Record 044 Plough Plane Users/Owners - Technique

[grant-s]

I am fairly new to hand planes in general, but especially plough planes. I have been cutting some practice grooves with my recently aquired 044. I note that the depth stop can be fitted with the long side of the ski facing either forward or aft. Is there a reason to use one configuration over the other? Am I missing some design feature of the plane?

Holding the plane level so that the depth of the groove is equal over the width of the groove is tricky; especially important, of course, for the wider grooves. Is this just a matter of developing better hand-eye co-ordination or are there some specific techniques that help in this regard? I note that the fence is drilled for what I presume is the addition of an auxiliary fence. I would appreciate any comments about what advantages an auxiliary fence might provide.

Thanks for any information/thoughts you may have.

Grant S.

[Jim in Burlington]

Auxillary fence is very usefull I made mine about 11" long. I don't really use the depth stop but prefer to take very light cuts. If the dado is over a 1/4" wide I just plow it out on the table saw and finish up with the dado plane. I tend to keep one hand on the plane handle and the other on the fence portion it helps me to keep the dado square.

[Denis Chénard in Ottawa]

I am fairly new to hand planes in general, but especially plough planes. I have been cutting some practice grooves with my recently aquired 044. I note that the depth stop can be fitted with the long side of the ski facing either forward or aft. Is there a reason to use one configuration over the other? Am I missing some design feature of the plane?

Holding the plane level so that the depth of the groove is equal over the width of the groove is tricky; especially important, of course, for the wider grooves. Is this just a matter of developing better hand-eye co-ordination or are there some specific techniques that help in this regard? I note that the fence is drilled for what I presume is the addition of an auxiliary fence. I would appreciate any comments about what advantages an auxiliary fence might provide.

Thanks for any information/thoughts you may have.

Grant S.

Could I ask you a favour?

The 044 that I purchased recently doesn't have the depth stop (I knew that when I bought it). Could you post a picture of the stop so I can go around and make myself one?

TIA,

DC

[grant-s]

Could I ask you a favour?

The 044 that I purchased recently doesn't have the depth stop (I knew that when I bought it). Could you post a picture of the stop so I can go around and make myself one?

TIA,

DC

Denis,

I would be very happy to post a picture for you. I have never posted a picture before. I hope there are some instructions on the site to guide me.

Regards,
Grant S.

[Brent in Montreal]

Hi Grant,

Welcome to the forum. Check in the FAQ, or at the top of the WWing forum is a thread with detailed instructions on pic posting.

[Ed in Leaside]

Could I ask you a favour?

The 044 that I purchased recently doesn't have the depth stop (I knew that when I bought it). Could you post a picture of the stop so I can go around and make myself one?

TIA,

DC

Hi Dennis,

My 044 is also missing the depth stop. A couple of folks at WC Handtool Forum posted these for me.

First pic is from Mr. Mutchler 916

Second pic is also from Mr. Mutchler 917

Third pic is from Mr. Guzman 918

They also gave the dimensions: "The foot is 6.3 cm long x 1.3 cm wide x .2 cm thick. The mounting spud is 2.9 cm long." (in inches it's 2.5 x .5 x 0.08 - 1.25)

HTH, Ed

[grant-s]

Hi Denis,

Here are the pictures you requested. Ed at Leaside beat me to it so there is some duplication. I wanted to send these just to gain experience with attaching photos. I dimensioned the hand sketch using my calipers which measure to the nearest 1/64 of an inch. Note the forward and aft mounting option for the long portion of the depth stop.

With reference to the sketch, there is a missing dimension. The centre of the vertical post is 3/4" back from the short end of the foot and it is centred side-to-side.

Grant S.

[Denis Chénard in Ottawa]

Thanks Ed and Grant!

DC