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Your speed and skill never cease to amaze me Greg. You should slow down a bit so we do not discover that you are actually super-human. 😉
Seriously, your planes all look really sweet. I bought a bundle of maple, beech, and IPE two years ago – thinking that I would soon make a plane or two. They are still sitting (ahem, “air drying”) on a high shelf. After my tool chest I will probably have a go. Paul’s series seems to spell it out very clearly without getting too fussy.
28 January 2014 at 12:19 am #26706Thanks so much Scott. The planes are really straight forward to make. Once your wood has acclimated to your shop 😉 just go for it.
30 January 2014 at 1:32 pm #26861Thanks Florian…not sure I’m ready for moulding planes. They are a whole different kind of animal.
31 January 2014 at 4:05 am #26914Great work Greg! I have a question about your rabbet plane however, is it laminated (like the ones Paul shows) or is it made from a single block with the mortise for the blade and wedge cut in from the top? If it is from a single block, could you elaborate on how you did that? Thanks.
Cheers
31 January 2014 at 4:32 am #26916Sid, thank you. The rabbet plane is a solid block. I marked out the mortise like any other, top, bottom and side. Then just chopped it out. I did use a couple of guide blocks to keep the required angles. It worked, but took quite a bit of time. The mortise is very narrow and can only be chopped from top to bottom. I ended up being off by a degree or two which caused the mouth of the plane to be too wide. So I removed the toe section and glued in a new piece to close up the mouth. All in all it worked, but was very tedious and very difficult to accurately chop the desired angle. I still ended up with a very functional plane though. Just had to go with the flow to get there.
I believe the preferred method is to drill thru the block and then use plane makers floats to widen and refine the drilled hole to make the mortise. Much easier to control the bed and wedge angles that way.31 January 2014 at 5:31 am #26918Thanks for that Greg. I ask because I have a coachmakers rabbet plane I started years ago but was never quite able to figure out a way to make that mortise. I didn’t want to try to drill it without a drillpress which I didn’t have. I’ll have to re-think it now that I have an idea how to chop a mortise. First though, I should finish the seat making plane I started here.
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31 January 2014 at 4:47 pm #26939Thanks Jon. The planes that Paul covered are really quite easy to build. I hope you and the others will build some for yourselves. Its really quite satisfying to use a tool that you have made.
2 February 2014 at 6:49 pm #27074Greg
I have the following questions I would appreciate your help:Have you produced a drawing of the sizes of the plane Paul makes in his Video, it was not too clear of the sizes for the iron and wedge in the side pieces
: What type of tool do you use for producing the drawings on the side of the planes, I am making a couple of pencil boxes for my grand sons and was thinking of putting their names or initials on the lids.
:How do you stop the brown powder (Say Coffee powder) from mixing with the shellac I tried a sample this afternoon and it looked that it was discolouring the finishThanks for your help
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