First Krenov Style Plane (Gloat)

[Michael Schwartz]

Well I just started down a whole new slipery slope :rolleyes: I just finished my first Krenov style plane with a hock iron chipbreaker set. It is roughly the size of a #5 bench plane, the body is made from hard maple, with a cocobolo sole, wenge pin, and qs white oak wedge. The sides are milled square with the sole so it can be used as a shooting plane, especially for shooting veneers.

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And I might add that it cuts very very nicely :D

[Chuck Hamman]

Very nice Michael, it looks like a good user. Welcome to the "slope"; caution,it picks up speed from here :-)
Did your inspiration come from David Finck's book by any chance?

-Chuck

[Michael Schwartz]

Very nice Michael, it looks like a good user. Welcome to the "slope"; caution,it picks up speed from here :-)
Did your inspiration come from David Finck's book by any chance?

-Chuck

no but I did have some help from a student of Krenov

[jonathan snyder]

What, no shavings, lets see some shavings;) Very nice plane Michael. It has nice lines.

Jonathan

[Marcus Ward]

Beautiful work Mr. Schwartz. I envy your skill.

[Thom Sturgill]

Very nice, Michael. I'm envious. Both of the plane and the mentor.

I have been playing with the idea of building a wooden plane ever since I saw one built on 'The WoodWright Shop' and again on 'Wood Works'. I may go that way for a jointer plane. Every time I see someone else build one it inspires me and I'm reaching the tipping point on the slippery slope myself.

I have the book by John M. Whelan 'Making Traditional Wooden Planes', anyone familiar with it?

[Zahid Naqvi]

Beautiful plane Michael. That's what got me slipping down this whole new kind of slope.
Thom, Whelan's book is very informative, I have read it a couple of times (some sections several times over). Unfortunately I am a very visual learner, written instructions are very hard to digest for me. Pictures and videos are the best, as far as I am concerned. The one thing missing in this book is a lot of pictures and a step by step of a plane making procedure. David Fink's book does a great job of step by step (check your local library they may have one). Whelan's book is a great resource as it contains construction details of pretty much every wooden plane. There are plenty of online resources on plane making, those in conjunction with the Whelan book would be a good combination. Do a search on SMC for wooden plane and you will find a lot of posts with links to online resources.

[Jeff Wittrock]

Beautiful plane Michael.

I would love to try something like this. Unfortunately my local library does not have any of the books mentioned. Are there any on line resources that would help (in addition to this forum :)).

-Jeff

[Chuck Hamman]

Jeff,
All you have to do is google "making a wooden hand plane" or variations of that and you'll find tons of stuff. Here are a couple to get you started:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/BldHndPln
http://www.crfinefurniture.com/1pages/sitelinks/howplane.html
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_wwk/episode/0,,DIY_14350_34860,00..html

Regards,
-Chuck

[Jeff Craven]

Beautiful plane Michael.

I would love to try something like this. Unfortunately my local library does not have any of the books mentioned. Are there any on line resources that would help (in addition to this forum :)).

-Jeff
Check out the latest issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine. Issue No. 196 Jan/Feb 2008, there's an article called "Wood Planes Made Easy."

[Tristan Raymond]

Check out the latest issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine. Issue No. 196 Jan/Feb 2008, there's an article called "Wood Planes Made Easy."

Written by David Finck no less. I just read his book the other night and had a very quick skim of the FWW article and believe that the article is probably all you need. With all the talk around here about rehabbing old planes I was looking to buy a 4 1/2 on eBay as an upgrade of my #4 - wow, 4 1/2s are expensive! For less money I got Mr. Fink's 2" blade and will make myself a smoother. I've got a nice piece of Lignum Vitae that's been looking for a purpose.