St. James Bay Plane from machined casting

[Gene DiNardo]

Here is a 50 degree parallel sided smoother I just finished.
This was not as difficult as I thought it might be.
Although tedious at times, it went pretty smooth.
I substituted the steel pins with 1/4" brass rod so they would
dissapear in the bronze casting.
The castings, while machined still require quite a bit of work
but I suppose thats part of the fun.
The machines I used were a dremel,drill press,belt sander, and
a buffing wheel with various compounds.
a fair amount of file work was required.
The castings (I'm also building an 18" panel plane cocobolo infill) took
a couple months to get here, but the owner Bob, is a real nice guy and I think he works alone.
After experiencing a dissapointment with another company, I was a little nervous when my order was taking so long, but Bob came through and I
would not hesitate to order again. Thanks for looking, Gene

[Eddie Darby]

Nice work, nice plane, and nice post! Thanks for posting.:)

[Terry Beadle]

That's a beauty! Can you tell us how many man hours were required?

[Steve Clardy]

Very nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gene DiNardo]

Thanks for the kind words, Terry, probably about 30 hrs. but this was my first
one.
I actually planed on using Cocobolo for the infill. The walnut was a practice run. I liked the look and feel so I used it.
The panel plane I'm working on now is going much faster. probably end up
being around 10 - 16 hrs.
Gene

[Barry Vabeach]

Gene that looks great- what bedding angle did you use - it looks like you have a nice sized handle and I know that can be impacted by the angle. Barry

[Jim Becker]

That must be one of those new Neander multi-function/combo tools...you can plane wood and also use it as a mirror to shave! :D :D :D

Seriously, that's fine work...a beautiful tool.

[Garth Keel]

Great work, thanx for the pic.

[Zahid Naqvi]

nice work Gene, although the pictures came out a little dark, I think all the gloss on the plane confused the camera's light meteres :eek:
Looking forward to your next one.

[Jim Nardi]

Just curious how you were making out with that infill? Was it a cast body from James bay tool co also? Thanks Jim