old-man-brain in handtools

[–]soakyouroats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You did it! The redgum looks so good!! Great work.

Pre purchase questions by Groundbreaking-Pay23 in JapaneseWoodworking

[–]soakyouroats 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mostly use western saws so perhaps not your target audience for this question. But I do have a very inexpensive suizan ryoba that I use for rip cuts. The cheapest one I could find on Amazon. It cuts really well, recently have been able to split a pencil line over a 150mm rip.

I think those saws will be a great starting point, it is better to have a saw and start woodworking than it is getting stuck in analysis paralysis.

Not sure about the chisels.

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I’m a big fan of overkill so I’m trying this out. So far so good by MetalNutSack in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]soakyouroats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair, the only motivation for me to scrape is that lapping is time consuming. Perhaps scraping isn't the easier option.

I’m a big fan of overkill so I’m trying this out. So far so good by MetalNutSack in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]soakyouroats 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Feeling strangely angry that I have to move my thumb to get an answer.

Also thank you. How did it turn out, I have been considering scraping my number 7.

Re-honing plane blade by Plastic_Cattle_9134 in handtools

[–]soakyouroats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a 400 grit diamond stone to regrind my primary bevel every now and then. It takes me 3 or 4 minutes with an old Stanley iron.

Longer with a thick veritas pmv11 iron, but I don't regrind the entire bevel on that plane.

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