{"id":3219,"date":"2014-10-09T12:33:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2022-10-18T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:35:53","slug":"kerfing-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/kerfing-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerfing Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resawing lumber is a part of many\u00a0projects, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/2009\/458\/\">big long boards<\/a> for the hulls of boats, to fine hardwood boards for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/2013\/2802\/\">boxes<\/a>. It&#8217;s time to take resawing accuracy to the next stage. I follow the usual technique of sawing from all 4 corners and flipping frequently to stay on track, or for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/2009\/475\/\">very long board<\/a>, still flipping frequently side to side. Even so, going astray a little bit and recovering often produces the dreaded &#8220;X&#8221; in the middle of a board. That&#8217;s sometimes a hump, with matching divot in the other piece. I&#8217;ve never had an error of that sort serious enough to ruin a project, but I would like to spend less time &#8220;cleaning up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, don&#8217;t blame it on my saws. They are terrific and I keep them wicked sharp. It&#8217;s the guy pushing the saw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kerfing-plane-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kerfing-plane-680.jpg\" alt=\"kerfing plane parts\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kerfing-plane-680.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kerfing-plane-680-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom Fidgen published his solution, a &#8220;kerfing plane,&#8221; on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunpluggedwoodshop.com\/the-kerfing-plane-part-three.html\">his blog<\/a> and in his recent book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1600857639\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1600857639&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=accessmatters-20&amp;linkId=QPKCOEJBXYK3L2AP\">Unplugged Workshop<\/a>. The idea is to produce a kerf of reasonable depth on all edges of a piece of lumber, and then use that kerf to\u00a0guide the saw. We&#8217;ll see if it makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Tom started with a fixed fence version and converted to an adjustable fence version. I&#8217;m going straight to the adjustable version. Here&#8217;s a start at the main body, in cherry. The &#8220;stains&#8221; near the upper holes are from linseed oil used to lubricate a tap for threaded holes (more on that later). The blade, needing teeth, is from an old Disston. The saw nuts are from Issac Smith&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackburntools.com\/new-tools\/new-saws-and-related\/saw-bolts\/index.html\">Blackburn Tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resawing lumber is a part of many\u00a0projects, from big long boards for the hulls of boats, to fine hardwood boards for boxes. It&#8217;s time to take resawing accuracy to the next stage. I follow the usual technique of sawing from all 4 corners and flipping frequently to stay on track, or for a very long [&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":[5,36,34,19,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hand-tools","7":"category-kerfing-plane","8":"category-resawing","9":"category-shopmade","10":"category-woodworking","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219","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=3219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8600,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions\/8600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}