Making the dw infills #4: Let do some tapping and peening.
So another way to attach the sides is tapping and peening. I thought I’d give it a try on a small smoother. I decided on aluminum sides and hot rolled steel for the sole. The aluminum is 1/8” x 2” and hot the rolled steel is about 3/8” x 1 7/8”. I wanted to use a 1 5/8” block plane iron. Infill is cherry. Lever cap is brass. This time I cut the sole in 2 pieces. I found this technique a lot easier. The I drilled the sides. And tapered them with a reamer. Next I used the counter sink to give the holes a countersink. I figured between the taper and the countersink, they should tighten up nice. The holes were the tapped 1/4×20 ...
