Thanks for all the input on my plane chatter troubles. As you can see from the picture below I have discovered how to achieve much better results. Chatter is not completely gone, but I seem to be able to keep it under control. I think the biggest improvement came from Ron N's advice to make the sole flatter. I had shaped it to my desired radius - and it rocked a fair bit - big mistake. Whereas I didn't shape it flatter than my surface, I did shape it to be fairly flush - maybe just a teeny, tiny bit more concave than my surface. That helped immediately. Then I tried aiming the plane at about a 30 degree angle while planing parallel with the grain, and that seemed to improve things a lot also - seemed to help sheer the wood rather than chop directly at it. I did move the cap iron back a little bit - that may have helped also, not sure. Someone mentioned flattening some of the structural parts of the plane - that sounds like excellent advice. I haven't gotten to that yet, but I will, and that may improve things further. Anyway, thanks for all the very instructive input. You folks make "Ten Thumbs Farrell" seem like a partially competent woodworker! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- SNIP > Problem was the sole radius was tighter than the > scoop I was trying to cut, and the thing rocked, at least > under my lack of control, continually changing the cut angle > and depth of cut. Try setting the sole curve to a slightly > larger radius than your caul, so you have to lean on it some > to get it to cut. > Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080221/cc45db70/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 66152 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080221/cc45db70/attachment-0001.jpe
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