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Finishing Characteristics of Common Cabinet Woods
PLANE BASICS
PLANE BASICS
Now even a beginner can start giving any project a professional surface finish. See how to create intricate mouldings and decorative edges and learn how to use a variety of bench planes. Covers holding the plane, grain direction, making adjustments, dressing rough lumber, jointing an edge, shooting boards, smoothing and finishing, and much more. Included are valuable tips on sharpening, grinding and tuning, as well as when and how to use rabbet, plow and dado planes, and specialty planes. "...an excellent book..."
--Carver's News. 128 pages, 345 b/w illus.
Contents: 1.Using Bench planes 2.Sharpening 3.Tuning 4.Rabbet, Plow, and Dado Planes 5.Specialty Planes 6. Universal Combination Planes (Record 045C, Stanley #45, Stanley #55) 7.Scrapers 8.A Planing Project (building a Shaker jelly cupboard) order on-line
Contents
Introduction
I. Using Bench Planes
2. Sharpening
3. Tuning
4. Rabbet, Plow and Dado Planes
5. Specialty Planes
6. Universal Combination Planes
7. Scrapers
8. A Planing Project (Shaker Jelly cupboard)
Glossary
Index
Index
Abutments, 9-10
Adjustments, 21
Assembly of plane, 37-38
Astragal, 89
Backing off, 35
Backlash, 43, 44
Baller, 73
Barefaced joints, 59-61
Beading stop, 82
Beads, 89-92
Bedding angle, 47, 49
Bedding the iron, 44, 45
Bench planes, 6-15, 29-30, 37, 48,
52, 54
Bevel (bezel), 33-35
Bit, 73, 75
Blade, 6, 11, 12, 49-50
Block planes, 6, 12, 29-30, 37, 43,
48
Bullnose plane, 54
Burnishers, 108-110
Cabinet scraper, 108
Cambered edges, 13, 41-42
Cap iron, 6, 8, 43-45
Case mitres, 26
Center bead, 91
Chamfers, 71, 97-98
Chatter, 7, 44
Cheek, 6
Choking, 43
Clearance angle, 49
Combination planes
beading, 89-92
cutters for, 82-84
dado cutting with, 87-88
groove cutting with, 87
nickers, 83-84
ovolo cutting, 92-93
rabbet cutting with, 84-87
reeding, 92
sash cutter, 93-96
setup and adjustment, 79-85
tongue-and-groove cutting, 88-89
Common pitch, 49
Compass planes, 63, 64
Cornice moulding, 122-124
Cove-and-bead moulding, 100-101
Cove cutting, 100, 101
Cutters, 6, 81-84
Cutting angles, changing, 49-50
Cutting edges, 21, 40
Dado joint, 52, 53, 61-62, 87-88, 116-117
Dado plane, 58-62
Disassembly, 29-31
Double-iron plane, 9, 29, 30, 37
Drag, 43
Dressing rough lumber, 21-28
Edge mitres, 26
Edge mouldings, 98-105
Edges, jointing, 24-25
Face, 21
Fillet, 100
Fillister plane, 52, 54-56
Fine setting, 10
Fluting, 92
Fore end, 9
Fore plane, 13, 14-15, 23
Frame mitres, 26
Gain, 73
Grain direction, 19-20, 112
Grecian ogee, 98, 99, 103
Grinders, 38
Grinding, 31, 38-42
Grooves, 52, 53, 58-62, 76, 87
Gutter planes, 63-65
Halfpitch, 49
Heel end, 19
Hollow-ground edge, 39
Hollow planes, 67-69
Hollows, cutting, 104-105
Honing blade irons, 31-36
Iron, 32-36,44,45
Jack plane, 13, 23
Jointer plane, 14-15, 24-25, 29
Jointing, 24-25, 115
Knot, 20
Lapping, 32, 47
Match planes, 64, 65-67
Microbevels, 33-34, 49-51
Middle pitch, 49
Mitres, 26-27
Mitre shooting clamp, 26, 27
Moulding planes, 67-71
Mouldings, cutting, 98-105
Mouth, 6, 9, 45-46
Muntins, 93
Negative clearance angle, 49
Nickers, 55-56, 58, 60, 83-84
Ovolos, cutting, 92-93, 100, 101
Plane iron, 6-12, 38, 47-51
Planing stance, 17-19
Planing techniques, 15-21
Plow plane, 58-62
Pointer, 73
Quarter-hollow cutter, 98, 99
Quarter-round cutter, 98, 99
Quirks, 89
Rabbet joints, 52, 53, 55-58, 84-87, 116-117
Rabbet planes, 52-58
Radius planes, 71-72
Rake angle, 49
Rank setting, 10
Record Multi-Plane, 78-83
Record 045C plow/combination plane, 58-60, 78-83
Reeding, 92
Return bead, 90-91
Reverse ogee, 98, 99, 102
Roman ogee, 98, 99, 102-103
Rounders, 72-73
Round plane, 67-69
Rounds, cutting, 104-105
Router planes, 73-76
Safety glasses, 38
Sash cutter, 93-96
Scrapers, 106-110
Scrub plane, 13, 23
Shaker jelly cupboard, 111-125
Sharpening angle, 49
Sharpening plane irons, 29-42,108-110
Shooting boards, 25-28
Single-iron planes, 9
Skewed iron, 52, 58
Skewing, 19, 20
Slipstones, 70
Slitter, 95
Slow-speed grinders, 38-39
Smooth plane, 15
Sole, 6, 9, 46-47
Splintering, 26
Spokeshaves, 76-77
Stick, 70
Sticking, 70-71
Stock, 9
Stopped dadoes, 61-62
Stopped grooves, 61-62, 76
Stopped rabbet, 57-58
Striking, 70-71
Stropping, 31, 36
Surfacing, 21-24, 111-115
Tear-out, 7, 20, 45
Tenon making, 57
Toe end of board, 19
Tongue-and-groove joints, 59-61, 64-67, 88-89, 125
Traditional planes, 6, 8, 9-12, 38
Transitional planes, 6, 8, 11, 13, 29
Trying plane, 14-15, 23
Tuning procedures, 43-47
Whetstones, 31-32, 41, 70
Winding sticks, 21, 22
Y adjusting lever, 8
York pitch, 12, 49
Copyright Sam Allen 1998-2013
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