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which isn't necessarily a bad thing... he suggested I joint the 9' pecan board I am working with by hand with a hand plane, and... well after failing to figure out just HOW to do this with the machines I have available (9' is too long for a plywood planer sled), I went to the cabinet and dug out my Groz #7 and gave it a whirl... A couple of things I noticed...
#1. Even with my minimal setup, I can get whispy shavings out of that #7 no problem.
#2. I should have included a board jack in my bench design.
#3. I should have spent more time sharpening. even though I am getting whispy shavings, I just KNOW I can do better...
#4. My garage workshop should NOT be 78 degrees in March!! Yes I worked up a good sweat working on this thing.
I know I am doing this the wrong way, but it's all I could think to do. Edge joint it, so I have a straight edge for the fence, then clip the ends straight so I can set the whole shebang up against the bench dogs without it racking. I will have to set up my adjustable height sawhorses to hold up some of these, but basically this thing will rest on the table saw extension table, which I need to set the legs 1/16" shorter so there won't be a bow, and then on the sawhorses until I come to the end of the board. I might just slide the bench over, and just go bench to sawhorses so I am supporting mostly with the bench... But I am finding wall problems. This is one BIG piece of wood!
The particular piece we are using, LOML and I selected after a PAINFUL amount of digging through Clarks stash of Pecan / Hickory, and it was chosen for its color, and grain, and each pass of the plane make me happier, and happier we picked this particular piece.
Tonight is a bit more time with drywall mud, I messed an area up and I need to redo it, and then out to the shop and my planes. I know that the Groz planes earned a poor reputation. And maybe some of the earlier ones deserved it, but you couldn't prove it by me with this #7... I am a happy camper!
#1. Even with my minimal setup, I can get whispy shavings out of that #7 no problem.
#2. I should have included a board jack in my bench design.
#3. I should have spent more time sharpening. even though I am getting whispy shavings, I just KNOW I can do better...
#4. My garage workshop should NOT be 78 degrees in March!! Yes I worked up a good sweat working on this thing.
I know I am doing this the wrong way, but it's all I could think to do. Edge joint it, so I have a straight edge for the fence, then clip the ends straight so I can set the whole shebang up against the bench dogs without it racking. I will have to set up my adjustable height sawhorses to hold up some of these, but basically this thing will rest on the table saw extension table, which I need to set the legs 1/16" shorter so there won't be a bow, and then on the sawhorses until I come to the end of the board. I might just slide the bench over, and just go bench to sawhorses so I am supporting mostly with the bench... But I am finding wall problems. This is one BIG piece of wood!
The particular piece we are using, LOML and I selected after a PAINFUL amount of digging through Clarks stash of Pecan / Hickory, and it was chosen for its color, and grain, and each pass of the plane make me happier, and happier we picked this particular piece.
Tonight is a bit more time with drywall mud, I messed an area up and I need to redo it, and then out to the shop and my planes. I know that the Groz planes earned a poor reputation. And maybe some of the earlier ones deserved it, but you couldn't prove it by me with this #7... I am a happy camper!
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