| Project by Karson | posted 315 days ago | 856 views | 4 times favorited | 17 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
We had a class this weekend on making Shoulder Planes. These planes are used to clean up the shoulders on tenons.
We had 13 people take the class, It was made from plans printed in Woodcraft magazine, Aug/Sept 2008
My plane was made with Macacauba. Davids was made with Chechem
The first picture is the Macacauba plane made by me. The second plane was Davids made with Chechem.
He really outshone me on this construction.
I had two screw-ups. The first being the glue job. I didn’t check it over before leaving it to dry.
The wood was clamped tight, It was allowed to have a gap at the top.
And also I started to drill the hole on the wrong end. which is shown in the third picture.
A great time was had by all. We held the class on two days, but were finished by noon on both days. The first was the break to let the glue dry and the second was shaping the wedge to hold the blade correctly and cutting the hole and the throat for chip clearing.
David with his.
Me with mine.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †































17 comments so far
Gary
home | projects | blog
443 posts in 1217 days
posted 315 days ago
That’s really neat. I’m putting making a shoulder plane on my long list. ;-)
-- Gary, Florida
Richard Williams
home | projects | blog
142 posts in 685 days
posted 315 days ago
I’ll have to buy one and then do something that I can use it on. I love reading about the great projects that all of you do. That is satisfying too. Great job you did Karson. I would expect to see nothing less. Take care buddy.
-- Rich, Nevada,
sIKE
home | projects | blog
1094 posts in 647 days
posted 315 days ago
Nice looking planes! Might go see if I can grab that back issue for myself…..
-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"
SteveKorz
home | projects | blog
2030 posts in 607 days
posted 315 days ago
Really cool Karson… I’d like to try my hand making one someday.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
BarryW
home | projects | blog
872 posts in 799 days
posted 315 days ago
Great plane, Karson…that’ll come in handy one day…if you haven’t used it already.
-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.
Thos. Angle
home | projects | blog
4013 posts in 855 days
posted 315 days ago
Dang!!! beat me to it!!! I’ve had a piece of Cocobolo in the shop for over a year to make one. These are really dandy, Karson. You will really enjoy them. David will use his for the rest of his life.
-- Thos. Angle
Karson
home | projects | blog
25792 posts in 1293 days
posted 315 days ago
Git’er dun Thos. They sure are easy to build probably a couple of 3 hr days and it would be done.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
SPHinTampa
home | projects | blog
155 posts in 578 days
posted 315 days ago
Nice work.
-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn
HokieMojo
home | projects | blog
1140 posts in 621 days
posted 315 days ago
have you hada chance to try it out? It looks good, but I’m wondering what you thought of its functionality. I’m sure it is pretty good, but does it feel much different from a metal bodied plane? This looks like a way for me to build something and save some $’s too. Maybe someday… Nice work! (both of you)
Raymondz
home | projects | blog
52 posts in 506 days
posted 315 days ago
Great looking plane!
-- - Ray
Jon3
home | projects | blog
439 posts in 998 days
posted 314 days ago
Looking good Karson.
Very steep pitch. Was that on purpose?
I don’t think your hole will make any difference other than cosmetic. You still have plenty of surface area to register against!
jockmike2
home | projects | blog
7299 posts in 1139 days
posted 314 days ago
Looks like a winner Karson.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
Shopsmithtom
home | projects | blog
407 posts in 1088 days
posted 314 days ago
And all this time I thought that macacauba was something you ordered at Starbucks.
I learn something new every day. Also, that’s a great job (both). It’s a project I hope to try someday. -SST
-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you
Karson
home | projects | blog
25792 posts in 1293 days
posted 314 days ago
The plane works great. I’ve tried it cross grain as in trueing up tenons. and also cut some long stripe on pine and maple. So the blade is set ok right now. Just don’t drop it.
I’ve done no real work with it yet.
Jon3 you are right the problems are cosmetic but I need to fix that. The plane blade has great support even with the cutout behind part of it.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Lee A. Jesberger
home | projects | blog
3710 posts in 872 days
posted 314 days ago
Hi Karson;
I’ve always suspected David was the talented one! LOL
Maybe you can get him to help you with another one.
Sorry buddy, I couldn’t resist!
Lee
-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com
Karson
home | projects | blog
25792 posts in 1293 days
posted 314 days ago
I can send him over for a couple of weeks if you need him on the TV stand.
Sorry buddy, I couldn’t resist!
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
TomK
home | projects | blog
503 posts in 767 days
posted 310 days ago
That looks great, Karson. I need to make one too.
-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke