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innovate, v.:
To annoy people.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday November 15 2020, @12:02AM (3 children)
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday November 15 2020, @12:36AM (2 children)
Could always belt sand it nearly flat then finish the surface with the plane. I mean, it's pine or spruce or such, so it should go pretty quickly unless you built one thirty meters long. Hand tools are outstanding at what they do when they're more efficient, more precise, or more effective than power tools for that particular task, otherwise you're trading your time for RSI and smugness. Wish I could convince The Roomie of this. Watching him do woodworking with no power tools for aesthetic reasons is both painful and boring.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday November 15 2020, @03:20PM (1 child)
I had teachers who would tear you a new one for planing after you sand. Any grit that got left behind would wreck the blade edge.
No problem is insoluble, but at Ksp = 2.943×10−25 Mercury Sulphide comes close.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday November 15 2020, @06:29PM
Oh absolutely. But if it's your plane and you're the one having to sharpen it...
My rights don't end where your fear begins.