Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-4, страница 36

Coach maker's Plane

Making a Raised and Fielded Panel with a Coachmaker's Plane

Although you could make raised and fielded panels entirely by hand using a coachmaker's rabbet plane, most woodworkers would likely remove most of the waste with a table saw and then make the sawn surface smooth and ready for polishing with the rabbet plane.

The panel the author makes here shows the use of both the shoulder and coachmaker's plane and has a couple of uncommon features. The angled faces are on the vertical edges only because the author dislikes how angled faces on the top and bottom edges disrupt

the grain pattern of the panel. Also, the framed effect of the raising invariably causes the center field to be much less elegant than when only the edges are raised.

A small point, perhaps, but important to the author because when made with only the edges raised, the angled face then lands on the rail, showing off the angle to good effect. The author raised the edges with a table saw and made the upstand tall enough to have a rabbet shaped down its length, creating an extra shadow line.

Chances are, you will choose to use a table saw The upstand (distance the fielded area is elevated above the angled edges) is about 3/8"; the author to make the raising, like the author does. cleaned it up first using a shoulder plane. The 3/8" dimension is large enough to accept a rabbet.

The coachmaker's plane does a perfect job of cleaning up the sawn surface right into the corner. Grip this plane just as you would a bench plane. Grip and stance are key to proper planing technique.

A "finger gauged" line is the simplest way to mark the depth of the rabbet.

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August 2008 Woodworker's Journal