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Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 6/23/2003, 12:45 pm
In Response To: Tools: Spokeshave angle? (Lennie Hawkins)

Hi Lennie. Good suggestions so far. You might examine the blade edge under a magnifying glass or jeweler's loupe to make sure it's really sharp. Also cutting end-grain can be tricky and you have to keep the blade backed way off; especially when the workpiece starts to smooth out. You're going to get powder or thin slices of wood not curly ribbons. Skewing the tool, as Dan suggests can help a lot. I remember my knuckles hit the strongback sometimes too and I did some of the work with a block plane and a finger plane.

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Messages In This Thread

Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Lennie Hawkins -- 6/23/2003, 10:41 am
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle? *LINK*
Bill Klein -- 6/24/2003, 7:37 am
Have you seen the article?
Brian Nystrom -- 6/24/2003, 1:09 pm
Re: Have you seen the article?
Aaron Cunningham -- 6/24/2003, 1:26 pm
Re: Have you seen the article?
Chip Sandresky -- 6/24/2003, 6:37 pm
Re: Have you seen the article?
Shawn Baker -- 6/24/2003, 4:20 pm
Re: Have you seen the article?
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 6/24/2003, 4:46 pm
Re: Have you seen the article?
Brian Nystrom -- 6/24/2003, 2:18 pm
Re: Spokeshave angle? Thanks everyone :)
Lennie Hawkins -- 6/24/2003, 10:45 am
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
C. Fronzek -- 6/23/2003, 11:41 pm
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Brian Nystrom -- 6/23/2003, 1:21 pm
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Chip Sandresky -- 6/23/2003, 12:45 pm
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 6/23/2003, 12:16 pm
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Dan Ruff -- 6/23/2003, 12:14 pm
Re: Tools: Spokeshave angle?
Lennie Hawkins -- 6/24/2003, 10:39 am