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I made this 22'' long by 3-1/2'' tall by 3'' wide jointer plane from hard maple, I laminated four 3/4'' boards.
I cut the bed angle at 45 degrees and made the wedge angle 8 degrees. this was finished with 3 coats healthy coats of linseed oil, and then I applied 4 coats of past wax to the sole.

I plan on making more wooden body planes in the future, I really enjoyed the process of making this tool. there is definitely something awesome about making your own tools!!! All comments welcome and thanks for looking! :)

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I made a rabbet plane and chiseled the mortis for the blade and wedge, doing it split limits you did I think is a bet


ter, faster way
 

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I made a rabbet plane and chiseled the mortis for the blade and wedge, doing it split limits you did I think is a bet


ter, faster way

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The only thing with doing it split is that you've really gotta pay attention to the layout and not make any mistakes, the mouth on mine ended up being about 3/32'' off so I had to end up widening the mouth opening otherwise the iron had more chatter then what can be put into words!!

A rebbate plane is on my ever growing list of planes to make/get. I really like yours, it looks like your iron has some sort of camber on it??? (looks like the shape of a scraper chisel that you'd use on the lathe)
Did you make the body out of sapele wood?
 

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Your design is a little different. Your tote doesn't have a horn and you cutter is more toward the front. Was there a specific reason, or did it just wind up that way?

I like the contrasting wood. Nice job!
 

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Shop made plane! Great! What kind of blade did you use? Making lots of curls! Thanks for sharing.
 

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Your design is a little different. Your tote doesn t have a horn and you cutter is more toward the front. Was there a specific reason, or did it just wind up that way?

I like the contrasting wood. Nice job!

- Don W
As for the iron placement I just thought it made sense to put it there. Now as for the tote, I wanted to use only that scrap of tiger wood that I had, as I originally sketched the tote with the traditional design but the piece of wood wasn't large enough so I came up with this(and I really don't like it all that well) Making this plane has taught me a lot, and my next plane will be much better. Like anything else in woodworking I learn as I do things so it's the same with this project.

Shop made plane! Great! What kind of blade did you use? Making lots of curls! Thanks for sharing.

- CFrye
Just a extra iron from a smooth plane :), I didn't want to spend any money for a new iron, which would have been the better way to go, but this iron really works just fine as long as the wedge is fully seated.
 

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This may be a crazy idea…you could use a piece cut out from the hand hole to 'graft' a horn to the tote. Kinda like a repair. I mean, since you don't like it…or add a contrasting wood?
 

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This may be a crazy idea…you could use a piece cut out from the hand hole to graft a horn to the tote. Kinda like a repair. I mean, since you don t like it…or add a contrasting wood?

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yeah, that's a good idea!
 

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Great job
 

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Yes I admire your work.I have never made a plane yet was it fun.I suspect it would be a good deal of enjoyment to do.You are doing great keep at it and you can look back on this and see how you progress over the years. Alistair
 

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Yes I admire your work.I have never made a plane yet was it fun.I suspect it would be a good deal of enjoyment to do.You are doing great keep at it and you can look back on this and see how you progress over the years. Alistair

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Yes! This was a ton of fun to build, I thoroughly enjoyed every part of making it (other then sanding and finishing)

I've since found this video and in my opinion this is a great video series and really does a good job at explaining everything, here's the link
 

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Take a look at the Ron Hock kits, he uses dowel pins to align the parts for gluing. After the glue-up he cuts the ends off. Just plan to have the blank long enough to cut off the extra.
 

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Wood is called cumaru, similar to Ipe, the blade is straight , it was cut from an old saw blade
 
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