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My first Spokeshave is from Kunz. It has a thin iron and a large throat, so that the results thereby are
disappointing.
So the two emphasis of my construction was a thick Iron and a close throat.
As material I selected brass, since it can be milled easily and the wear will
remain within limits , as the Spokeshave is rarer used than the other planes.
The first step was to choose an iron. A Iron of Ron Hook, which was meant actually for a
smoother of the Krenov' design, corresponded in the dimensions , even if it is too long somewhat. Since I had to do this time without an adjustable
throat, the difficulty lay to arrange the dimensions in such a way that the throat
is as close as possible.
The result is a gap of 0,1mm. (0.004 inch)
At the time of the photos, the grasps were unfortunately not finished , so that I
used simply long screws as grasps.
The Iron is pressed by a bar over 2 tightening screws on the iron bed.
Here one of the final grasps is already installed.
The Adjustement of the iron is quite simple: Lay down the Spokeshave on a flat surface and put the iron into the Spokeshave until it reaches the flat surface . Then you can thigthen the scews.
As with the other planes, then also the
Spokeshave exceeded my expectations. Even with difficult grain direction
it develops a smooth wood surface without tearouts. The dimensions can be surely still optimized
so that the Spokeshave does not have heavy appearance...
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