On 28/05/2020 08:21, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2020 02:21:55 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

OK But first he would have to teach himself how to sharpen the
plane and then how to set it up and finally how to use it
correctly. I think how to use a trim router might be easier

He would have to teach himself how to set up and how to use the trim
router, also too as well.

As with any tool. Practice on some scrap first!

Go the wrong way round, and the edge is a mess. Go too fast, and you
end up tearing and sanding a lot, go too slow and you get burn marks

For roundover cutters, there is *lots* of latitude IME - they are not
usually heavy cuts.

from the cutter or the pin. Go too deep and then turn over the slat,

A decent bearing guided cutter rather than a pin type is infinitely
preferable IMHO. It gives a better result overall, and is much less
likely to burn with a low feed rate.

the bearing pin runs on the routed bit and not the flat, leading to
the top and bottom being different. Sometimes just a bit -- as I
noted after mounting them randomly, and it looking a mess.

Routing narrow slats is a PITA, no way to easily fix them and just go
round. Non-slip mats help, but they get dusty and slip...

Router table is the way forward for lots of thin bits. That way you are
not relying on the bearing or the pin to get the registration from the
edge, and the clamping problem goes away.

--
Cheers,

John.

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