I finally managed to get some shop time this weekend and did some work on some boxes that have been in progress for a couple of months now. While bevel cutting some long strips of Tiger Maple, I managed to scorch the bevel pretty badly. I started to breakout the sander, but in light of now having a really nice Jointer Plane I thought I'd plane the area to keep all the edges nice and crisp.
As most of you know, my shop is pretty small and my work bench sets in a small alcove. This works great for working on small short pieces but I just don't have the space available to hand plane long stock, especially with a long jointer plane.
I often cover the top of my TS with a large piece of 3/4" MDF to use it for assembly or sanding, but every time I've tried planning on it, the whole piece would slide across the TS, being that I keep it well waxed.
Then I thought about a small bench hook I'd made a while back while working on some small pieces, and thought, 'why not up scale that puppy.
So, I glued on a piece of 3/4 scrap to the bottom of the right edge, and a piece of 1/4" oak along the top left edge and a piece of 1/4" ply along the front edge.
Now I have a really big bench hook I can plane against.
Granted, there is no vise or bench dogs, but it works well enough. I'm going to work on a vise and dogs for it.
Here's the piece before planing, note the piece is beveled on both sides so I kept the waste pieces to prop up the work piece level.
And after planing, did I mention that I really love my new Veritas bevel up Jointer plane?
I also bought one last plane for now. Wood River #5 Jack.
Not as smooth as the Veritas but I love the side realestate for shooting. Now I just need to make some shooting boards and plane cradles for them all.
These are my Go-To planes:
L-R: Veritas Bevel-Up Jointer, Woodriver #6, Woodriver #5, Stanley #4, Stanley #60 and #62 Block planes.
These should do me for a good while.
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