I have a very sharpe, #5 woodriver hand plane, and I am trying to flatten the legs for my first table. The last leg, is a real bananna shape. The problem I am having is the plane run across the wood, and doesn’t really cut anything. The other legs didn’t have this problem until the started getting real flat (which this board is far from)
First question, I am trying to flatten the side that sticks up in the middle, should I be doing the other side?
What is the trick to getting the plane to cut the wood?
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Warped leg
If the leg is badly warped, you might want to make another from stable material, as opposed to trying to flatten the warped one.
If there is enough material to still have a leg after planing, I'd suggest marking the right profile, and then plane the high spots until you get close to the marked profile. Be aware, however, that the strength of that leg may be compromised by the fact that it will no longer have full-length long grain along the length.
Hi,
Hate to fob you off with a video and I know Paul Sellers can be provocative. That said he does know his onions. Take a look at this video . Paul uses a jack plane to do just what you describe.
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