Project Information
I made a smaller wooden hand plane shaped like a sports car last year, and it was pretty cool if I do say so myself. So now I found myself with the desire for a longer, jointer type, hand plane and I couldn't live with myself if I just made a plain jane square block shaped plane. So I decided to make a hand plane by stretching the scale of a 1957 Chevy convertible along its length to make it a suitable for a jointer at 590mm long (~23").
Made from Redgum for the body, Tassie Oak for the interior, and Myrtle for the chrome shiny trim like the pin striping and bumper bars. It isn't perfect, loads of imperfections, but I have deliberately left them in the finished piece because I feel it gives more of a cartoony type feel rather than a clean cut perfectly finished showroom model. It reminds me of the cartoon movie "Cars" so much. I am such a big kid at heart
Made from Redgum for the body, Tassie Oak for the interior, and Myrtle for the chrome shiny trim like the pin striping and bumper bars. It isn't perfect, loads of imperfections, but I have deliberately left them in the finished piece because I feel it gives more of a cartoony type feel rather than a clean cut perfectly finished showroom model. It reminds me of the cartoon movie "Cars" so much. I am such a big kid at heart