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6 November 2014 at 9:06 pm #120672
Not long now, I didn’t intend to have racing stripes but it was the only thing I could think of doing to rescue the tote from my poor workmanship 🙂
15 November 2014 at 2:04 pm #120993Here are a couple of photo’s of the tote I have made an attempt at making. I’m not sure it will be good enough to use because as you can see there is a shake or split opening up on one side, it looks like the branch I used hadn’t dried out properly. Another lesson learnt!
I have to say though that I found drilling the hole quite straightforward, it just went downhill from there 🙂[url url=https://flic.kr/p/q2vRky][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5611/15769703146_2c83568436.jpg[/img][/url][url url=https://flic.kr/p/q2vRky]Photo0080[/url] by [url url=https://www.flickr.com/people/63061786@N08/]Jim-S[/url], on Flickr
[url url=https://flic.kr/p/p7SpLR][img]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8670/15173940213_bf64144a4d.jpg[/img][/url][url url=https://flic.kr/p/p7SpLR]Tote#1[/url] by [url url=https://www.flickr.com/people/63061786@N08/]Jim-S[/url], on Flickr
23 December 2014 at 12:22 pm #122546Just a bit of thread resurrection 🙂
I bought my old no.4 with a cracked handle and made a new one from the Lee Valley drawing. I also turned a new knob in my drill press. I believe this is santos mahogany, very oily wood, but it smells really nice.
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And a few coats of dark shellac later.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.11 January 2015 at 5:11 pm #123388Stanley and Record castings are virtually identical, so I’m pretty sure a Stanley tote will work.
11 January 2015 at 7:23 pm #123393Thanks David! It’s a fun and simple little “project”. I’m going to make new handles for a couple of my other planes now, just to personalise them a little.
17 April 2018 at 6:03 pm #527891I also use 5/4 stock when I make a handle (see photo) — this one was just old decking lumber – pressure treated yellow pine. I like the way it turned out. — I have a theory about why the totes always fracture in the same place: we are pushing to hard – or pushing into a knot and coming to a grinding halt. I try to orient the material so as not have that straight grain at the push point. Maybe not as pretty as ÂĽsawn rosewood, but maybe it will last.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.18 April 2018 at 1:12 am #528128I got some for a 4 and a 5, two sets, on eBay. Like $30 total. Search for “vintage” and make sure they are wood. The older ones easier to clean up. Later ones have a strange finish, almost an enamel (?) that make refinishing difficult. The UK had tons of these for sale and postage wasn’t bad at all.
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