Veritas low-angle jack replacement tote (x-post /r/woodworking)
imgur.com/a/ENIV5eKPosted Feb 17, 2019, 6:26 PM UTC
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Nice work, it looks great! I just made a replacement No 5 tote last night myself 🙂
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Looks like a longhorn tote. The veritas tote is pretty hefty, I've thought about replacing mine too.
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Looks like a longhorn tote.
I... may have taken some liberties with cutting the template. I like the look of a long "swoosh" on the tote, and it provides a little extra leverage when picking the (heavyish) plane up and setting it down.
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Just hope that, that leverage doesn't help break the whole horn off along the grain.
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The grain runs roughly parallel to this piece. It's not breaking off unless I drop the plane.
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How do you like your rasp? It looks like an expensive hand stitched one. Id love one, but I wonder if they are so different from a machined rasp.
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I like it. It's a hand-stitched Gramercy rasp. Expensive, but cheaper than Auriou. Performs well.
Small negative: the handles on these rasps are uncomfortably thin. I'll probably replace the handle at some point.
You would very quickly notice the difference relative to a machine-cut rasp (unless it's one of the fancy expensive machine-cut rasps which use randomized cutter locations). The machine-cut rasps do not cut smoothly due to the repetition in location of the cutters.
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I have a nice Liogier handle-maker's rasp - the first thing I used it for was creating a new handle for the Liogier handle-maker's rasp...
How come that files generally come without handles and rasps with?
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Much, much better.
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I made a replacement tote for my Veritas low-angle jack. I strongly dislike the original tote; from day one I found it uncomfortable and inelegant. The replacement is made of cherry and finished with boiled linseed oil and paste wax.
The shape of the tote is based on the Stanley #5 template available from Lee Valley. The bolt hole had to be drilled at a different angle than specified in the template (closer to vertical) to make it suitable for use with the Veritas plane.
Build photos and some additional notes are behind the link.
That must feel so much more comfortable! I find the stock tote too bulky and boxy. My hand is round Veritas... Like most humans.
Edit: Are you working out of your living room?
The new tote feels great, very comfortable. The forward lean lends itself to a little more downforce while planing, which I also prefer.
And yeah, my "shop" is a section of living room. Apartment life...
For shorter planes (#1-#4), I like a forward angle. For longer planes, though, I prefer a more upright position. Medium planes are used with the knob for downwards pressure, and longer ones are already heavy, and the length means longer arm movement with shifting angles, and a more upright tote makes that easier.
Looks good.