Matt Owen
09-23-2011, 1:16 PM
This is an infill plane I made. More mistakes made than I wanted, but I think it turned out ok. Regardless, it was a lot of fun to make. East Indian Rosewood, 8" long, 1 7/8" O-1 blade that is 7/32" thick, 53 degree bed angle.
The design is an imitation of one of the planes that Ron Breese makes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look nearly as good as Ron's. I would love to try one using brass sides & lever cap, but don't have the funds quite yet for that. I also want to make a few more to see if I can make it look better before I use the good stuff. This one is all hot rolled, and the sole and sides all warped a little on me when I ground off the scale. My next one will definitely use O-1 flat stock.
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I didn't have any swirly grained woods to check, but this piece of maple planed smooth and clean in both directions.
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Thanks for looking!
Matt
The design is an imitation of one of the planes that Ron Breese makes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look nearly as good as Ron's. I would love to try one using brass sides & lever cap, but don't have the funds quite yet for that. I also want to make a few more to see if I can make it look better before I use the good stuff. This one is all hot rolled, and the sole and sides all warped a little on me when I ground off the scale. My next one will definitely use O-1 flat stock.
208277208278208279
I didn't have any swirly grained woods to check, but this piece of maple planed smooth and clean in both directions.
208280
Thanks for looking!
Matt