Metal body bench/block plane plans?

[Alan Heffernan]

I am looking for plans for metal body bench and block planes.

I am an avid woodworker but also a hobby machinist. I am lucky to have a nice machine shop and tooling. So I have wanted to make a couple of planes as projects and thought I would ask here.

The publication Shop Notes had a couple and I have those in my archives. Any other tips to sources or perhaps examples you've done would be appreciated.

[Pete Taran]

There is a book written by Jim Kingshott, ISBN 0-946819-32-7 called Making and Modifying Woodworking Tools. I think you will find it's exactly what you are looking for. Looks like it's out of print, but can be found on Amazon for between $60-$90

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Modifying-Woodworking-Tools-Kingshott/dp/0946819327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526232316&sr=8-1&keywords=0946819327

[Alan Heffernan]

Thanks Pete, I found one on ebay for ~$28 shipped and bought it.

[john jesseph]

If you do a search of that book on the net, you can find some good archived discussion of the pluses and minuses of the information, and some helpful hints.

I recommend looking over Bill Carter’s YouTube channel and website, and make a small miter plane.

[don wilwol]

I'm not much of a machinist but I've made a couple plane. Scroll through them. Somewhere in there is a list of helpful links including some plans.

http://www.timetestedtools.net/category/hand-planes/infill-builds/

The Bill Carter reference is a good one.