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Plate joining question
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:24 pm
by kinspeed
Have any of you been able to get a perfect plate joining seem using a router table or jointer?
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:55 pm
by Diane Kauffmds
John Hall uses a joiner and gets a great result every time.
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:42 pm
by rcnewcomb
Santa Cruz Guitars uses a jointer. I asked Richard Hoover about this when I toured their facility last year.
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:59 pm
by kinspeed
Thank you guys!
My thought is, if I could build a router table box that runs tight in the miter slot and have the two plates toggled down to it, I should theoretically be able to get a perfect joint. Unless my theory is flawed, which it may be. Any thoughts on that? Anyone?
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:47 pm
by ruby@magpage.com
Theoretically, of course this could work. I might try it to see, but my bet is that you will need just a little tweaking.
Ed
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:54 pm
by kinspeed
This point is moot. I just bought a Veritas Low Angle Jack Plane with the PM-V11 blade. NTD coming soon!
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:05 pm
by Diane Kauffmds
kinspeed wrote:This point is moot. I just bought a Veritas Low Angle Jack Plane with the PM-V11 blade. NTD coming soon!
Oh man, I'm envious! Enjoy.
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:33 pm
by ruby@magpage.com
I think you will still need a little tweak. Let us know and show us your set-up
Ed
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:07 pm
by kinspeed
I'm sorry to say that I had to cancel the Veritas LAJ. I did pick up a Stanley No.6 for cheap. It should be sufficient to run the shooting board, we'll see.
Re: Plate joining question
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:30 pm
by kinspeed
I got the post war Stanley No.6 for $45, it's in really good shape. The blade needed some work so I sharpened it by hand, thanks to Paul Sellers, got it set right in the plane and it is shaving translucent shavings. I'm building my shooting board for it tomorrow and then it's joining the tops and backs.