infill smoother 2

[russ garcia]

Hi:
Here are photos of a smooth plane made for difficult grain woods.
-8.5" long by 1 3/4" wide
-5/16" starrett O-1 steel @ 55 degrees, 1.5" wide blade
-steel riveted sides (no distortion) 3/16" thick,machined flat and perpendiculer
-tolerances held to one thousandths or less over length of plane
-sole is .40" thick 360 brass
-Macassar ebony
- MOP inlay

[John Shuk]

That is stunning.
Nice work. May you enjoy using it for a long time to come.

[jim sauterer]

russ that is absolutely a beautiful piece.great job.

[Salem Ganzhorn]

How about a short tutorial? muahahahaha!
Great looking tool!

[gary Zimmel]

Excellent job on a beautiful plane Russ.
Thanks for giving all of us a look see...

[Todd Hoppe]

How about a short tutorial? muahahahaha!
Great looking tool!

Yes, please!!!

[John Keeton]

Another beautiful piece of work! Russ, you and George Wilson need to get together! Very similar tastes and you seem to both be artisans of a high caliber!

[John Thompson]

Again... excellent!

[Brian Kent]

Beautiful Russ. How did you shape the steps on the sole piece and on the Blade.

Brian

[Tony Shea]

Stunning! One of the most beautiful planes I've ever seen. Great work my man and would love to know how you go about creating something like that. Way beyond anything I could muster up for sure.

[Rye Crane]

Russ,

This tool is absolutely beautiful. If you need a test driver, please call me.
You sir, do wonderful work. Do you have more pictures or this one or others? Please share your talent with tutorials if you have the time.

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas

Rye Crane
Pittsburg, Ca.