made a wooden grooving plane

[justin sherriff]

I wanted a plow plane but did not want to spend the cash on one today. So I picked up a 1/4 inch blade from Lie Neilson some maple, walnut and some magnets later I had made my first plane. It will do a groove 1/4 wide 1/4 deep 1/4 from the edge. I can remove the 1/4 inch walnut strip and make a groove 1/2 from the edge for blum drawer slides.

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I need to open up the mouth a bit more still

[Jim Koepke]

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

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[William Fretwell]

Do the magnets hold the spacer well enough? Plane looks good, when you start making them there may be no stopping!

[Scott Winners]

That is a beauty.

[Christopher Charles]

Nicely done--having a dedicated plane for that size would be handy.

[Jim Matthews]

The removable spacer is clever.

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[justin sherriff]

Do the magnets hold the spacer well enough? Plane looks good, when you start making them there may be no stopping!
They are earth magnets with a strong pull so far the spacer is not moving at all. I left the spacer a bit long so it is easy to slide off by pulling on it. If I have trouble down the road a small dowel pin would make it rock solid.

[chris carter]

Great idea with the spacer on magnets! I made a 1/4" x 1/4" x 1/4" wood groover a while back just using a chisel iron. There is absolutely no comparison to having to use a plow or combination plane. Just grab it and go; no set up necessary. Very convenient for boxes and drawers.

[Warren Mickley]

The plane you made is a plow plane. A universal plow is one that has multiple irons and a movable fence.

You can also convert this plane to a common fillister by making an insert that fills the entire gap between the iron and the fence. (A fillister is a fenced rabbet plane; a moving fillister is one with a movable fence.) A common fillester can be used to start a rabbet, which can then be enlarged to a given size by a rabbet plane.

Both the simple plow and the common fillister are shown in Roubo's work of 1769.