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HI Folks
I’ve been busy making wooden planes for the last couple years and have been slowly becoming more and more involved with the metalwork side of things. This has culminated with this recent commission – a toted smoothing plane similar in size and shape to a Norris A5.
The sole is 1/2 inch thick brass attached to the body by a sliding dovetail joint (a feature I have been using a lot on my recent planes). The iron is pitched at 55 degrees and is a 1/4 inch thick O1 high carbon steel – a monster blade!
In use it takes the finest of shavings with ease. The substantial weight of the plane (Blackwood is an amazingly dense hardwood) means you only have to push the plane forward in use – the plane sits down on the work with no help needed from the user.
It was a lot of work polishing the timber (any scratches or imperfections are exaggerated by the gloss black) but well worth the time and effort – she looks amazing.
Hope you like,
Cheers
Phil
www.phillyplanes.co.uk
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spanky46
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#1 posted 1542 days ago
A work of art! Nice job and a cut above!
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#2 posted 1542 days ago
That’s one mighty fine piece of usable artwork!! All the lines in this plane are complimentary to each other. The finish is second to none! Keep them coming! Thanks for sharing!
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Les Hastings
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#3 posted 1542 days ago
Awesome work Philip, well done!!!
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#4 posted 1542 days ago
Phillip, that is a gorgeous plane. It is almost too pretty to use. I know that, if it were mine, the first scratch would be just like getting a scratch on a new car. Great finish as well. And I really like the dovetailed joint as well. It is not only a nice joint between the two material but it also adds a nice detail to the plane’s appearance.
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#5 posted 1542 days ago
Not only it takes fine shavings, its does look very fine indeed.
Great wok!
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#6 posted 1542 days ago
Absolutely awesome. That is a beautiful tool. Anyone would be lucky to have that in their collection.
Keep up the good work, and keep showing the pictures.
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#7 posted 1542 days ago
thats almost too nice to use! Great looking plane!
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#8 posted 1542 days ago
Awesome job! How do you dovetail the sole like that?
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Philip Edwards
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#9 posted 1542 days ago
Thank you all for the kind comments!
Mranum, I mill the dovetail on a metalwork mill – no other way, I’m sorry to say.
Best regards
Phil
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#10 posted 1542 days ago
Just beautiful.
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#11 posted 1542 days ago
Great job Phillip brillant work !!
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#12 posted 1542 days ago
That’s a beauty and I liked your ‘Maloof’ chair too
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#13 posted 1542 days ago
Brilliant, Phil! True art.
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#14 posted 1542 days ago
Phil! It’s so beautiful I had set the firtst pic as my desktop wall paper. Nice work!
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#15 posted 1542 days ago
Thanks Phil.
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