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I built a few spokeshaves with the Lee Valley kits, which makes them low angle wood ones. It was fun, but I have trouble getting consistent results. They like to try to take off enough to clog the mouth at whatever depth setting they're at, although if I'm careful they do ok. Even making sure I'm running with the grain it is hard not to get them to snag, so I'm not getting much better results than if I just used a drawknife.
Are they generally finicky and I just need more practice or do these sound like fettling issues? I think I'll try to get an iron one next time I'm antiquing to compare, maybe in the mean time I'll raid the scrap bin and hack away.
Are they generally finicky and I just need more practice or do these sound like fettling issues? I think I'll try to get an iron one next time I'm antiquing to compare, maybe in the mean time I'll raid the scrap bin and hack away.