steven c newman
01-18-2015, 10:16 PM
I think I could use. Ugly tote had to go
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Yep,THAT one. On a Road Trip the other day, spotted a cart full of blocks of "firewood" for 50 cents a chunk....picked out the "pick of the liter" and took it home.
304639
Well, first I had to sharpen this thing up. The use it to work the blank down to where a scrub plane could take over
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After doing the edges with a Jointah type plane. Note the rear handle? It will serve as a pattern for a new one. As for the scrub plane
304641
windsor #33 scrub plane. Ok now have a block of wood, all dressed down
304642
But it was a little too thick. Did some saw work, wound up just splitting it right down the middle of the thickness. Planes took away the split off areas. Laid out a few lines, by tracing off of the other tote. Then I used that as pattern to add a tenon to the bottom of the "real" tote. The "dovetail" area on the other plane was trashed by the way they added that peg-leg handle, so just a tenon will get used on the new one. Got the new handle cut out, edges rounded over, everything smoothed down. Had to narrow the tenon a bit, to fit. Installed the new handle. Gave it a coat of BLO, and set it aside
304643
Not too bad for just "firewood"??:D
304633304636
Yep,THAT one. On a Road Trip the other day, spotted a cart full of blocks of "firewood" for 50 cents a chunk....picked out the "pick of the liter" and took it home.
304639
Well, first I had to sharpen this thing up. The use it to work the blank down to where a scrub plane could take over
304640
After doing the edges with a Jointah type plane. Note the rear handle? It will serve as a pattern for a new one. As for the scrub plane
304641
windsor #33 scrub plane. Ok now have a block of wood, all dressed down
304642
But it was a little too thick. Did some saw work, wound up just splitting it right down the middle of the thickness. Planes took away the split off areas. Laid out a few lines, by tracing off of the other tote. Then I used that as pattern to add a tenon to the bottom of the "real" tote. The "dovetail" area on the other plane was trashed by the way they added that peg-leg handle, so just a tenon will get used on the new one. Got the new handle cut out, edges rounded over, everything smoothed down. Had to narrow the tenon a bit, to fit. Installed the new handle. Gave it a coat of BLO, and set it aside
304643
Not too bad for just "firewood"??:D