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Patron Version Video: The Reed Chamfer Sled

🕑 Added 2023-10-28 11:00:05 +0000 UTC

Comments

Jo Moreau

I can never have too many toys, especially if I made them myself!

Rex Krueger

You're so welcome!

Rex Krueger

You shattered a magnet? I tip my hat to you. You did indeed make mistakes I never imagined. Well done.

Rex Krueger

I hear you, but I don't agree. For a woodworker, free tools have a lot of value. Getting a fancy tool for free is pretty much exactly like getting money. It's too much bias. Reporters aren't allowed to take gifts like that and I'm "reporting" on the woodworking industry. Of course, that's just my view.

Rex Krueger

I think we all get lost in making too much shop stuff sometimes. It's the nature of the hobby, but also something to be aware of.

Rex Krueger

It's my pleasure!

Rex Krueger

You're entirely right...but when you're adjusting the screw a lot, I think inserts are cheap insurance.

Rex Krueger

Yup. They now include runners from solid Cherry for a few more bucks.

Rex Krueger

Installing the inserts is ticklish work. That zebra wood I used is brittle and I was praying the whole way!

Rex Krueger

James was very kind in his review.

Rex Krueger

Well, I'm a blessed EXPERT at fixing mistakes.

Rex Krueger

Indeed it is.

Rex Krueger

You're right; there may be no "problem" to solve here, but you can take an unused tool and make it into a specialty tool at minimum expense.

Rex Krueger

That's so irritating! Vendors usually don't do that. For what it's worth, I seriously never use a block plane. I don't find them useful.

Rex Krueger

That's an interesting question. I'm not sure how well that would work. Since the corner of the wood is 90*, you need the angles of the skids to add up to 90 for it to register. So, I think you could change them as long as the math works out.

Rex Krueger

Oh, what a nice thing to say! I'm a HUGE Mr. Pete fan. His videos were a major influence on me when I was leaving teaching and starting to do content for a living.

Rex Krueger

I cannot disagree. This kit is out there and I wanted to give it a fair shake.

Robert A Carbo

Great video as usual. Thanks!

Matt Evans-Koch

I agree completely.

Michael Bennett

Sometimes the tool-making is just as enjoyable as the projects themselves.

Richard C von Brecht

Figures that I'm behind the curve. I hope it was positive?

Kenneth Carlile

You can buy the runners as well if you don't want to make them.

Kenneth Carlile

Nice video, but I can assure you, you didn't make all the possible mistakes... I humbly submit that you could have done the following, as I did: 1. shatter magnets by not handling them correctly (fortunately 3 of them were recoverable and I had some spares) 2. break the threaded inserts, not once, but both times (ended up filing these off, and it worked out 3. misfile the gradations on not one but both of the bronze pieces 4. realize after you put the whole thing together that you didn't quite get the length of the plane right, so you have to file out a recess on the back bronze bit All that said, I like the kit, it works well, and your review was great. I appreciate the magnet loss bit, I think I did that too...

Tom Broome

I think that getting a product from a manufacture and reviewing it in an unbiased way, for the compensation to keep the product with no other compensation given, would be considered appropriate especially if the product is related to woodworking.

Matt Evans-Koch

Some day I will be caught up on the tool making and finally start building all of the other projects you have put out Rex. Thank you for the video.

Jeff Hill

Interesting jig and conversion of a block plain for making chamfers. I have a chamfer plain that came in a box of items I picked up at an estate sale. Used it a couple times and it really did not give me clean repeatable chamfers. I'll stick with just grabbing a block plane and marking the angle I need. Thanks for the demonstration and your opinions.

Daniel Bucci

He already did! It's on YouTube :)

John Griswold

In hard, dense woods you often don't need a threaded insert...just an appropriately sized drill bit and a thread tap. Machine threads hold surprisingly well in hardwoods, don't compromise the wood as much as the large hole for the insert, and can even be "sized" with a little aliphatic resin glue (yellow carpenter's glue) which will stick to the wood and not so much the screw if you back it out after 15 minutes or so.

Ross Martin

Thanks for the honest, non-sponsored review. Still a newbie with lots of other jig projects ahead of this one. Seems like a lot of fidgeting for limited return. It also seems like the trickiest part is getting the runners just right. Why wouldn’t they just include some longish ones in the kit so you only need to make spacers and trim the runners to fit your plane? I would think this kit would be most appealing to someone who doesn’t have good plane skills and has a hard time getting it perfect. Including the hardest part would appeal to those woodworkers. Is there no way to include generic runners (i.e., planes vary too much to make ones that fit most planes)?

Rick Prosser

I made this (DIY-no kit) after watching the WBW video. I ran into the same issues, plus I split my first rail when installing the threaded inserts. It is a fun project and a new tool to play with.

Richard C von Brecht

I’m think as a good buddy James Wright should reciprocate and do a review/build of your router plane. Are you listening James?

William Allen

hmm. Interesting. When I started doing kumiko I needed an exact 45 60 and 30 degree chamfer. There is a Japanese chamfer plqne made just for kumiko making. It has a single fence that adjusts to all three angles, and they were very non-expensive. I bought one. It works simply and perfectly with only a few seconds setup. I have seen various examples of the chamfer sled, but have never pulled the trigger. Because, as you say, it is a one trick pony, but more importantly it is more fiddly than just grabbing any old plane and quickly knocking off a chamfer. Even a precise chamfer, two passes with a marking gauge, plane to the lines, one precise chamfer done. Much easier than using a sled. But that’s just me.

Ted Foust

Liked the tool. I also bought one of those chamfer tools along time ago. Used very little, forgot I had it. Always grabbed a block plane. So when I watched this video, and you made mistakes your just human. Remember one thing a carpenter will always make mistakes, but a good one can repair them.

Rane Olsen

That exotic looks much like zebrawood.

Brian Taylor

I think I'm with you on this - a dedicated chamfer plane is really a solution to an imagined problem. But if you have an extra plane hanging around collecting sawdust, it looks like a fun kit. Once done, you can have a dedicated chamfer plane hanging around collecting sawdust :-)

Jo Moreau

This is an interesting video, but do I need a chamfering device? Not yet!! I need to make some more basic hand tools before I start fooling around with a chamfer jig. Missed out on a vintage Stanley block plane today, someone stole it from the vendor who was holding it for me.

Bradley Barth

Thanks for showing the kit off. I assume if you change the angles on the runners you can change the chamfer angle too.

Larry W Thayer

Is a very nice way to start my Saturday. You and Mr. Pete. (tubalcain mrpete) May you live to "Infotainment" the young and old as long as he has . . . is.