My First Homemade Plane

[Dave Verstraete]

I took a class at the local (Kentwood, MI) Woodcraft. We made our own planes from paduak and maple. The blade is a Hock Blade. The instructor was John Gonser. What fun!! I can see a few more in my future.

Am I on that "Slippery Slope"?

[Mark Singer]

Terrific looking plane....makes me want to try it!

[Ron Petley]

great looking plane, what angle is the blade at, How thick is your iron?
Cheers Ron.

[Phillip Pattee]

Looks good! Is the sole padauk too?

[Alan DuBoff]

Nicely done! Looks very nice.

[Dave Verstraete]

Ron
We have the plane iron at 45 degrees and the blade thickness is about 3/16, I think. We did not put a sole on this but we have talked about it on the next one.

[Dwain Lambrigger]

The color choice looks a bit like a 50/50 bar! What a unique looking plane. I congratulate you on your work. I hope to try this some day.

Good luck on further planes...