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Chisel plane fropm recycled 2x4!

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Chisel plane fropm recycled 2x4! Chisel plane fropm recycled 2x4! Chisel plane fropm recycled 2x4! Click the pictures to enlarge them

Here is a little plane I needed a week or so ago when I was working on a set of frames that needed a rabbet planed down after the miters were glued up. I did not have a bullnose plane or a chisel plane, so I decided to make one for future needs. I found a plane iron on Ebay that was narrower than usually used for block planes. It was 1 3/8. instead of 1 5/8. Not much, but it makes for a steadier base on the chisel plane.

The wook is reclaimed oak from a pallet I salvaged from a local hardware/farm supply store. Here is the half of the pallet I left intact. (It was a huge, eight-foot pallet) It weighed a lot so I knew it was solid hardwood. I initially thought it might be cherry, because of its reddish look. I needed a 3×10 piece of it, at 1 3/8 thickness, and I found out it was oak when I jointed and planed it down to size.

I used a jig to cut the ramp portion to 20 degrees, then flipped the cut part over the top and glued it to make the handle. I shaped the handle with a file and sandpaper. I used my router to make the groove. It was finished with Danish oil. You can still see some nail holes behind the threaded insert. (I did not want those holes on the soul, which is finished with some finishing wax.)

It works fine. leaving thin shavings behind. =];o)

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards


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Karson

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posted 247 days ago

Great plane. We need some construction photos.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Scott Bryan

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posted 247 days ago

Again that is a wonderful use of scraps and discarded materials. I agree with Karson about the construction photo. I would not know where to begin on constructing a plane.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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GaryK

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posted 246 days ago

Pretty cool!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Hawgnutz

495 posts in 558 days


posted 246 days ago

I will make another romorrow and fullly document the construction.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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cajunpen

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posted 246 days ago

Good job Hawg.

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

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rikkor

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posted 246 days ago

Nice! Looking forward to the step-by-step.

-- Maplewood, MN

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herbr

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posted 246 days ago

Very nice functional use of recylcled material!

-- Spread love with our work

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Hawgnutz

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posted 246 days ago

Thanks for all the comments. I will probably have to wait a couple days to do another. I will post it on the tools forum.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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Thos. Angle

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posted 246 days ago

Great job, Marc! Not only functional but good looking as well. Way to go!!

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 246 days ago

That’s the stuff! Hope you don’t mind if I borrow your design. I just picked up a load of planes and some will work as blade donors. Thanks, Hawg.

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

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Hawgnutz

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posted 246 days ago

Thanks, Tom and Doug.
Doug, the beautiful thing about this design is that it can be designed for any width of plane iron. I am trying to find a plane iron around 1” for my next one. I think woodcrafthas one, but i am hesitant to pay around $30.00 for it as I will only use it sporadically.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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Bob #2

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posted 246 days ago

Ingenious, now I want one!
nice job.

Bob

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

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Hawgnutz

495 posts in 558 days


posted 246 days ago

Bob, that can be aranged. I am making a second one to post a how-to-do-it. So, I will have 2 of these… don’t know what to do with the second one. They really are slick for cleaning up in a mitered corner, where no other plane can go…LOL

Really, just stay tuned and watch for my post tomorrow or Wed.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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YorkshireStewart

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posted 246 days ago

I think we need to see a third one made, too, just to be sure! Oh, by the way, I don’t own one like this either! <g>

Seriously though, a great little plane & a good example of recycling Hawg.

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

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shawnseanderson

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posted 246 days ago

Good Idea, I would like to know the life you get out of it. thanks for posting the pics. I am looking forward to the detailed post.

-- Shawn, Washington, No really, its a work in progress.

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Gustav

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posted 246 days ago

That’s a nice looking plane. I’m sure it will be your favorite soon, if it is not already.

-- I can build us one.

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Hawgnutz

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posted 245 days ago

Stewart, I have seen your work, and if I, a rookie, can make one with simple and humble material, I am sure you can make a much more elegant example of this plane!

Gustav, I have not had a chance to use it on my picture frames, yet, but will real soon!

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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USCJeff

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posted 124 days ago

Hawg, I would love to know how this turned out in operation. A private message would be welcomed. I just built one using the same plan it seem you used or at least a very similar one. I haven’t got the results I wanted just yet. My bed is 20 degrees and the iron is 25. Was your’s the same? Mine’s 1 .5”W versus yout 1 3/8”. I had to slightly grind a 1 5/8” block iron to be flush with the plane after I over sanded the W. Thanks

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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