Plane maker floats workshop - Nov 20, 2010
Announcement
The next Third Saturday Project will be on Saturday November 20th at the boat shop and will we will be making plane makers floats.
From Lie-Nielsen Toolworks:
Floats are traditional tools used to cut, flatten, and smooth the critical surfaces of a wooden plane, such as the bedding of the blade, the mouth, and the wedge abutment. They are capable of extremely precise work.
Floats are also useful around the woodshop for lots of jobs besides plane making, and if you have never used one you will be amazed at how quickly they will produce an accurate, smooth surface. Try one for flattening, chamfering, smoothing flat and curved surfaces.
Our floats will be made from O-1 tool steel, hardened and tempered to Rc 50-52 for edge life and resharpening ability. To learn more about plane makers floats go to http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?cat=534 or http://www.planemaker.com/planemakers_floats.html.
The kits to make two floats will be $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members.
From Lie-Nielsen Toolworks:
Floats are traditional tools used to cut, flatten, and smooth the critical surfaces of a wooden plane, such as the bedding of the blade, the mouth, and the wedge abutment. They are capable of extremely precise work.
Floats are also useful around the woodshop for lots of jobs besides plane making, and if you have never used one you will be amazed at how quickly they will produce an accurate, smooth surface. Try one for flattening, chamfering, smoothing flat and curved surfaces.
Our floats will be made from O-1 tool steel, hardened and tempered to Rc 50-52 for edge life and resharpening ability. To learn more about plane makers floats go to http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?cat=534 or http://www.planemaker.com/planemakers_floats.html.
The kits to make two floats will be $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non-members.