Plane awkward

[sunnybob]

In an extremely rare set of circumstances, I was forced to resort to a hand plane today (quick, smelling salts to Mike G's house asap :shock: )

I had glued a few oak pieces together to make a panel and didnt line them up all that well. Once set, each plank was above or below the next by a mm or two.
Far too much to remove with sanding, and the panel was too wide to go through the thicknesser.

I struggle with planes because of arthritis in the hands and it was not going well, until in frustration I tried PULLING the plan rather than pushing it.
It was MUCH easier!!!!
I did more planing today than in the last 6 years, all because I was pulling it.

Have I invented a new technique? or have the Japs been doing it for a thousand years? :lol: :lol:

 

[spb]

or have the Japs been doing it for a thousand years? :lol: :lol:

Yep, afraid so.

 

[AndyT]

Here's Paul Sellers doing his party piece - pulling an ordinary Stanley no 4 along with a bit of string, and taking a shaving.

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[Trevanion]

Are you sure it wasn’t because you were planing against the grain when you were pushing it and once you swapped to pulling the plane you were planing with the grain, Bob? :lol:

 

[sunnybob]

If we're talking about a plane, I aint sure about nuffink. :eusa-naughty:
I sold the decent ones. This is a small Stanley that has 2 nuts on long studs to adjust the blade depth. I only still have it because i couldnt sell it.

But no, I turned the panel around a couple times and attacked it from different directions, as all I wanted was to reduce the ledges enough so that my new random orbital sander could do its thing. :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: :eusa-dance:

I even used my dads sharpening stone on the blade a couple of times, but that didnt make any difference to pull or push results.

 

[Mike G]

Your best bet, Bob, was half way between how you started and how you finished, Well, three quarters of the way, to be precise. Plane at 45 degrees across the grain to flatten glued up boards like that (having gently chamfered the far edge first). Pulling is easier with a bit of kit designed for pulling, such as the Japanese planes, but yeah, in extremis, I'll pull a plane if I can't get in a position to push it.

 

[Chris101]

Are you sure it wasn’t because you were planing against the grain when you were pushing it and once you swapped to pulling the plane you were planing with the grain, Bob? :lol:

:eusa-clap:
Bob I know you are dismissive (and fair play, it's not a criticism btw), of some of the hysteria on certain parts of the internet about sharpening and handtools. But for those who would rather set up a quiet plane than a noisy router it's a no brainer that between sharpening the blade, Trevanion's answer and Mike reasoning that a skewed cut is easier....
.... in fact... never mind.
You invented a new type of planing Bob. Fair play to you mate. :eusa-clap:
Well done old son.Imagine if you'd not sold all your other planes though!? Limitless possibilities. :shock:

 

[novocaine]

You should try it upside down. :lol:

 

[Trevanion]

I have found the solution to all of Bob's problems:

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[sunnybob]

The solution to all of my problems would be about a half million quid, so i could get a bigger workshop, a metre wide planer, and a metre wide belt sander. :shock:
Oh, and a bigger set of ear muffs. :lol:
I dont have any prejudice against hand tools, my hands are just too infirm to use them
This is what I get for going large. I'm making a bigger oak drawer unit and I cant use my thicknesser on the panels. :eusa-whistle:

 

[Cabinetman]

I have found the solution to all of Bob's problems:

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Hilarious, and it’s Americans with a sense of humour! And poking fun at themselves but maybe they didn’t realise that bit.
Particularly liked the bit where he’s shoving everything off the bench with the big box – wonderful. Ian