Download PDF. This article is from Issue 17 of Woodcraft Magazine. Get rough-sawn lumber project-ready with a shop-made fence for your jointer plane. BEING NATURALLY VERY CHEAP, I buy rough-sawn hardwoods directly from the mill. It’s about one-third the cost of buying pretty boards from the big box stores, and it makes dozens of species and specialty cuts available that are not offered by the chains. Usually, the lumber hasn’t been straight-lined. That is, neither edge is straight enough to run safely against the table saw fence. To fix the problem, I use a jointer plane. It’s quick, easy and. I bought 2 hand planes last week at flea markets, both of them together cost me less than $20 (from 2 different places). Both of course needed some TLC, one was pretty orange on the top, bottom sides, and everywhere in between. What I want to know is how to identify different hand planes to know what I have and if they have any special uses. One has No. 6 stamped on the end, though I had to clean the rust off to read it.  They are Hand Plane Jointer Fence 55 also shorter than a jointer Hand Plane Jointer Fence plane but tend to be larger than the smoother. This is a general roughing plane. used before a jointer or a smoother depending on the project. Jointer.  These planes can usually be identified by the multiple fences and fence attachments. More easily spotted if you see the interchangeable blades. Jointer Planes – Big, Fickle & Pricey. The trouble with jointers is they’re big beautiful planes that come with a beautiful price tag. If you can justify something like the Lie Nielsen No 8. then you certainly won’t be disappointed, but this isn’t a tool that you’re going to be finding a use for every day. It’s still easy to buy used Stanley’s for a smashing price, but as the plane gets longer this route becomes troublesome.  Picking up a second hand metal jointer will likely lead to headaches. Let’s be honest, who has a 3’ flat plate laying around to true up that sole? And if you do, it’s going be an endless and boring job working through all that metal. Wooden planes are a far better solution when you’re looking for something long and second hand.
May 11,  · Hand Plane Jointer Fence , AM Chris Schwarz wrote a blog entry that should answer your questions. (I was certain I'd seen pictures of him using the Veritas fence in one or another of his books, so I went and found the write-up.) I used to use a straight iron and a jointer plane fence to dress my edges. I still use a. Jan 11,  · But I think the most important thing to remember when you are squaring the edge of a board with a hand plane (regardless of with or without the fence), is that the hand normally on the knob (front), is actually on the side of the plane in both cases acting as a fence with your thumb hooked on the top to help keep the plane in the cut. Apr 21,  · A jointer’s first job is to flatten a board’s face. Then you can use that face to reference against the fence to get an edge 90° to that face. If you have a 6- or 8-in. jointer and are working with 6-in.- or 8-in.-wide boards, then this is totally achievable. But what about boards wider than your jointer’s .

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