derekcohen
New Shoots
The wood school I shall attend next year recommends a Stanley #6 as a short jointer. This is 18" in length and takes a blade 2 3/8" wide. And weighs 4 kg - far, far too much for the total 18 kg limit I have imposed for a tool box filled with every tool one might need to build any piece of furniture.
The plane at this length I like to use is the HNT Gordon Trying Plane ...
This has a single 2" wide iron bedded at 60 degrees, and weighs 1.8 kg owing to its construction from Ironwood.
The Trying Plane I made has a 1 3/4" double iron by Hock, bedded at 45 degrees, and weighs 1.0 kg., and is constructed from Black Walnut with a Jarrah sole.
If the smoother reminds you of a Porsche 356, then what does the trying plane resemble?
The cross piece, as before, is UHMW/Delrin drilled for a HSS rod. The wedge is Ebony.
The mouth has a brass wear plate ...
In use, the plane is light, balance, and comfortable to hold. It has a nice low centre of gravity. The performance is all that I hoped for ...
For anyone thinking of building their own, this is a great way to go.
Regards from Perth
Derek
The plane at this length I like to use is the HNT Gordon Trying Plane ...
This has a single 2" wide iron bedded at 60 degrees, and weighs 1.8 kg owing to its construction from Ironwood.
The Trying Plane I made has a 1 3/4" double iron by Hock, bedded at 45 degrees, and weighs 1.0 kg., and is constructed from Black Walnut with a Jarrah sole.
If the smoother reminds you of a Porsche 356, then what does the trying plane resemble?
The cross piece, as before, is UHMW/Delrin drilled for a HSS rod. The wedge is Ebony.
The mouth has a brass wear plate ...
In use, the plane is light, balance, and comfortable to hold. It has a nice low centre of gravity. The performance is all that I hoped for ...
For anyone thinking of building their own, this is a great way to go.
Regards from Perth
Derek
...to borrow a phase - Rob