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   philip | May 19, 2007 11:58am | #1

   Sharing is good-the more pictures the better.
   I am looking at the handle- have you replaced the original? I see that the grain direction is vertical rather than the usual horizontal.

   Philip Marcou
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   LeChuck | May 19, 2007 04:22pm | #3

   I did not replace it but the person I bought it from refurbishes older planes so he might have done it.

   Edited 5/19/2007 9:49 am ET by LeChuck

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   hammer1 | May 19, 2007 03:06pm | #2

   Nice photo, what did you use?

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   LeChuck | May 19, 2007 04:22pm | #4

   Thanks. I use a Nikon D200.

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   forestgirl | May 20, 2007 06:19pm | #5

   Sweet!  Nice pic too. 

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   OB | May 21, 2007 09:42pm | #6

   LeChuck great picture do you use this plane ar is it just for pretty pictures? Chuckle!!!!

    

   You did say if 1 plane or hand tool in a picture was fun more was ok didn't you? How about a few curly shavings too?

   Good, better, best never let it rest until your good is better & your better best.

   
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   LeChuck | May 21, 2007 09:48pm | #7

   Hehe, that's quite a few planes :)Mine is not for show, but I can't say that I've used it a lot yet (I'm not too old in woodworking and haven't done it intensively yet, from lack of time and space).When I took that picture, I was actually testing a new camera, and I thought, why not make a tool still-life :)

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   OB | May 21, 2007 11:08pm | #8

   Thats ok LeChuck I am still working at working with hand tools I am really pushing at learning how to use them. I am building the Tool box in the Tools & shops issue to hold my tools & have printed out & downloaded intructions for tools I can build & how to use them.

    

   I will be building small boxes to gain hand tool skills.Good, better, best never let it rest until your good is better & your better best.

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   LeChuck | May 21, 2007 11:35pm | #9

   Those small boxes are tricky :)

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   TrueGentleman | May 22, 2007 07:01am | #10

   I too am honing my skills with small boxes.  It is a labor of love.  Here are some of my attempts.  Any comments are wellcome of course

    

   Rich

   
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   KiddervilleAcres | May 22, 2007 01:18pm | #11

   Rich,Very nice. Is the Inlay box mitred corners? What and where did you get that fabulous wood?Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   TrueGentleman | May 22, 2007 03:03pm | #12

   Thank you. 

   The inlay is two different woods, Purple heart and Walnut.  It is inlayed on maple and the corner is mitered.  First, I cut two stripes of walnut and a strip of Purple Heart.  I glues them up and ran them through the planer to a nice smooth edge.  I then measured the thickness and dadoed the maple to fit the new inlay and glues that up.  Make sure you make the sides perfectly square and of the same height.  I then planed that maple and inlay together.  Then I cut the miters and bottom groves and glued that up.

    

   The Box Joint is a special wood i got from montanna it is pepered grey elm.  I have never seen anything like it before.

    

   Rich