These parts are soon to be a plane. Thought it might be fun to post a before and after. I assembled the plane body last week and made the iron this weekend, actually I made a couple of irons(still need hardening). The infill is a piece that came off the edge of a mahogany crotch that I’ve had for several years. This will be a small smoother with 50 degree pitch. I have another version of this plane coming along behind this one that will be
pitched at 55 degrees. This plane will of course look a lot different when I’m finished and that’s the fun of posting pics now.
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How did you make the blade? Did you buy the stock or did you recycle it from somewhere else?
MvflaimI bought 0-1 tool steel stock. Not the easiest thing to work but I managed to cobble out a couple of blades. Acually the first one took a while the next one about 45 minutes. The heat treating is going to be the tricky part. I hope to make a couple of lever caps in the next day or so.RonEdited 3/6/2007 7:18 pm ET by Ronaway
Edited 3/6/2007 7:20 pm ET by Ronaway
Metal working is completely foreign to me. I would love to build a complex molder someday but I'm clueless about metallurgy. Not to mention the making the wood body would be pretty tough too.
That type plane would be a challenge in any material.Ron
Love those "before" shots...
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