Re: Sanding leading edge on Penny Plane

From: Nick Ray <lasray_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:21:22 -0500

Sorry for breaking this up into two emails.
A second way to is to hold the strip of wood and sand or use a razor blade
to shape edge. This will take some practice to get right. This is the way I
used to build SO models and Penny Planes. I found that helped me to draw in
profile the shape that you want to make on the leading edge. From this you
just sand until you reach your desired shape.

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Nick Ray <lasray_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Ren,
> There are two ways that I was taught for doing this. First the safest way
> is to tape the strip of wood to a work board with a crisp 90* edge then you
> can take a fine emory board and sand in the desired shape. I find that helps
> to make your own sanding blocks out of some 1000grit to 1500grit wet dry
> paper (always use dry). what I normally do is to take some 1/4" balsa strips
> and spray them on one side with 3M 77 and then attach the sand paper to them
> and trim it off. This method will give you a very controlled way to shape
> the leading edge.
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Ren <nmonllor_at_tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Okay guys,
>> I'm sort of stumped on how to sand 1/16" balsa strip to have a square
>> strip with a round nose.
>> I'm making the Cezar Banks Penny Plane.
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>> Ren
>>
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