I have decided to put my blade chamfering onto the No 98 blade, it does set off a low angle plane – ergonomic and aesthetically. It is a lot of work, especially finding 30 deg chamfering tools (a 45 deg just doesn’t look right). The polishing is very time consuming. I have to do the polishing before I send them off to heat treatment, then I only need to buff the edges and surface grind when they come back.
Just a few more pictures as I get near to finishing these new No 98 planes
No 98 bronze lever caps
These are the last lever caps of this type. I also used them on my mitre planes. Gone forever as the foundry closed down and my patterns are lost.
After preparation including flattening, squaring etc, the profile is cut out.
The lever caps after profiling also showing centering hole to be bored to make ready for tapping
Tapping after the boring
The machining for the keep recesses so the lever cap can be released after 2-3 turns on the thumb screw
Ready for final shaping and polishing
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Snecked Blades
In the course of my research I have found that the only planes that were made with snecked irons were shoulder planes, and the occasional thumb and chariot planes – these were side snecked as in my 11-s smoothing plane here (double sided sneck).
Mitre planes usually have top snecked irons, as in my No 10 shown here.
I can’t understand why smoothers and panel planes etc did not have snecked irons. Of course top snecking would require a longer blade as lever cap or wedge would restrict their use. A side sneck should still work on these planes.
Is it possible that the use of chip breakers had something to do with this?
I am working on a development plane at the moment and planning to make it a non-adjuster plane. I feel that having a snecked iron will make a considerable difference in setting up the blade. I am also wondering if users choose to use a non-adjuster plane because it is better or is it an elitist thing?
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