Angle for panel raising plane

pqken | Posted in Hand Tools on January 5, 2005 11:50am

I am thinking of having a plane made for raising panels. Besides having the blade skewed does anyone know what would be the best angle for the blade for cutting both the end grain and long grain smoothly?

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RayL | Jan 13, 2005 04:59am | #1
In Fine Woodworking's "on Planes and Chisels", which I believe you can still purchase, there is an article on making just such a plane. However the author made two planes, one right-handed and one left-handed. His rational for this extra work was that he would have a plane that cut WITH the grain irrespective ofwhich side of the raised panel he was working on. This makes sense.

Anyway; he used a 35 deg. bedding angle for the blade and 30 deg. skew angle on the cutting edge/plane body.

pqken | Jan 13, 2005 06:26am | #2
Thank you for that response, I'll look up the article. I'd agree, you'd have to make a right and left hand plane. The good news would be I'd have the extra practice.
pqken