I just cut a few rabbets in some Jatoba for a box I'm building. It's the pet urn from the recent Canadian Woodworking Magazine. I don't own a shoulder plane so I logged on to the Lee Valley site to buy one and they are out-of-stock until the end of April. Anyone have any suggestions on other good ways to clean up the saw marks without damaging the nice lines of my box? I suppose I could use sandpaper but I'm concerned with keeping everything straight. Thanks in advance.
Ed
Ed wrote:>I don't own a
Use a correspondingly long sanding block with the sandpaper? Sorry about your pet. Tom Someday, it'll all be over....
Use a single-edge razor blade as you would a scraper and clean the edge up with that. Or if you want more aggressive action, use a chisel, held nearly vertical and pulled along the rabbet to clean up the saw marks.
Bob S.
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Thanks, I'll try it. Not my pet, a friend's.
Ed
Scraper? Not that difficult to make a small profile scraper from a used hacksaw blade or utility knife blade. With a little practice, a light touch, and not much pressure you can get a glass-smooth finish.
good luck vic
In that case....
Cutting rabbets for a pet urn?
Sorry, it had to be said.
vic terminally silly
Hi Ed -
Shoulder planes should be back in stock within a week....
Cheers -
Rob Lee
A scraper.
Chuck Vance
Or you could get the Veritas shoulder plane for considerably less than the LN. It's an innovatively improved shoulder plane that works really nicely and is easy on the hand.
charlie b
of course. they're just a hare undersize.
Your problem is your blades aren't sharp enough. You didn't spend enough time lapin them.
Oh! Now *that's* a good one...
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:41:57 -0500, "Robin Lee" brought forth from the murky depths:
I'm glad I didn't have my long-handled crowbar out this morning.
Speaking of which, could you resend that email acknowledging the order? I had a computer crash (NT blue screen) right after it came so I lost it. Merci!
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Thanks, everybody, for your input. I ended up using a combination of sanding and scraping and it seems to have come out ok, although a SHOULDER PLANE would have been nicer. Get that Rob,.... SHOULDER PLANE? Anyway, I'll post some pics on ABPW when I get the finishing complete.
Ed
LVT0041 DISPLAY Display Purchase Order Details 4/02/04
12:42:05Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
S P Product Description Buyer : JM Date Out
05P4101 Vendor 2993Vendor Part
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5=DisplayPurchase Line Quan Quan Quan Order Due
Opt Whs Order No. Vendor # Ordered Received Due date Date
1 48705 135 2993 *** *** *** 2/17/04 4/12/04 1 48763 56 2993 *** 0 *** 3/20/04 4/30/04GOT IT!! This one (Medium) should be back in stock next week actually....
Or did you mean the LARGE SHOULDER PLANE, which will be here later THIS SUMMER!!!!
Cheers -
Rob
:)
Sheesh - next thing you'll want is a store, too...
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:48:00 -0500, "Robin Lee" scribbled:
Just remember that I asked first, back in 1998 or so.
Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
Now THAT was definitely a neener!
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OK, Rob, since you're offering. Any centralized city in NB would be just fine, but Miramichi would be my first choice for your next store. You really should have one in this province since the Canadian rep for L-N lives in NB as well.
Ed
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