Comments on: John Wilson’s Adjustable-pitch Plane

By: BLZeebub

BLZeebub — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:10:41 +0000

Quite ingenious. I believe I might have graduated from the one tool for all occasions persuasion. I’d rather setup another type 13 or earlier example of a Stanley with a back beveled Hock iron. Call me crazy but when asked by a noob how many routers does one need I replied, “How many bits do you own?” Bwooooohahahaha…

always,
The Dark One

P.S. More always means M-O-R-E…

By: watermantra

watermantra — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:48:45 +0000

I have to wonder…if one cambers the blade enough to be effective at the 45 degree pitch, the camber at 52 degrees would be even greater. Thus, the blade would only cut at about the middle third of the blade in the higher pitch. My 50 degree plane is cambered only very, very slightly, while my cambered block plane iron is pronounced.

However, for a shop with limited plane selection, or one that uses planes only every so often, it might be worth the trouble.

By: John Walkowiak

John Walkowiak — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:01:18 +0000

As with all great ideas, this one has been thought of before. Planemaker E.W.Carpenter used 2 wedges to adjust the pitch and keep the throat tight in 1849. I have seen all types of his bench planes with this feature, so it must have worked and been popular. Here is a link to the patent. http://patimg1.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=00006226&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft1.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D0006226.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F0006226%2526RS%3DPN%2F0006226&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

By: holland

holland — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:04:03 +0000

John Wilson? I bought all of my Shaker Box making equipment from him several years ago and have been buying supplies from him ever since. What a great guy to do business with! He designs planes also? What a guy!