Comments on: Cut Rabbets by Hand

By: MonteB

MonteB — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:25:22 +0000

What hand tool(s) would you recommend using to cut a rabbet along a curved edge? Or is this the time to break out the electric router and rabbeting bit?

Monte

By: e8rob1947

e8rob1947 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:14:09 +0000

That was awesome!

By: carlgrover

carlgrover — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:55:16 +0000

Hold on a minute!

How come no demonstration of the woodie skew wabbit in the picture?

They do make prettier shavings you know. And they smell nice.

Carl

By: JayWC

JayWC — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:35:38 +0000

Chris,

Do you have only the right hand skew plane or the left as well? Matt Vanderlist mentioned having the left could be useful where grain would cause tear out. Perhaps your use of the shoulder plane provides an alternate which saves money and that’s why you did it?

Jay

By: wood_chippie

wood_chippie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:11:52 +0000

great demonstration! especially on how to first score by backing the plane then doing the rabbeting. great music too. I wonder who it was?

By: Graham Hughes

Graham Hughes — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:45:52 +0000

One area of frustration I’ve long had with metal rabbeting planes, and this includes the Veritas, is that the settings creep on me; mostly the depth stop but sometimes the fence too. It is certainly possible I am just ham-handed, but I find the older wooden moving fillisters keep their settings much better, even though adjusting the fence is way more of a pain.

By: Sgt42RHR

Sgt42RHR — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:29:27 +0000

Christopher,

I see that you’re still working on campaign furniture; now a book case? Are you making a suite of campaign furniture, is there more in the works?

I enjoy building 18th century campaign furniture (using hand tools): a walnut folding field bedstead, two walnut folding side chairs, a painted oak folding cot, rectangular and a round leather covered campaign trunks, and am presently finishing up a mahogany folding table. A few photos of these and related project are at
http://galootcentral.com/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=2&place=gallery&cat=10164

Cheers,
John

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:25:15 +0000

A fillister plane has a cross-grain nicker. A simple rabbet plane does not.

By: hmann

hmann — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:05:58 +0000

Chris,

What’s the difference between a rabbet and fillister plane?

By: Bernard Naish

Bernard Naish — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:07:57 +0000

Thanks for that timely video Chris, My new Veritas skew rebate plane arrived some time ago and I got round to using it for the first time today making a mini travelling chest on the lines of the ATC. I now know why you hold it the way you do when scoring across the grain. I also know why you think it is the best avialable and completly agree. It is so much better than my Grandfathers old wooden moving fillister that I have retired that 100 year old plane to the display cabinet. I shall also sell my Record #778.