Ok so last week on Thursday I think, we had a lecture about planes and how they work and when to use which etc. But I've never used one so today I had to start more or less from scratch. First we drew up our plans - I'm making a bench - and then from those plans made a shopping list. We walked to the building next door where they house wood for us to choose. Now they get to handpick this wood from the local supplier, so we don't have to look too closely for ugly spots or check or burnout or whatever. So I picked out my beautiful piece of cherry, rough cut it to length, and started to plane it. I started with the scrub plane which takes out the biggest chips until the top was fairly flat but still had little valleys in it from the plane.
But soon I dropped it and the blade fell out and the chip breaker did too. Oy. Had to wait in line to get help to reassemble it. I soon moved on to the jack plane, which has a little bit wider blade so the valleys aren't so noticeable and the surface begins to look pretty uniform. But then of course you have to use little cheater sticks to check for bow and twist, and then work those out of the board. I should have timed all this because it felt like hours for one little board! And I've got two more to process! I think I finally got the hang of it but STAY TUNED!
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