Hand Tools #1: Miniature Plane

Tom -

I’ve never used this word on LJ before, and I doubt I will be criticized for using it, so here goes . . . that plane is cute! Very cool. You guys have huge pennies in Canada!

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Now that is cool looking plane! And, it even works – you can’t beat that.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Tom: i bought a package of three different planes. I think around $5.00. I’ll try to post the pictures.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Bweet (the noise a cute little plane might make).

Don’t worry David, I’ve got your back. I will always be around to do or say something dopey and further over the line, thereby keeping you firmly mainstream by comparison. ROTFL

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Tom, You gonna make a violin?

Now you have the real thing for taking the hair off your arms!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

That is one dandy plane. You have slid a long way down the slippery slope.

-- Thos. Angle

Tom:

Here are the set of three that I’ve got.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Those are cool, Karson! They look well made. I bought the chisel plane version as well. I think I paid more than 5 bucks though.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Hi Tom;

Small planes like that are considered to be “cute” or conversation pieces, but sometimes they come in very handy.

The click on picture idea was good. I didn’t realize how small it was in the first picture.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Here’s my entry into the small planes department.

That’s a roughing blade next to it, and yes I have used it to plane the inside of a violin.

It actually works very well. It’s hard on the fingers after a while though.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Well they are little planes – all of the above – any of the would probably work well for trimming fingernails and small pieces of wood. Karson, where did you find the 3 small planes for $5?

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Gary, Is that an Ibex plane? Those luthiers have some pretty cool tools. I’ve always hankered after those and a Sloan purfling cutter. So you’ve made a harpsichord and a violin? Outstanding!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I got the planes at Harbor Freight. They had a sale at the store, about 1 mo ago.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Douglas – yes it is. It’s a 10mm one. They have one smaller at 8mm.

This one has a rounded sole for dishing out the insides of the top and bottom of the violin.
I have to finish that violin one of these days!

Gary

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

cute plane mot.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

Here is the Harbor Freight number for the planes that I posted.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †