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6’ to 7pm for small projects?
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05-09-2020, 01:00 PM
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Arlin means like this (used as a Cooper's Plane) ...
I built this plane several years ago, but it is only 36" long with a 3" wide blade (seen alongside a Stanley #7) ...
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Yah Derek that is what I am taking about.
Did you make that one??
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05-10-2020, 10:02 AM
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I don't know how small "small" is for you, but a jointer only needs to be 1.5 to 2x longer than the longest piece you'll ever need to join. A 6 foot long jointer could easily joint pieces 3-4 feet long.
Edit: This is wrong. I don't know what I was thinking. See subsequent posts.
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A Cooper's Jointer plane was for planing the edges of the barrel staves....Usually had two legs attached to the "high" end. They could fold up alongside the plane, for when the Cooper needed to move it about. Legs and plane would make a tripod set up.
When you do find one in the wild...usually the legs are long gone. There would be a hole through the body, for a bolt to attach the legs with. Legs would have a bevel at the bolt, so when you set the plane up, the legs would splay out a bit. Sometimes, there was a small chain between the legs, to keep them from splaying out too far.
Don Wilwol has such a plane, sitting above the French Doors of his house. About 6' long.....
Show me a picture, I'll build a project from that
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05-10-2020, 02:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2020, 02:44 PM by MauleSkinner.)
Quote: I don't know how small "small" is for you, but a jointer only needs to be 1.5 to 2x longer than the longest piece you'll ever need to join. A 6 foot long jointer could easily joint pieces 3-4 feet long.
I’m thinking this is backwards...for jointing, the workpiece can be twice as long as the plane, from what I’ve seen/worked with.