At 04:00 PM 1/20/98 -0600, John H. Lederer wrote:
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>I am a retired lawyer.
Well we won't that against you...
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>So I am thinking about using the oak for a floor. The advice most have
>given me is to take it to the local lumberyard and have them tongue and
>groove and plane it.
>
Probably not a bad idea. I'm in the throes of getting started on a shop
myself and I think about the karmic implications of T&G'ing enough 1"
white oak to do a (at this point) 16x20 to 20x24 floor and wonder about my
sanity.
>I also have the carcass of a wood plane. The front says ---HO TOOL CO.
>and then has the number "28"-- which I beleive is the length. It is in
>good shape, but is missing the iron and the wedge.
>
Ohio Tool, makers of fine planes and other tools. One of the more common
makers of wooden planes as well as the occassional metal plane. The number
28 is what they called their invoice number (think of it as a catalog # for
ordering).
>Am I out of my mind to think of jointing these boards with that plane
>and a jack plane? (i don't think I am up to tongue and grooving them,
>but I do know how to dowel and peg). A rough calculation tells me that
>there would be about 900' total linear feet of edge to plane ( and
>perhaps an additional 100' to learn on ).
>
Jointing them isn't to bad, keep in mind that oak, unless perfectly
grained, will be interesting to work. My workbench top is oak and two of
the 4x6's that make it up, have at least 4 grain direction changes over a 8
foot span.
>
>Assuming I am not out of my mind (but I would assume that were I,
>wouldn't I?), is there anywhere I could get a new iron for the plane
>(Hock seems often mentioned) and is there anything peculiar about making
>a wedge for it? If there is more to it than a simple wedge, is there
>anywhere I could find a picture or drawing of a wedge to work from?
>
The Hock irons are geared towards the Stanley planes. However on the first
Monday of each and every month you are allowed to post a WTB (that's Wanted
To Buy) message and if you happen to mention the width of said iron
(measure the mouth of the plane), I'm sure that someone will have something
to sell. As to the wedge shape, I'm sure that someone on here would have
a picture to stick up of one (no digital camera yet).
>PS. I also have a vise of some sort. Cast iron. About 15" tall. The
>jaws are borad wings about 8" klong, shaped like the clip on a
>clipboard. A very large "95" is cast into the iron frame. It is made
>to be screw clamped onto a table. SI this a saw vise?
>
Sure sounds like it.
Welcome aboard
Tony
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