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Home made rebate plane WIP

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Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby Mike G » 12 Nov 2017, 19:41

A few months ago I saw a wooden rebate plane for sale in an antique shop. I made a mental note of how it all went together, and now today I had a chance to have a go at making one. I raided my off-cut pile:

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Oops, out of focus. Sorry. It's oak, and looks like the off cut from under an arched brace. I know it's seasoned because:

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Yeah, it's been drying for almost 7 years. The shape is somewhat fortuitous, and this is another make-it-up-at-the-bench job. I simply cut it to length. The curved shape made securing it flat on the bench quite awkward. I marked out the bed angle (45 degrees.........well, it's a plane, after all). I also marked out the other side of the cut out, against which the wedge will thrust:

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I often chisel to a knife line to give be a good edge to work from:

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I then cut down slightly away from the line so I could quickly chop out the bulk of the waste with a chisel without fear of damaging the finished edges:

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Then carefully chisel down the faces:

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Note the right hand edge is slightly undercut. The scrap piece was cut to the angle to give me a guide.

Luckily, I just happen to have a router plane, so I cleaned up the bottom with that:

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Then a little scallop for the chisel handle:

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Here I tried out the roughed-out wedge:

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Then it was just a whole lots of shaping and finishing. Remember, the wedge has a skewed top edge so that it locks into the housing rather than flopping out.

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I shaped the end of the wedge to act as a sort of chip-breaker, and throw the shavings off to the side (ooh look, blood!):

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The guide is a simple bit of wood screwed to the bottom with slotted holes for screw adjustment. I thought that if it was quite big it would have a good reference when making narrow rebates:

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Time to give it a whirl:

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Ooops!

I took a bit more off the end of the wedge, and fiddle about with the depth a bit, but got it working really nicely:

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Full length full width shavings. Operator error led to a not perfect "wall", but I'll improve. Finally, I drill a hole in it so I could hang it on the wall, and added some Danish Oil (it's only a tool!!):

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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby TrimTheKing » 12 Nov 2017, 21:01

Very nice Mike. How long did that take you to knock up?

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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby Mike G » 12 Nov 2017, 21:04

Two or three hours, Mark. I made something else (another tool) today which worked out so well that I'm not going to show it, in case it has some commercial potential, so a most productive and fun day in the workshop.
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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby Andyp » 12 Nov 2017, 21:10

I love the way you are using chisles for plane irons. Great stuff.
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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby Malc2098 » 12 Nov 2017, 22:10

Cracking job!
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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby Mike G » 12 Nov 2017, 23:06

Andyp wrote:I love the way you are using chisles for plane irons. Great stuff.


Well, a plane is just a chisel in a jig. ;)
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Re: Home made rebate plane WIP

Postby timothyedoran » 16 Nov 2017, 21:02

That's a really nice tool I love the elegant curved lines. I like the router as well. I would love to make a wooden plane like the Paul sellers one, when I have my workshed finished.

https://paulsellers.com/2015/03/making- ... ied-plane/

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