–John

– Peter

– Peter

Really doesn’t matter how far the fence protrudes below the sole–most rabbets I have cut by hand my stock overhangs the bench.

If you need to rabbet thin stock where it would be possible to actually break the stock, then it needs to be scabbed onto a backing board.

Make sense?

–John

My one concern would be trying to put a rabbet on a narrow, thin piece of wood: the fence extends quite a way below the sole. How would you raise the piece and clamp it for cutting the rabbet? I guess you could slice the rabbeted piece of a larger plank. I can see why you made the fence as you did – it has to slide under the sole to do a more narrow rabbet. But would there be any way to make a thinner (vertically) fence for the thin pieces of wood? I see that your piece is magically floating in the air to accommodate the depth of the fence…

– Peter

At the Pasadena WIA, many people came up and mentioned how uncomfortable I made them- no, no, that wasn’t it, they all said every other brand of shoulder plane hurt their hands, but the BCTW version felt very nice, so my question is: when is the cut away version of the HP-7 going to be made?

Rutager

This blog is supposed to be about drivel and now you want facts?

The pressure here is killing me….

My short answer is don’t make a thing.

John

John

Those grads allow you to make offset marks (within the span of grads) without shifting the cursor. It is a detail that is handy when needed, which to some may mean never.

Is that a “duh” moment?

-John

Off topic slightly; I just received my AS-24v3 and cursors and, not to sound too dense, but I understand using the single line on the cursor to transfer my measurement to my stock, but was wondering the purpose or benefit to the 32nd scale on the other side. I know once you explain it, I’ll go “duh, of course!”

Thanks,
Rutager