How to Read the End Grain Direction for Hand Planing
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2023
- This is a little talked about method for determining the grain direction of a board. Especially helpful for real world boards where the grain is squirrely or figured. Consider it an additional check even with a lovely straight grained pieces.
This lesson is an excerpt from a lesson within The Hand Tool School where you will find thousands of hours of hand tool woodworking instruction. Check it out at www.handtoolschool.net. We offer many ways to learn from complete courses called Semesters, to projects, and even individual lessons like this one. Or you can subscribe and become an Apprentice and get access to everything bit of content in the school since its founding in 2010.
Best tip I've been shown in a long time, thank you!
Wow! This helps a lot!
Really useful - thank you
Thats gold! If I'm not wood working or doing chores I'm reading or watching videos about wood work. I've run out of new content to watch. No one has shown me that jewel. That is a game changer. How tight was the mouth on that plane.
Hello. Good tip, thanks.
Brilliant, thanks Shannon. Now just have to remember it’s all upside down, down here, down under doh lol
Wow, thanks for the tip!
Thank you sir that helps
Fantastic tip! Because you pronouned Antarctica correctly, as opposed to "An ar di ca" (which most American people who even go there do, missing out the T), I have been there many times and subscribe to your channel, it could pseudo count 😅
Thanks
I appreciate how real you are about woodworking concepts!
This couldn’t have come at a better time! Had some thin stock incredibly curly maple I need to smooth out tonight and your technique is working flawlessly!! I used to guess right a little more than half the time, but figured boards always gave me headaches to where I’d leave thickness to ensure I could correct tear-out if I guessed wrong. Truly appreciate your help and you just saved me tons of aggregation (and time sanding)!!
Thank you for sharing this. I expect it will help me immensely. I am trying to think of how to apply this when the board is more plain sawn rather than quarter or rift. I'm guessing you need to recognize inside vs. outside of the tree and read the cathedral to know which way the fibers are going and then skew to cause the fibers to be supported.
Thank you for actually teaching! Great explanations and demonstration!
Always something more to learn with hand tools, thanks Shannon!
I wish I'd know this much earlier! Thank you!
perfect
Excellent video and advice. Even after 70 years of doing this kind of thing, it always helps to review the basics. Now, let's talk about planing something like the surface of that work bench you're using. Not only does the grain shift and twist in every board that makes up the top, but every 12-24" the plane has to deal with a different piece of wood and its unique grain. I'm currently truing up my (maple top) workbench. I can plane diagonally across the top without too much pain, but almost any attempt to plane at less than 45 degrees down the length tries to defeat my 5-1/2 jack plane and diligent honing of its blade. Thanks for your well-done educational efforts, Rich
WOW Shannon, that's so logical. I can't wait to try that in practice.
This is fascinating. I love curly wood, so this could really help me. Going to try it on some curly maple.