Dude can turn a dollar store plane into something that'll shave translucent curls of wood off of oak or purple heart with nothing but some diamond stones, Windex, and patience.
Sandpaper on a sheet of glass does it for me - too lazy to bring back the stones to flatness. Have done it only once for a plane irons but heaps of time for the chisels. I bought a wooden block plane from the chinese, I stored it somewhere after sharpening the iron, fine tuning and trying it; beat me if I remember where I put it (I seriously need to unclutter my garage)
In any case, construction lumber is construction lumber, until I get to use the block/joiners planes, I'll need something to rough trim it (larger mouth/throat) if I want to get it done in this life. I'll probs go with an electric plane, even if my experience tells me it's quite easy to draw sharp grooves with the sides of it - flat blades, not chamfer, takes only a bit of leaning to the side and you have some more work to get rid of a groove you made with the time efficiency of a power tool.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday November 15 2020, @12:02AM
Sandpaper on a sheet of glass does it for me - too lazy to bring back the stones to flatness. Have done it only once for a plane irons but heaps of time for the chisels.
I bought a wooden block plane from the chinese, I stored it somewhere after sharpening the iron, fine tuning and trying it; beat me if I remember where I put it (I seriously need to unclutter my garage)
In any case, construction lumber is construction lumber, until I get to use the block/joiners planes, I'll need something to rough trim it (larger mouth/throat) if I want to get it done in this life. I'll probs go with an electric plane, even if my experience tells me it's quite easy to draw sharp grooves with the sides of it - flat blades, not chamfer, takes only a bit of leaning to the side and you have some more work to get rid of a groove you made with the time efficiency of a power tool.