My first hand made plane

Pretty slick (no pun intended), Gary. Can’t wait to read the blog.

How was it to cut the joints for the sole to the body?

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Very nice. That is some pretty fancy joinery on the sole. I will be looking forward to hearing how that was done in the blog. Nice work.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Wow, looks great and you’ve piqued my interest in that cumaru!

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

Unbelievable work. Data on the hardness scale is very interesting. How is it done and is data available for other woods like Burma Teak, Oak etc. Eagerly waiting for your blog.
Sharad

-- patanjali

great looking plane gary ! they build a lot of decks and docks with cumaru around here , its a bit hard on the equipment though

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

You can check out the hardness of various wood here:

Flooring wood
http://www.countyfloors.com/about_janka.html

Others
http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm

This guy sells cumaru on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXOTIC-WOOD-LUMBER-CUMARU_W0QQitemZ140203169160

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

Great lookin’ plane Gary. I hope the blog shows how to do the joinery on the sole, it looks great.

Looks like it’s going to be a user and a keeper…

What are the dimensions – and which wood is the steel and which the bronze? Also, did you forge that iron last night? Smiley goes here.

Where did the iron come from? I can wait for the blog if I have to…

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

Beautiful job, Gary – the dovetailed sole is fantastic. Are you taking orders?

-- "No Board Left Behind"

The wood selection makes for a beautiful plane. It’s got a vaguely sportscar-ish look to my eye.

The iron is interesting. It looks like a very thick iron with no chip breaker. If that’s the case, PLEASE tell me the source!

Gary, you certainly are giving ECE a run for the money. Nicely joined sole and a beautiful plane. Can’t wait for the blog.

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

Looking forward to the blog as well.

Tell us about the iron.

That’s awesome, Gary!

Thanks for the Janka scale info, very interesting.

-- Dust collectors suck.

This is a nice plane.

You simply just couldn’t go out and buy a Lie-Nielsen or Veritas could you? Up to now they have been pretty much the benchmark plane series. Now it appears as if they are going to have trouble matching up to the Kemper line.

I like your choice of woods and thanks for info on the cumaru. I have always called it brazillian teak since I am dealing with leftover flooring and this is the term that flooring manufacturers have given it. But cumaru is the proper name.

A blog on this construction would be interesting. I would love to see the woodworking on the sole as well.

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

Do you ever make anything that doesn’t look great? Nevermind…, retracting the dumb question.

-- Maplewood, MN

Nice job Gary.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Very nice Gary, excellant!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Great work Gary. You don’t mess around on anything you do.
That’s been on my list of things to make for too long. It’s a long list.

another wonderful project. tight, crisp and sweet

-- a legend in my own mind ...

great looking plane Gary, I`ve yet to make a plane or even learn how to use one.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Again, great job Gary, you are setting the benchmark pretty much for everything around here, even small wooden boxes. mike, no offense Don.

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

That is indeed a nice plane. Good work.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Still salivating. Gotta try this.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

I’ll add to my previous in seconding Scott. A how-to blog would be well read

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Garyk, thank u for the information on hardness testing of wood
Sharad

-- patanjali

Unbelievable Gary. My first hand made plane sits high on a shelf out of view. In fact my first attempt was so discourageing I put off trying again. Beautiful work I’m inspired to give it another shot, Thank You.

Very nice Gary. Great job. I like it alot.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

Beautiful work, Gary!
Interesting about the Janka scales. Unfortunately they don’t list any of the woods I have access to. I’ll have to look around and see how it compares to some of the NA/other imported species. I’ve always wanted to make a plane so I’ll be interested to find out as well as interested in reading more about how you made the plane.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Sounds like a great choice of wood Gary.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

very nice, and I can’t wait for the blog.

-- Mark, Florida, http://penturner.wordpress.com/

Nice plane Gary…been thinking about making a plane myself. Be glad to read the blog.

-- --Jack D

Can’t wait to read the blog – when can we expect it to be posted? I have been wanting to build one of these for a long time. Great job!

-- --Chuck

It’s already done: http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/GaryK/blog/3460

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

THe janka info is interesting. I’ve got a pocket reference with the scale in it. I hadn’t used it too much, but it is good to know.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Gary I’m not over your box of drawers and the bird cage yet. Can wait to see the blog, great work as usual.

-- Billp

Good work gary your quite the craftsman

-- A. Molloy

Gary,
Can’t wait to see the blog. I have had a block of Lignum hanging around my shop for a few years now and I was thinking that a plane sole might be a good use for it. I have no idea where to begin.

-- Check out my new blog at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog

Already done. It starts here:

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/GaryK/blog/3460

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

Watta job Gary. Just great wood working art.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

This is great Gary, I think I’m gonna make one of these soon.

-- Dust collectors suck.

beautiful craftsmanship….are you going to put any finish on it ? Love to see the color change if you do !

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Galing!!

-- "Real jocks do it on a bench"

Thats a nice looking plane.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker