{"id":1971,"date":"2012-01-30T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:20","slug":"hollows-and-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/hollows-and-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollows and Rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/plane_blade_bath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1972\" title=\"plane blade bath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/plane_blade_bath-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of plane blades soaking in white vinegar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The larger project&#8221; that I made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=1965\">shelf brackets<\/a> for involves the collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=1851\">hollows and rounds molding planes<\/a> I acquired last fall. This project wants at least a couple of them to be tuned up for peak performance. Now that our winter weather has brought dry air, the planes are much easier to disassemble and adjust. A couple of hammer taps on the trailing end knocks the blades loose easily. In the muggy fall, they needed a lot more beating to get the parts to move. So&#8230;. since it&#8217;s so easy, let&#8217;s clean all of them.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is very obvious. The previous owner had a lot more love for the rounds than the hollows.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours in my favorite non-toxic rust remover, white vinegar, will clean them up nicely. The wooden bodies and wedges are so clean that wiping down with mineral spirits is all they need.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For anyone considering using vinegar for rust removal, keep it away from your workbench. Vinegar does a good job of &#8220;ebonizing&#8221; the fir my bench is made of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The larger project&#8221; that I made shelf brackets for involves the collection of hollows and rounds molding planes I acquired last fall. This project wants at least a couple of them to be tuned up for peak performance. Now that our winter weather has brought dry air, the planes are much easier to disassemble and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hand-tools","7":"category-woodworking","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8145,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions\/8145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}