Starting a new project..

[steven c newman]

since the main part has shown up, and in one piece!237573237574237575Just need to scrounge a frog of the correct type, make the handles ( Black Walnut ones) and add the iron and such. 14" long, by 2-3/8" wide. Base for the tote will be easy to fit a tote to. Well it is a start, anyway...:D

[steven c newman]

Remember that little Parts Plane? It may just provide most of the parts for this project. Question....high knob, or low knob? Since all the parts, but the iron ( Buck Brothers) and the handles ( by me) will be from Stanley/ Victor, maybe I'll have a Stanley/Victor #5 Leave the frog RED, or paint it black? Questions, questions. Still have a pattern for a #5 sized tote, and the lathe still works, just need some shoptime to make things....

[Jim Koepke]

Question....high knob, or low knob?

I tend to like short knobs. I do have a few planes with tall knobs and they work fine.

I can not tell from the images if there is a ring around the base for the knob. Those are for tall knobs, but if you turn your own, then it could be what ever you want.

My only issue with a short knob tends to be with my #4-1/2. The toe is short enough that the hairs on my hand can get caught under the plane at times. That is a bit uncomfortable until all the hairs get pulled out.

jtk

[steven c newman]

Just a "mock up" of what this Stanley / Victor #5 might look like...237667237668 No ring for a high knob, though. Black tote is a "stand-in" until I can get out to make the real ones.

[steven c newman]

Just a test drive in some Pine. 237704237705237706Doesn't seem too bad. The depth adjuster hole is really tight, to remove the iron, one has to tap it a couple times to free it up. Unlike this next plane..237707237708237709 Shaving are a might thick yet. Adjuster on this Union #4G is very sloppy, might swap chip breakers with the #5. That tote is from the parts Plane, sine the Union one's cracked again. Just having some fun....

[bridger berdel]

the hairs on my hand can get caught under the plane at times. That is a bit uncomfortable until all the hairs get pulled out.

jtk

spoken like a true knuckle dragging neanderthal....

[steven c newman]

Going out to set up my sharpening station on the Back Porch Bench. Nothing fancy, just an area that I had planed smooth and flat. I can clamp some sandpaper to it, and away we go..237906I flatten the backs, and shine up the edges237909237910237911 and then, using one of the clamps, and a piece of pine 2x2, I give them a test drive. 237912Buck Brothers 14" jack, with a Stanley 2" iron,237913Franken Plane #5 jack plane, with a Buck Bros 2" iron on-board, and I finally got some decent shavings out of a Union Mfg Co. #4G...237914 We be getting there...