Here is my first attempt at a round bottom plane. The iron is a 1 3/4″ Hock; the body is 10 1/2″ long made of Padauk; with the sole, pin and wedge of cocobolo. Interesting project to make. I through in some pictures of all of the planes I have made just for grins. Thanks to all who offered their advise when I made an inquiry and special thanks to Metod for emailing me the article from Fine Woodoworking. I took note as I was making this and I think they will be invaluable for future round bottom planes. Thanks for looking and as always comments welcome
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joker:
You've done a nice job
joker:
You've done a nice job of it. I remember the two tone plane on the left, also very nice. You are clearly at the point where you can make yourself any plane you want.
Congratulations,
gdblake
Joker,
you are welcome.
Thanks for your visual feast. Much to be inspired by their beauty .
Best wishes,
Metod
thank you joker. your work is very easy on the eyes. i am currently chomping at my bit to do what you have done. been really enjoying everyone's input on this plane making business of late. there sure is alot of wisdom on the subject, here on knots.
eef
Thanks for looking and thnaks for the replies. The article from Finewoodowrking helped alot with this particular plane. To Eef: Just do it; while I was taught by someone I learned step by step from the 2 page tutorial printed from the College of the Redwoods site; its all there.
Honestly, you can't mess up. No matter how it turns out it will make shavings. And the lessons learned will be invaluable on future endeavors.
Thanks again to all
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