Hello,
I addressed the problems briefly in my topic related to the jack plane. However, I guess it would be better to address this issue separately here.
I have some white oak (100 x 22 x 600 mm) I am trying to plane with my Stanley 4 1/2.
The blade is relatively sharp, you can shave the hair on the arms with it (as I beginner, I stick to my diamond planes 400/600/800/1200 and a strop for the finish, producing 25 degrees micro bevel). The sole is flat, always covered with little bee wax. The mouth was quite closed, but not too close, I tried opening the mouth a little more, didn't work. The same for the distance between the blade and the chip iron blade.
Planing edge on some pieces was not a problem, on others, I have horrible tearings. If I try planning the wider surface (true face) the plane just bounces off the surface, as the wood was glass. Taking some cuts here and there, but no way of taking a shave longer than 30-60 mm.
If I change the wood orientation, I got tearing on the other side.
If I put the blade deeper, it will stuck in the wood. Too away from wood - doesn't cut at all.
Planning a pine seems like planning a hard cheese compared to this. Pine is great, but I would like to move to something harder, and white oak is the type of wood that I can find readily available here where I live.
Any ideas on how to deal with this? Thank you.
I addressed the problems briefly in my topic related to the jack plane. However, I guess it would be better to address this issue separately here.
I have some white oak (100 x 22 x 600 mm) I am trying to plane with my Stanley 4 1/2.
The blade is relatively sharp, you can shave the hair on the arms with it (as I beginner, I stick to my diamond planes 400/600/800/1200 and a strop for the finish, producing 25 degrees micro bevel). The sole is flat, always covered with little bee wax. The mouth was quite closed, but not too close, I tried opening the mouth a little more, didn't work. The same for the distance between the blade and the chip iron blade.
Planing edge on some pieces was not a problem, on others, I have horrible tearings. If I try planning the wider surface (true face) the plane just bounces off the surface, as the wood was glass. Taking some cuts here and there, but no way of taking a shave longer than 30-60 mm.
If I change the wood orientation, I got tearing on the other side.
If I put the blade deeper, it will stuck in the wood. Too away from wood - doesn't cut at all.
Planning a pine seems like planning a hard cheese compared to this. Pine is great, but I would like to move to something harder, and white oak is the type of wood that I can find readily available here where I live.
Any ideas on how to deal with this? Thank you.