george wilson
01-30-2012, 9:17 PM
Digging through my slides,I found a color picture of the jack plane I posted in only black and white previously. It was made in the 80's,and is now in the collection of a publisher.
The bottom of this plane is flaked and scraped like the precision surfaces of machines USED to be. Now,they seem to just precision grind them. No picture of that.
The black and white photos are seen in the FAQ section. Perhaps this picture will join the others there.
The stuffing is genuine Cuban mahogany. The body is low carbon steel,and the single iron is 01,3/16" thick. I have no other color pictures of it,but there is a good,sharp picture if the handle taken from exactly the side if anyone wants to use it for a pattern. Look in the FAQ for it.
This mahogany is pretty old. It is as hard as ebony (it seems) and can take the most crisp details that you can carve into it. It is too heavy to float,unlike the mahoganies available today.
The brass cap was sawn out of 1/2" thick brass plate,and filed by hand to get the curves on the sides. The cap screw is similar to those I posted some time ago. David Weaver has some. I always go to the trouble to make authentic threads that resemble Acme threads for my planes,but then I have to make a matching tap to fit it.
I call this plane the elephant due to the resemblance seen in the contours of the sides,and the general mass of this plane.
Look into FAQ to see better details. If you can't get in,contribute!! Then,you can.
The bottom of this plane is flaked and scraped like the precision surfaces of machines USED to be. Now,they seem to just precision grind them. No picture of that.
The black and white photos are seen in the FAQ section. Perhaps this picture will join the others there.
The stuffing is genuine Cuban mahogany. The body is low carbon steel,and the single iron is 01,3/16" thick. I have no other color pictures of it,but there is a good,sharp picture if the handle taken from exactly the side if anyone wants to use it for a pattern. Look in the FAQ for it.
This mahogany is pretty old. It is as hard as ebony (it seems) and can take the most crisp details that you can carve into it. It is too heavy to float,unlike the mahoganies available today.
The brass cap was sawn out of 1/2" thick brass plate,and filed by hand to get the curves on the sides. The cap screw is similar to those I posted some time ago. David Weaver has some. I always go to the trouble to make authentic threads that resemble Acme threads for my planes,but then I have to make a matching tap to fit it.
I call this plane the elephant due to the resemblance seen in the contours of the sides,and the general mass of this plane.
Look into FAQ to see better details. If you can't get in,contribute!! Then,you can.