Chisel plane

I anticipate the need for a little bit of stock trimming in a corner on my Shaker cupboard build. So Google coughed up some chisel plane ideas. This is based on the plan found in Fine Woodworking. Also if you go look at the archives of Matt’s Basement Workshop podcast and also search here you can see more examples.

Pretty straight forward, white oak for the body and cap “iron”. The sole is some rosewood laminated to the oak. The blade is a cheap $2 job from the BORG. I got tired of flattening the back and you can see the consequence of that when you look at the bevel. It’s OK for testing but I need to go back and work on it a little bit more. Next time I’m at Woodcraft I’ll look to see if they have one of the 1-5/8” Hock blades on hand. That will be a world apart from what is in there now!

But so far it seems to work. It is a bit more tricky working with a chisel plane than a plane with a toe to support the front and stop (minimize) dig-in. A little more practice and a finer honing on the blade and it just do the trick.

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