Hot Dog a la Derek.

[William Fretwell]

Pretty much essential on my LV bevel up jack for shooting. No lathe in my shop, cut a piece of hickory in two, (1/3 and 2/3) then cut the plane profile in the smaller lower piece with chisels then I used a Forstner bit to drill a flat hole the depth of a large rare earth magnet in the upper piece and glued it back together. Used a spokeshave to shape it.

The magnet was to be optional but given the very low profile of the plane edge I was sceptical it would be sufficient. It was just adequate without the magnet but I wondered for how long so added the magnet with epoxy.
Removal now requires a small hammer! No big deal it now lives on the plane, a keeper for the magnet.
The level of comfort is a delight.

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You can just see the edge of the magnet.
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[Howard Pollack]

Nice! Is the magnet the only thing holding the hot dog onto the plane?! Thanks. -Howard

[Mark Daily]

Oh...thought you were giving cooking lessons in the shop.

[Christopher Charles]

Nice! Do you plan to add a runner to capture the plane in a track as well?

[Derek Cohen]

William, I wish I had known or thought of rare earth magnets when I built these 13 years ago now. Well done!

The mortice chisel version: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/A%20Hotdog%20for%20the%20LV%20LAJ1.html

The power tool version: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/Building%20the%20Hotdog%20Mk%20II%20for%20the%20LV %20LA%20Jack%20pics.html

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/A%20Hotdog%20for%20the%20LV%20LAJ1_html_1a7f2afc.j pg

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Jim Koepke]

My hot dog went through a short evolution from vertical to horizontal orientation > https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?130114

It was made for use on bevel down planes:

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Since then an LN #62 was purchased with a hot dog. Recently a Veritas LH shooting plane was purchased.

Well, that is another story of evolution.

jtk

[William Fretwell]

Howard before the magnet was added the fit was just sufficient to hold it in place, it may have been fine for a while. Adding the magnet it’s a very tight fit, have to push it on with both hands and can’t remove it without a hammer! Eased the inside a little with a chisel.
Christopher, I do have two rails made, when I find my medium size rare earth magnets I will insert them in the runway and sink steel washers in the bottom of the rails, I think they will hold the rail just fine.
Derek you have enough hot dogs for a community barbecue (socially distanced of course). Your three part profile method looks much easier than my chisel effort!