The first serious relief carving I am attempting. It is about 8 inches tall and almost 3 wide the carving that is.

Done in Basswood. Am making 2 opposites of the same so when this is cleaned up I need to start on the second.

or I may be wasting my own time. Comments let me know if I should continue…..

Tried my hand at heating and bending steel and added a sasafrass handle.

Had a bit of scraps none the same size or even so tried a shoulder plane.

The Main Part is Oak, as well as the wedge, the sides are bubinga, the sole is wenge, with some brass rod and the blade is cold steel 3/4” wide by 1/4” thick now I have to finish sharpening and temper the blade.

I am going to try with the shaving exit hole just on one side

Had a strip of Narra wood 1/8 inch thick by 2 wide. Made a little dovetail marker dovetailed the 1:8 and 1:5 together.

It is 90 degrees small I am going to have a go with it, marking the angles.

This is a copy of a plane I have in miniature. I intend on using this as the opening mechanism for a lid on a box.

Ain’t got that far but the plane is done. I tried to make it look used by adding a little india ink and alchohol to give it a little grease look. Like oil from years of use.

Or maybe I am just a bit crazy for making this. Took about 2 hours total, including making the Stainless Blade.

It does actually WORK, on balsa or basswood. It is one piece of basswood and an oak dowel, a brass rod and a stainless steel blade.

Got some free cherry and taphole maple pieces decided to make a bench, has a partial live edge.

No glue or hardware.

Had a piece of old oak in the basement, it is the mortise inserts in the top, there are 4, 1 is half into the bottom of the top did not want to come through the waterfall edge.

The pins are maple tapered still need to tighten it up, sand and add finish.

Found a piece of Sassafrass, it looked like a handle to a hammer.

So, I made a little mallet using oak 1×2’s as the head.

It is about 6 ounces, great for little carvings I have been doing by hand.

It was just the shape, and then I had to use it for something…...

I still have some of that Sassafrass stick left who knows….....

Why do some people like me make things like this?

We could buy one, we could even get a cheap one, instead we see a broke bevel at a thrift shop for
.50 cents and go home and make a new one outta the parts.

The blank the rule and the brass.

Had an oak drawer front left over and a dremel with a router bit, some CA and coffee grounds.

Had some cork and some poplar so I made a tray to sit my coffee maker and espresso machine on to keep them off the counter.

Boring wireless doorbell is now motised into oak and you push a 44 mag casing which is on a spring and it hits the wireless button. I made it to come apart when batteries need changing.