TRADITIONAL JOINERY • BENCH MATRIX
Lumber Janka Hardness & Hand Plane Spec Index
Sole tolerances, secondary bevel angles, and grain tearout benchmarks for heirloom hand tools and fine joinery hardwoods.
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Hand Tool Micro-Bevel & Honing Angle Calculator
Determine optimal secondary honing angles, waterstone grit transitions, and back flatness limits by wood species.
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AUDITED STANDARDS
Bench Joinery Protocols
Peer-reviewed operational procedures executed by certified field specialists.
BENCH PROTOCOL
Cast Iron Sole Flattening Over Float Glass
Lapping vintage Stanley bench planes to 0.0015-inch flatness tolerance.
- 01. Tension frog, blade, and lever cap to operating pressure before lapping.
- 02. Spray 3M wet/dry 120-grit silicon carbide paper adhered to 1/2-inch float glass.
- 03. Draw plane in uniform figure-8 strokes until toe, mouth, and heel show uniform scratch pattern.
HONING PROTOCOL
The 30-Second Ruler Trick for Blade Backs
Creating microscopic flat contact line on blade back without hours of lapping.
- 01. Place 0.5mm stainless 6-inch ruler along edge of 8,000 grit waterstone.
- 02. Rest blade across stone with back riding on ruler; hone 15 strokes only.
- 03. Strop on hard horsebutt leather loaded with 0.5-micron green compound.
JOINERY PROTOCOL
Dovetail Pin Socket Parallax Verification
Ensuring light-tight hand-sawn dovetails through knife-wall registration.
- 01. Establish deep knife line across grain; pare shallow 45° relief trough.
- 02. Seat 15 TPI dovetail saw directly into knife wall; saw to baseline.
SPECIFICATION DATABASE
Lumber Janka & Plane Matrix
Audited field parameters, technical tolerances, and benchmarks.
Bench Smoothing Plane
Stanley No. 4 Smoothing Plane
steel type:O1 High-Carbon Steel / A2
primary bevel:25 Degrees
micro bevel:30 Degrees
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Rough Dimensioning & Stock Removal
Stanley No. 5 Jack Plane
steel type:O1 / High Carbon Steel
primary bevel:25 Degrees (Cambered Edge)
micro bevel:30 Degrees
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Edge Jointing & Tabletop Flattening
Stanley No. 7 Jointer Plane
steel type:A2 Cryogenic Steel / O1
primary bevel:25 Degrees
micro bevel:30 Degrees (Dead Flat Edge)
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End-Grain & Chamfering
Low-Angle Block Plane (60-1/2)
steel type:PM-V11 Powder Metallurgy
primary bevel:25 Degrees (Bedded at 12°)
micro bevel:30 Degrees (Total 42° Attack)
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Mortise Paring & Joinery Fit
1/2-Inch Bevel Edge Bench Chisel
steel type:White Paper Steel (Shirogami #1)
primary bevel:25 Degrees
micro bevel:30 Degrees
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Crosscut & Rip Hand Saw
Japanese Ryoba Double-Edge Pull Saw
steel type:Impulse Hardened High-Carbon Steel
primary bevel:Triple-Edge Teeth (Crosscut) / Graduated (Rip)
micro bevel:N/A (Factory Set)
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Dado & Tenon Cheek Precision Tuning
Veritas Large Router Plane
steel type:A2 Steel Cutter
primary bevel:25 Degrees
micro bevel:30 Degrees
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Fine Joinery Hand Saw
Western Joinery Dovetail Saw (15 TPI)
steel type:Swedish Spring Steel with Brass Back
primary bevel:Rip Filed (0° Rake / 0° Fleam)
micro bevel:N/A
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