| Project by Tim Dorcas | posted 216 days ago | 1004 views | 6 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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If you look through my projects you can see that I have already built a couple of hand planes. They are fun to make. I recently purchased “Shop-Made Hand Planes with Matt Seiler”. He really tweaked and simplified some of the ideas I already had about making hand planes. These are the result. They work reasonable well but my end goal is to be able to make planes that are as easy to use as my Veritas planes. Each time I make one, I get a little closer. I finished them with my Beall Buffing wheels.
Enjoy!
Tim
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a1Jim
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posted 216 days ago
Hey Tim
these are great planes and the work well how can you beat that.
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Matt
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posted 216 days ago
Very nice! I’m exploring ‘planemaking’ as well. Except, I plan to mill the bodies on my CNC. If I may ask, what irons are you using in your planes? I’m looking for a source of short thick irons to use with wooden wedges like yours.
Thanks for sharing. Great work.
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Tim Dorcas
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posted 215 days ago
Hi Matt,
I am not how thick you need your iron to be. You can get lots of different plane blades at Lee Valley Tools. The larger plane is based on Taiwanese Plane Iron that you can find here. The smaller is one is based on a Hock Plane. The Hock Plane is very substantial but costs almost 4 times as much as the other one.
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Matt
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posted 208 days ago
Awesome Tim! Thanks a ton. I’m going to try some of the cheaper plane blades. You’re right, the Hock blades are pricey! If these hold an edge decently, for my needs, then I’m happy!
Would it be possible to get any info on your specific dimensions, bed angles, distance of the mouth from the toe, etc? I know, I ask too many questions.
Thanks again,
Matt
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Tim Dorcas
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posted 208 days ago
Hi Matt,
The angles really do vary. An easy way to start is to use 45 degrees on both sides. If you are using the cheap plane then use it in a bevel down configuration. I really would recommend download Matt Seiler’s video. He explains things in a fairly easy to understand way. You can get it here. It really is worth the money.
Let me know how you make out!
Tim
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Jeff
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posted 183 days ago
Do these use a chip breaker? Great looking BTW. I have a young son and I’m finding that I have less time to use my power tools in the shop, so it just makes sense to learn to use more hand tools.
Thanks,
Jeff
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