Saturday night in NZ, and I’m sitting here admiring a dovetailed and draw-filed body for what will be an infill version of a Stanley No 1.
5.5in long, 1 and 5/8in across, Scottish-style, using Lie-Nielsen irons, infilled with either Australian desert acacia or rosewood.
The carcase is one thing – I’ve discovered I can dovetail stainless steel and brass OK, and at the third try, am getting it about right.
I’ve bought-in the blade and chipbreaker, and will use a single-thread cut-down Norris-style adjuster bought from a maker in England. So, what about a lever cap?
Well, fellow Kiwi planemaker Philip Marcou has taken a break from his marvelous hand-made planes, and has made me a couple of caps – one for this plane, and one for the next in line.
[edit – I tried to upload the photos to my web site without sucess, so Philip kindly put them below]
[edit 2 – now at web site! Finally solved the coding problem – higher resolution that the copies posted below]
Philip is a real craftsman – I’d love one of his planes, but it will be a pleasure to have some of his work in one of my tools!
Malcolm
Edited 2/12/2006 5:47 am ET by Malcolm
Edited 2/15/2006 7:10 am ET by Malcolm
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Malcolm,
Build us up for the naked girlie pictures and show us empty frames. I'm very disappointed! ; )
Anxiously awaiting the money pic's.
Chuck
Yes, wasted half an hour last night trying to get the pictures to show! They're shown as present on the server (the file names are there), and show up in my HTML editor, but for some inexplicable reason are not visible on the web page!
To make matters worse, I can't upload pictures to knots for some also inexplicable reason - is anyone else having problems uploading.
Sorry folks - if I can't resolve this I'll delete the post!
Malcolmhttp://www.macpherson.co.nz
Here they are Malcolm. Must be the proximity to the south pole....Philip Marcou
Phillip,
Nice stuff. Can I ask how you did what look like dimples in the sides of the small cap?
Dave
Dave, if you are referring to the picture with the steel rule , it is a *computerological illusion, i.e what you are in fact seeing is a 6mm hole for the cross pin.
*And guess what? The spell checker did not like my new word.
Seriously though, if a dimple was required, I would do it by shaping the end of a pin which would then be an interference fit-the trick being to get the length right.Philip Marcou
Phillip,
I was looking at your picture 007. There appears to be a hollow in the side just in front of the thumbscrew. It makes the piece look cast and polished, while I was pretty sure you are cutting these from solid.
Dave
O.K I got it. That is from the belt grinder-the belt was worn on the outer edges-should have used a new belt instead of polishing out the unevenness with a scotchbrite wheel.
Now one begins to see why guys like K. Holtey charge some money....
If you cut corners it is bound to show somewhere along the line.(and the treacherous camera is bound to hi-light the slightest blemish(;))
As it was, those two items took the best part of a day's work.Philip Marcou
Edited 2/14/2006 2:50 am by philip
Pity, I liked it and was trying to work out how to do the same without casting.
dave
I'm not sure that I can see what you guys are talking about ... I have the cap in front of me (arrived in the mail today), and I can't see any dimples!
Nice work, Philip. The infill No 1 is looking pretty cool!
Malcolm
http://www.macpherson.co.nz
Edited 2/15/2006 7:12 am ET by Malcolm
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