tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972621811353381664.post1862589977791978488..comments2024-03-14T06:57:13.420-04:00Comments on Unique Tips For Hand Tools : Adjustable Sawtooth Shelving With Hand ToolsElmer Nahumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01840706141259549703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972621811353381664.post-91684567121553733792018-08-15T01:55:21.993-04:002018-08-15T01:55:21.993-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413800606122644397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972621811353381664.post-59130982389735189852014-04-13T23:10:41.857-04:002014-04-13T23:10:41.857-04:00Interesting. I have not had consistent results wit...Interesting. I have not had consistent results with spurs or nickers even when sharp. Most of the time, they work. But it seems like the times I really need it to make a clean cut, it tears out. So, I usually revert to sawing out the cut or placing a sacrificial piece. Anyway, as it turns out, since this post, I have subsequently made a dovetail plane, I believe as you describe. I used it for a project to make the male portion of a sliding dovetail, but forgot about my own post. I guess I should try it the next time I make sawtooth shelving. Agree that it probably is easier to make the "sawteeth" first, then rip cut them into the four pieces.<br /><br />Here's a link for the photo of the dovetail plane:<br /><br />http://prezi.com/r_tjtpoala-8/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copyElmer Nahumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840706141259549703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972621811353381664.post-15184141074802692022014-04-10T11:48:46.242-04:002014-04-10T11:48:46.242-04:00.
R A Salman list a “Bookcase Shelf Plane” in his....<br /><br />R A Salman list a “Bookcase Shelf Plane” in his ‘Dictionary of Woodworking Tools’, describing it as first listed by Varvill of York, in the 1870s.<br /><br />However, I have one made by Moon of St Martin’s Lane from about that period.<br /><br />It resembles a Dado plane in construction with the blade cutting across the grain mounted at a skew; with the bed at a reverse angle so that it cuts a dovetail section across the board.<br /><br /> A nicker blade severs the cross grain on the left side ahead of the descending blade and there are two adjustable fences. The first, mounted on the left hand side acts as a depth stop, riding on the face of the board to limit the depth of cut. The other is on the right side and travels in the previously cut groove so that the tool is held in line to guide the next cut.<br /><br />It’s a bit of a brute to use and I would query its use in a library as the hard corners of the serrated edges will be likely to damage the boards of books. <br />I believe that it was used mostly in retail shop fitting where there was a need for adjustable shelves for the storage and display of stock.<br /><br />That's a very fine Secretaire and I must confess that I like the idea that you have of mounting the racks face-to face and I expect that the plane that I have described would easily cut those sections from a wide board that would then be re-sawn and the battens with the narrow teeth fixed sideways.<br /><br />All best from Wales<br /> <br />.HandMadeInWoodhttp://handmadeinwood.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com