It is simply a piece of ply with a straight edge, on top of this you glue blocks of wood at the correct distance to get the right angle with the honing guide.
Two blocks for plane blades and two blocks for chisels, one at 25 and one at 30degrees
To mount the blade in the guide you push the blade towards the correct block and the guide towards the edge of the plate and then tighten up the guide.
Time today: 2h
A great idea Anders. I bought a honing guide last weekend so I'll use your method to get the correct angles.
ReplyDeleteYou are really flying ahead with that boat!
I wish I was. Things seem to be a bit stalled on Gath Mor at the moment.
We have school holidays in three weeks time so I hope to have all the frames etc cut by then.
I stole the idea as well, from here (this one is much nicer): http://www.lie-nielsen.com/pdf/AngleSettingJig.pdf
ReplyDeleteI wish I was flying ahead even faster, summer is approaching fast and I really want to sail as much as possible. Actually I am quite happy with the pace so far, a big part in that is that my family lives 500km away so most days I just work and build the boat.
Looking forward to see the progress of Gath Mor!