I took the ramp off my shooting board, and boy does it work a lot better now.
This tells me that my planes aren't as trued up as they could be, but now with the flat bed, it all works licketysplit. (He says today...)
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Un ramping the shooting board... |
I took the ramp off my shooting board, and boy does it work a lot better now. This tells me that my planes aren't as trued up as they could be, but now with the flat bed, it all works licketysplit. (He says today...)
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
If your plane is all tuned up, then a ramp should be of no matter ... I added a ramp to mine a couple years ago and found no difference, its all on the plane setup and sharpness ... |
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
Yeah, I'm going to take mine off too. It's a pretty cool idea, but I don't think you can make the ramp perfect enough. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
I've no doubt the plane could be set up better. That being said, it's working how it's supposed to now, so if I have to sharpen a bit more often, no biggy... |
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| Author: | Josh H [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
Glad to hear that you found something that is working for you. I have always run the plane along the top of my bench, no ramp or shooting board, and I've never had a problem. |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
If you want to avoid some sharpening and use more of the blade , get some 1/2 inch MCP and make some "lifts" where the ramp used to be. |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Un ramping the shooting board... |
 I'd been thinking about adding a ramp to mine, but I guess I won't bother. You can still equalize the blade wear by adding shims under the piece you're jointing, to change what part of the blade makes contact. Good reason to have a stash of back/side sets... plenty of appropriately sized 1/8-3/16" shims to use  I also joint plate halves one at a time nowadays. Trying to line them back up perfectly after checking the joint is too much of a pain. And as long as you lay one face up and the other face down when jointing, you still get the angle cancellation effect (incase your plane isn't perfectly square). |
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