My first homemade wood block plane

It looks great especially for a first attempt

-- Greg S.E. Ga. www.joesawdust.com

The nice thing about wooden planes is that you can sand the sole and the sides square. Nice looking plane. Good plan to send the “practice” one to your brother and build yourself one off of that experince.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

very nice.
It feels great to make your own tools.
yours looks like it came out real nice!
Chaim

Thanks for your nice words. It was a fun project.

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Looks very nice. What’s the bed angle?

Looks good, as long as it planes well, well then a fine job well done. :)

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This is cool. I just finished my first plane yesterday.

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I love the brass / walnut combination. Sharp plane (pun intended).

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

great looking plan…very nice job….it’s nice to be able to make and than use something you made. Well done

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

beautiful plane,i think i want to own a plane like this.

-- china

Thanks for you comments…......

Rikkor, the angle is 20 degrees.

Woodspanker, the plane works, but my cuts were not perfectly square, so I have to angle the blade a bit.

Blake, I checked out your Krenov plane, that might be a “next” for me.

Thanks Andy, we need more people like you, your comments make this site tick.

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wooooooh ! If this is your 1st one ,I would like to ee your last one. What an excellent job. I also noticed the shaving. Good work ! I too make tools/planes & it’s a joy to hear the the swoosh of the good/sharp plane working.

ED

-- ED NOCK

looks great. are the instructions from Shopnotes? or other?

(I personally couldn’t tell that this is your ‘first’)

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Nice plane. Well done.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Made this plane myself not to long ago. It’s posted in my projects. Mine was a disaster in the end. I found it in a Wood Magazine supplement I believe. My cross pin was too close to the top of the plane and split the sides under pressure of use. Looked cool, but was horrible in use. Hope you have better luck

-- Jeff, South Carolina