Is there anything more satisfying than?

[Cottis]

I found an old Rapier wood working plane. Says Gateshead England on it and it looks a fairly cheap but robust and honest plane from, I am guessing, the 1950's-1970's or something like that. It was caked in crud and grease. The iron was the wrong way round, the screw that attached it to the chip breaker was on the wrong side and frog was far too high. The edge on the iron was also rounded over, dull and clearly needed work. So basically a basket case but I did need to take some edges off some old rounded over pine bed slats, as I am going to make some more strops out of them, so I thought I would see if i could get it working again.

Took a good 20 minutes of hand sharpening on the diamond stone to finally flatten the iron bevel to get it as it should be. Then it all went back together (the right way this time) and low and behold, we have some functional shavings and the edges of my reconstituted pine bed slats are now flat and somewhat true. Well, true enough to be good enough for my needs. I really should give the rest of the plane a birthday and flatten the bottom and clean it up properly but I am no wood worker and just need it to hoik off edges of wood. It has done the job and was free.

Is there anything more satisfying than a properly sharp hand tool that you can fully keep in service yourself so that it performs as designed?

 

[FISH BOY]

Personally I enjoy pressure washing for a sense of achievement.

 

[willie_gunn]

Lovely work

I get much the same sense of satisfaction when taking something destined for scrap and re-purposing it into something useful.

I got hold of some old oak whisky/whiskey barrel lids (sadly without the barrel contents) and, after a few hours in the workshop with a sash clamp, a rotary sander, and some rubber feet, converted them into trays for a local caterer to use when displaying cheese, cakes and the like:

 

[Cottis]

Lovely work

I get much the same sense of satisfaction when taking something destined for scrap and re-purposing it into something useful.

I got hold of some old oak whisky/whiskey barrel lids (sadly without the barrel contents) and, after a few hours in the workshop with a sash clamp, a rotary sander, and some rubber feet, converted them into trays for a local caterer to use when displaying cheese, cakes and the like:


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That has come up a treat. There is so much good stuff out there that can continue to be well utilised. When I was a youngster, I was never creative or found any joy in this sort of stuff but these days I am like an efficient womble who tries to get a second, third and fourth life out of everything I can.

 

[bullet chucker]

Always think of the TEAK wood that ended up down the local tip? so sad.

BC.

 

[User00056]

The most satisfying thing of my day was pulling the right end of the feedbag string first time. That never happens to me

 

[Cottis]

The most satisfying thing of my day was pulling the right end of the feedbag string first time. That never happens to me

Small wins. They all count.

 

[Outback]

The noise the plane makes when it cuts the shaving off .

 

[Bavarianbrit]

The noise the plane makes when it cuts the shaving off .

Swishhhhh.