Smooth Plane

[russ garcia]

Hi:
A smoother I made for difficult to plane woods
-It is 9" by 2" wide
-Materials: ebony, o-1 steel, 360 brass, aluminum bronze and mild steel
-Blade is 5/16" thick o-1 steel tempered to rc 62 at 55 degrees
-takes a .001 to .002 shaving with no chatter
-sides are through riveted to sole, extremely rigid and perpendicular

thanks, Russ

[art san jr]

Super nice Russ. A thing of beauty. Top of the line professional grade.

Thanks for showing.

Art.

[Jim Koepke]

That isn't a plane, it is an inspiration.

Lovely.

jim

[george wilson]

We need more pictures!!!

[Phillip Pattee]

That's quite striking. Good loooking tool. I wish I could to that.

[gary Zimmel]

Good to see you posted this in the neander forum Russ.
Again superb job on a beautiful plane.

And I agree with George.
More pics would be great...

[tyler mckee]

the three that you have posted so far are works of art. Do you make these for yourself, or do you sell them?

[Scott MacLEOD2]

More pictures please, of the build if you have any. Tool question - do you have a well equipped metal shop or did this involve mostly hand work? Either way its beautiful. Scott

[Don Dorn]

Incredible work - thanks for posting.

[Casey Gooding]

That's garbage!!! You really should send it to me for proper disposal :)
Seriously, though, it may be time to quit your day job.
Excellent work.

[Harvey Pascoe]

I'm glad I don't have any tools like that, I'd be afraid to use it for fear of damaging it.

[Ron Petley]

Most singular tool, and very nice photos as well, you are a master of many skills. I like the front step down on the sole very nice touch, glad to ee you used a 01 iron, one of my favs..
Cheers Ron.

[Ken Werner]

Drooled on my keyboard and now I am speechless.

[Matt Ranum]

I'm glad I don't have any tools like that, I'd be afraid to use it for fear of damaging it.


Thats what I was thinking too. Beautiful :eek: