New Home Made Tool

[garypl]

You could probably cut that plane iron in half using an angle grinder equipped with a diamond blade.  Wrap the tip in a water soaked rag to keep the temp down and go slow.  Might be a problem when you actually have to cut through the edge of the blade - will need to stop often and cool down with water.

[bikermutt07]

6 hours ago, ContactCement said:

I'm an advanced woodworker that's a plane iron. Yes I can read newspaper print through my thin wood shavings. Under high magnification the machining marks on a blade look like tiny hack saw teeth at the cutting edge. When this catches the grain and fibers in wood it is like slamming on the brakes of a car. Lay the blade / plane iron flat bevel side up on some wet dry sandpaper approximately 1/2" from the edge work it until its flat and shiny like a mirror. Next hone the bevel until its shines. When its razor sharp no light will be reflected from the sharpened edge. If the sharpened edge looks like a tiny shiny, wire it is still dull.

I have mostly abandoned this tool. I have some better cutting utensils these days. I have never heard about the edge reflecting light theory before. I will put that to use. 

It reminds me of when I got my knipknife. I couldn't see the edge under a magnifying glass. It is very very sharp.

 

[Sanch]

15 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

I have mostly abandoned this tool. I have some better cutting utensils these days. I have never heard about the edge reflecting light theory before. I will put that to use. 

It reminds me of when I got my knipknife. I couldn't see the edge under a magnifying glass. It is very very sharp.

 

what's the width of this abandoned tool? if you make anything that requires belt slots you can easily use it in conjunction with hole punches to make clean slots if you don't have a slot punch. it looks greater than 1 3/4" though. anyhow just sayin.

[bikermutt07]

I believe it was 2"s. It has a stamp on it from crain\crane (spelling?). That is a floor tool provider. They may make hand planes, but I haven't ever seen one. I picked it up off a shelf at work collecting dust.