Hand Scraping a Hand Plane to .0001" Accuracy

dimanche 22 février 2015

G'Day,

Greetings from the USA.

I have decided to Metal Scrape an imported hand plane that i bought new for less than $10 USD, just for the fun of it.

I'm going to give the project away after it's completion.



If you like metalwork and you have never seen metal scraping being performed or it's result, i would recommend taking a look at youtube under hand scraping or Biax Scraping. like this great, but lengthy, video:

http://ift.tt/QwuCt1



the video inspired me to do the same thing , with a lesser quality plane that was more dimensionally challenged.

some pictures for the interested!

HF33 1.jpg

HF33 2.jpg this picture left shows the poor contact, illustrating the initial rub on my surface plate

HF33 3.jpg this pic was taken after the first scraping cycle, there was instant improvement- contact on 4 points





Here are pictures taken as the process improves the flatness of the planes face:





HF33 4.jpgHF33 5.jpgHF33 6.jpgHF33 7.jpgHF33 8.jpgHF33 9.jpgHF33 10.jpgHF33 11.jpgHF33 12.jpgHF33 13.jpg



the pictures below illustrate the use of a 1" ball bearing being utilized to apply the force of the vice jaw to the plane without damage.

HF33 15.jpgHF33 14.jpg



i did make a youtube video that is redundant of the pictures you have seen here, only put to music.



http://ift.tt/1B98xpJ



thank you for reading and watching.

comments and questions are welcome!



If you are interested in having your hand plane reconditioned to a instrument of accuracy,

send an email to biaxscraper@yahoo (dot) com


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