I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've had this plane for a few years any haven't used it a lot. Looking back, I thought that since planes are, in general, much more difficult to sharpen tune than card scrapers, I would need to master sharpening a card scraper before I could sharpen and use this effectively. That was 100% wrong. I love card scrapers, but my ability to get the right hook on one is inconsistent at best.
Anyway, I needed to remedy tearout in some cherry and the card scrapers were getting tiresome, so I pulled out the Veritas scraping plane. I have the wide-angle jig for the worksharp, so I started out there for a quick sharpening. After that, putting a hook on it was effortless and I spent a good part of yesterday evening perfecting the surface of bunch of cherry coffee table parts. I had a big pile of curly cherry shavings in no time! Wow...it really holds the hook for a long time, too. This is much easier on the fingers than card scrapers.
I still followed up with a card scraper for a quick final pass - this cherry looks so good it barely needs finish :>
Chris
Anyway, I needed to remedy tearout in some cherry and the card scrapers were getting tiresome, so I pulled out the Veritas scraping plane. I have the wide-angle jig for the worksharp, so I started out there for a quick sharpening. After that, putting a hook on it was effortless and I spent a good part of yesterday evening perfecting the surface of bunch of cherry coffee table parts. I had a big pile of curly cherry shavings in no time! Wow...it really holds the hook for a long time, too. This is much easier on the fingers than card scrapers.
I still followed up with a card scraper for a quick final pass - this cherry looks so good it barely needs finish :>
Chris
