dovetailed ShoulderPlane Woodworking （吻合ShoulderPlane木工）.pdf

fine tools dovetailed Shoulder Plane Make an heirloom tool and learn the secret to creating double dovetails in metal — it’s easier than you think. I’ve always been fascinated by old, metal hand planes. make the pins look like tails to create the double dove- Especially ones that were made using dovetails to join tails. I’ll explain more about this later. the sides of the plane with the sole, like the shoulder When building your own plane, you’ll need to plane in the photo above. If you look carefully, you’ll decide how to go about locking the iron (or blade) in see that they’re really “double” dovetails. Both the place. I could have used a simple wedge to do this. But sides and the sole have flared “tails.” Now this seems I wanted to be able to easily and accurately fine-tune like it would be impossible to put together. But these the depth of cut. The solution is really pretty simple. I dovetails are cut almost the same way as regular dove- used just a few commonly available hardware items. tails. The tails are cut into the brass sides and the pins This allows you to adjust this plane to make paper-thin are cut into the steel sole. But there’s a little trick to shavings for tight-fitting joints. 32 ShopNotes No. 88 Materials Hardware Exploded 1 View Details Infill and Wedge (cut from same piece) / x 4 - 8 (Rgh.) 2 (1) 1 / - 28 x 6 Threaded Brass Rod 4