First wooden plane

The best looking non-working plane I have ever seen.

Don’t be ashamed of it. I have early projects around the house that are benchmarks to show how far I have come in my woodworking skills. Every project contains a volume of lessons learned and skills refined.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Yeah, but it looks great!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

It can be one of those tools that is for “display” only. :)

-- Dennis, http://www.maplegrovewoodworks.com/

Looks good . Just your comments shows you have learned a lot in building this plane the next one will be most improved I’m sure.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

At lest you got in the and did some thing .

-- Robert Laddusaw

Yep, that’s the Prettiest piece of crap I have seen! :)

So, what are you going to do now…??

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Love it… Joe, “that’s the Prettiest piece of crap I have seen!”

Next, I’m going to actually follow a plan and build another one, of course!

I’ll modify whatever I find to fit the plane iron… you’ll see another one one of these days.

You’re all right, of course. It’s a learning experience. You can’t be ashamed of your work, you just have to remember why you messed up, and make it better the next time!

-- Ryno

Ryno, I’m really surprised that no one on here has offered you some more encouragement rather than telling you it is crap.
Shame.

There is no reason why you can’t make that plane work. Make a new wedge that fits tighter and when you put it in, tap it gently with a hammer. Make sure the blade is set a bit back from the opening. Then tap the blade down to get your depth of cut, this will also make the wedge tighter.
To use it, use a pull stroke and as you pull, put your index finger on the back of the wedge and you should be getting nice cuts in no time.

I have several small wooden planes and by far prefer using a pull stroke. The blade won’t be in the way that way. It looks great and its not crap. I have seen far worse stuff posted on this forum that people think are the greatest things. At least you admit the shortcomings and are willing to try again, but that said, I don’t think this one is a total loss yet. Give it a try. It’s too nice a plane not to.

For your next one, a fellow on this forum sent me some plans for wooden hand planes with dimensions and all. I’d like to pay it forward and offer those to you too. If your interested, PM me and I’ll e-mail you the plans he sent me.

Ryan

Have you not tried to work out why it does not work? I would inspect the angle of cut and adjust from there with shims if needed.These planes never work unless you set them up proerly it might take time but should work well with a little effort.Unless you have no edge on the blade LOL Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Um I think you are using a block plane blade right? Well flip it upside down because right now you have an effective working angle of 70 degrees and if you flip it over it will be normal 45 or whatever the bed is.

-- My philosophy: Somewhere between Norm and Roy

Hey, if that worked, that would be a reserection of a piece of crap into a beautiful WORKING plane!

Hope it works…!!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

i still think this is a sweet little plane u should just try to change the angle of the blade and i bet it will work try i would if i had a bandsaw to make those nice curves.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop,www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

Ike,

I don’t have a bandsaw either… I used table saw for the rough cuts and finished the curves with my belt sander.

-- Ryno