Ah, humidity is too high to work in the garage today, stuck the guitar in some plastic with a hygrometer, -so I decided to practice my jointing skills on some test top sitka. I have an old Stanley #6 or 7, its about 23" long, I put the new HOC blade in it. (My 'new' 5 1/4 is not square on the sides) But this plane is perfect square.
Ok, had some issues with the table top squareness or something, figured it out, grrrrrr, then I hit it pretty good, I kept taking the blade down on successive passes till almost nothing came out.
First time I did the light test, BOOM Nuthin commin through. Did it with the worklight, nothing. no shipe nothing but wood!!
Glued er up, now to do a 1.5 hour weight test, see how much it can take before she pops.
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I got it up to 35 Lbs, without problems, creaking or anything. Im always a little leary about hand bending, but I'm worried about cracking the board when I bend this joint. 1 hr 50 minutes after glue up HHG.
Looks like I've got 2 or 3 years backsplice there!