So far I haven't shown the completed cupboard or even a sketch of the cupboard. I thought it would be more fun to have the viewer anticipate the final configuration based on the parts featured in the prior post.
I will tell you this, there are two of the doors featured in the attached video and the design is a very basic Shaker cupboard. In the next post all will be revealed. Good or bad. (Grin)
The linked video shows the final planing of the door battens and door panels. I've heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words so once again here's thousands of pictures.
Video abounds this week. Recently Brese Plane had the honor to be featured in the second episode of "The Highland Woodworker." If you've not had the opportunity to view this episode follow the link below:
http://www.thehighlandwoodworker.com/
Ron
Another great video if I say so my (biased) self.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a camber on your long Stanley Plane blade? I know that you have the mysterious ability with your Brese Smoother to avoid leaving tracks.
As someone with a compromised back, I wonder about your planing technique where you're leaning over so far at the end of the stroke rather than walking parallel to the bench. Any thoughts?
Tico I don't intentionally put camber on my jointer iron. I do however pay a lot of attention to lateral adjustment. What tracks are left with the jointer I can clean up with the smoother.
ReplyDeleteI find that I always have more control and leverage when I'm behind the plane and lose the leverage that my body contributes once I move to a position beside the plane which actually seems to put more stress on the lower part of my back.
Ron
Ron, great video and Tico great music. :o)That big "Brese" jointer is new? When are you bringing that one out to the market? :o)
ReplyDeleteI am right with you on wanting to be behind the plane but stretching like that makes me hurt just to see it. Because you have such great holding power there could you not hang the edges of the door two or three inches off of the bench toward you without losing any of the stability? Right now it appears that the doors are two to three inches further up on the bench which has added to your reach. Fred
Good point Fred, I could have gain a few more inches of reach if I had moved the panel back in the wagon vise. This should remind me to stand back a bit and assess these operations a bit more.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a "Brese Jointer" to work with, but until I do the old Stanley will have to do.
Ron
Ron, I couldn't agree more with your reminders about making sure your plane irons are sharp. My question are: How often to you sharpen or touch up your irons while working? If you use stones, to what grit level do you go? I'm pretty happy with my 8000 grit Norton water stones and was just curious if you went any higher to achieve the sharpness you need.
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