How to use your H.N.T Gordon bench plane as a scraper plane

[@robinalexander5772]

Just starting to look at wooden planes on a serious bases, good video. cheers from Tasmania.

[@hntgordonco.2514]

Thanks Robin, if you have any other questions on wooden planes let us know.

[@sinn_furniture]

Hey Terry, one thing I'm curious is that for Japanese wood planes, it's required to make the plane body slightly concaved to ensure not the entire plane touches the surface of wood. But you don't seem to mention that as part of set up or maintainance step, what's your take on that?

[@hntgordonco.2514]

One reason the japanese planes do this is because they want maximum pressure on the wood just in front of the mouth opening for minimising tearout. The brass insert we put in the sole in front on the mouth does a similar thing. A flat sole works very well and is much easier to achieve, when compared to the Kanna sole. The kanna sole shape would minimise friction when pushing the plane but this would be very minimal in the overall scheme of things. Hope that helps. Regards Terry

[@sinn_furniture]

Thanks for sharing @@hntgordonco.2514 Also I really appreciate that you make the planes easier to set up and maintain. It is a bit of pain for Japense planes.

[@markthomas8525]

I'm surprised that your plane cuts so well without a chip breaker when bevel down. I guess Japanese plains don't either.