Scrub Plane

    Sitting on my bench is my Veritas Scrub plane.  I bought this plane several years ago and it just occurred to me the other day how often I reach for it.  I suspect that real woodworkers would shriek if they saw how I use my scrub plane, but tough.    As you can see from the photo I am about to turn my scrubber lose on a glued up cutting board.  It will knock down the high spots and clear away that glue in the blink of an eye. I will then turn the board over to the more gentle ministrations of various smoothing planes and scrappers.  I am also a fan of my random orbital sander.


    The scrub plane also comes to the fore when I need to clear away lots of wood in a hurry.  I can remove material for smaller projects faster with the scrub than I can get the planner out of its corner in the shop and hook it up to the dust collection and move other things out of the way.  


   It is a work horse, or if you will a bull in a china shop.  I do adjust its blade for depth of cut but usually it is an adjustment from very deep and aggressive to sort of deep and  slightly less aggressive.  Not a delicate tool but one that I am really glad I own.

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cheers,

New Page on my Blog

Good Monday Everyone,
   I have spend too much time playing on the computer and not enough working in my shop lately.  The shop should be cleared out and ready to function properly be the end of next week.  That means to Chesterfields and Ottomans blocking access to the band saw and not bookshelves blocking access to the table saw and the dust collection set up.  All the furnatire, light fixtures, televisions and book cases should be out of my shop by next weekend. ( or maybe the following one)  Once the drywall guys are done, it is painting and then finishing the floor then moving everything back and shazam it is done.
  Of course having all that stuff moved out the shop will mean that I have to spend sometime sorting my shop space out too so it maybe the end of the month before I am into full comfort mode.
  Anyway, since I have had computer time, I added a new page to the blog.  It shows some of the projects that I have created in my shop over the last year or two.  Not all the projects and not even some of the best.  I forget to take photos sometimes.
  Check in to the projects page occasionally, I will be adding more to it as I go along.

Fireman coming down a ladder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgJZm9lqWI0

Amazing young players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhetvLOBOOo

 The performance was amazing, watch it all the way through.
Do you suppose they love to play and are happy practicing?