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Hi Its been awhile since I last posted but this was something I wanted to share with evryone.
I have a commision to build a large dinning room table and I needed a way to flatten the top without having to shlep (read drag) it over to a larger shop to surface.
Pressed into the corner this way I decided to fasion a jointer plane from offcuts I had around waiting for that special something, so here it is!
I used a variaty off woods. The core is pine. the sole and top are made from beach. the sides are zeebrawood and the handles are walnut and the wedge is wenge. I finished it with a oil varnish mixture for beuty and durability.
at first I was concerned about the stability of all the mixed spicies but so far so good (its still dead flat)
With this one I was in a rush but promiised myself to look at this as a learning expiriance and to make improvements on the next one.
After got through the initial fright that I’m just waisting my time I can truely say that its not as dificult as I thought and I highly reccommend making your own planes to better understand woods and to personolize all your wood working efforts.
Chaim
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kiwi1969
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#1 posted 1532 days ago
Just proves you don,t need to spend big bucks to make sweet shavings. Very nice
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#2 posted 1532 days ago
Nice homemade plane.
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Matt
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#3 posted 1532 days ago
Looks great! Could you post up details on how it was built?
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#4 posted 1532 days ago
Nice plane that shaves evenly. Great job, Chaim!
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#5 posted 1532 days ago
Lovely plane… love it!
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#6 posted 1532 days ago
Beatiful Jointer….must be very rewarding to make shaves with a home made plane….
I use to refurbish old Hand planes, but Im getting in the point to build my owns, I have been reading lately about making my own Irons…..its not the big deal
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chaim
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#7 posted 1532 days ago
Thanks everyone!
I made the plane as explained in several sources by David marks, and off of the fine woodworking web site.
But basically you mill a blank larger than your plane iron. Leave room to saw the cheeks off, leaving the center portion just larger than your iron.
Than you make 45 and 60 deg cuts rout a channel and glue everything backtogether. After some more fussing you have a plane to use!
I can’t explain it better than David marks can and you can get that for free at DIYnetwork.com
perhaps the next one I can document with pictures.
Thanks again,
Chaim
Greg
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#8 posted 1531 days ago
Looks sweet and I’m sure it works just as sweet
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Scott Bryan
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#9 posted 1531 days ago
Wow, this is a really nice post. I have always wanted to make a plane but have simply felt intimidated by the process. I will have to take a look at David’s tutorial.
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pcc
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#10 posted 1531 days ago
That’s a great looking plane. Making a plane is one of the projects on my list I hope it turns out as nice as yours.
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#11 posted 1442 days ago
Whenever I receive a comment from a member, I usually like to visit their gallery.
You have some nice things here.
This is a very nice looking plane, & I love to see a nice shaving curl.
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a1Jim
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#12 posted 1441 days ago
Hey Chaim
Very nice plane super tool
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#13 posted 1361 days ago
That is a real beauty. What blade or Ironsides you use? Very very cool!!
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chaim
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#14 posted 1360 days ago
Hi Rob, I just used the standard iron and chip breaker. Thats all that was available to me at the time and I needed the plane to complete a project so I just went with the only option I had!
I suppose I will upgrade in the future but for now the pace of buisness has pushed me into the power tool world mostly!
Chaim
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#15 posted 1097 days ago
Wow, that’s cool. Will you make me one?
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