shop made hand tools

Great looking planes. The saws are also very nice. better than my plastic handled ones.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Hehehe. Looks like my wife’s teflon frying pan is in need of replacement.

Nice planes!

-- "Real jocks do it on a bench"

You’ll find no wrath here, Harold. This is the nicest internet community I’ve ever come across! Your shopmade tools are beautiful. I wish I had access to some of the woods you use. Right now, living in Germany, my selection of “exotics” is very limited. I had to order some purpleheart from the states a few months back. It blows the Germans’ minds to see wood that is naturally purple. They’ve never heard of it! I dare not mention koa.

Gash! I wish I could do some of those!
They are very nice indeed.
Want are you using for a blade?
I noticed in the last pic that your shoulder plane has adjustment for the frog or am I seeing things?

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Great shop made tools there! What types of woods did you use?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Harold, Those are some good looking planes. Mr. Krenov would be proud. That is some awfuly pretty wood on all these. Oh and the shoulder plane really looks like it will work well.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

a frying pan?? Amazing

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice, & some great looking wood.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Harold, very nice. They look wonderful. The corian throat is superb. I’ve got to try making some of these.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Yes sir, you won’t find any wrath here but envy…Envy rules! And I see that you protect them (shotgun) very well!I definately may need to copy those saw handles! Gotta have me some of those!

Now I gotta go see what else you’ve done for projects as well.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

I’m with Dadoo….as green with envy as the background of his icon.

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

Bob#2, I use the Krenov style HOCK blades, I have made up several bodies for the 1-1/2” blades, then I can switch between the straight and scrub iron quick. No adjustment for the frog however, I had hoped to use all brass bolts, but I only had three, so used some surplus stainless door hardware for the remainder, I thread the holes thru and then counter sink one side and peen the other once it is tight. unfortunately, I was frustrated not having enough brass, so peened them over with my framing hammer, hence the pecker tracks.

Dorje, the wood for the most part is Ohia, it looks like it could be a cousin to Walnut when milled. The saws are L to R, Ohia, Koa, Jacaranda, and the flush cut is Kaiwe, or mesquite. All of it cut from branches and scraps.

SPalm, the corian works perfectly, and cuts and shape with our wood working tools, gotta try it. I would love to make a nice smothing plane with a fluted corian sole dovetailed in one day. Like I mentioned the corian comes from sink cut-outs and such in the counter tops. some of the new patterns look just like marble, neat stuff.

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Oh! on your saw handles, make em longer than you think you would like, then add a couple inches, and then try a cut. I hold them at the very end. it helps me to sight down the blade and keep it plumb and also makes it more difficult to put too much pressure on the blade which is the quickest way to veer off. They do help me overcome my bad habits.

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Those are beautifully crafted. I wish your photos would do them more justice. I would really like to see some of those planes and saw handles better! It seems you took the picture as if it was just a pile of stuff. They deserve to be DISPLAYED! I especially like the plane with the racing stripes.

Thanks for sharing and please don’t be apologetic!

-- Dust collectors suck.

Dadoo, that’s my pellet gun you can see, we have two pheasants that are sneaking up and eating my strawberries, the bad thing about it, is they don’t just eat a whole berrie, they just peck em all once or twice. Ive knocked enough feathers off to make a head dress, but they just keep coming back.

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Finest kind! Very nice Harold. Put on the pheasant feather headdress and do the plane dance. I think your tools are better than store bought.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I am impressed with the shoulder plane. I have some ideas now for the pots and pans in the kitchen :)

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

Too good to use ‘em! Great job Harold.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

A frying pan???? That’s awesome…..I would have never thought to use that! Great planes though and glad to hear you use them too.

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

Wrath indeed! These are amazing. And I applaud your recycling of kitchen utensils. I seem to remember that’s a philosophy in ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ – don’t look upon an empty Coke can as rubbish but as a source of accurately made aluminium shim material (or is it aluminum!?)

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Wow Harold – those are some awesome looking planes and saws. Your work is outstanding.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Here are a couple pictures of the constuction process for the small shoulder plane beginning with the old teflon pan

I don’t have any pictures detailing the construction of the wood body, so I will have to skip forward a bit, but here is the rough plane sides epoxied to the pieces of the pan
Before I shape the piece I go ahead and drill and tap for the machine screws that will secure the sides, I counter sink the screws on alternating sides and then thread them in. After that I just cut the remander off leaving just alittle and peen the bolt to the body. remember, I said I got frustrated that I couldn’t find enough brass screws, so I just used my framing hammer and left pecker tracks all over.
After I get it secured I will shape the rough shape out, this picture, just show how far I have come so far.

I use old chisels for the steel in these planes, if you watch the flea market and second hand stores you can get these old chisels up for pennies

and thats it, a few hours and its a done deal. You will however need to re-harden the blade once you get it reshaped. It’s not a clifton by any stretch, but it is one of the handiest tools to have around, right up there with a nice block plane to quickly clean up and fine tune a joint.
now this is my first Photo bucket attempt I hope it works

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

ingenious

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice planes.

-- Jiri

Very nice hand tools. Great job on the planes.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

I love these. They must be a real pleasure to work with.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Those are gorgeous!

I love the saw handles as well, so much nicer than the stock rattan wrapped saws.

-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.

This is a very nice post, thanks for sharing. I love home made tools.

-- Mark 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary ...

Geeze . . . I missed this post.

I really admire people who can make their own tools.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them