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I recieved this #5 from my high school woodshop teacher a few weeks before they shut the shop down and sold the tools and machinery. We’ve kept in touch over the 12 years since taking his classes, so he gave me a heads up on the auction, which we both scored some nice machines. Anywho, I engraved my logo and favorite Teddy Resevelt saying on the side to remind me to work hard. I made the tote and knob with beetle kill pine and finished them with wax. I did the engraving on the CNC mill I used to run at the machine shop. On the other side of the plane body, I sanded the side, but you can still see the EHS scratched into it which I left for sentimental reasons.
Just need to make a shelf now for it to sit on.
-- I haven't had this much fun since hogs ate my little brother. www.rockybluewoodworks.com
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 235 days ago
Sad they shut down the shop classes. Sign of the times. Nice work sir.
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
TZH
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#2 posted 235 days ago
Nice restoration! Sentimentality is something I believe is missing in our society to a certain extent. Glad to see you have it. Thanks for sharing
TZH
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GrandpaLen
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#3 posted 235 days ago
...and a very nice Inspiration it is, indeed.
-- Mother Nature should be proud of what you've done with her tree. - Len ...just north of a stone's throw from the oHIo, river that is, in So. Indiana.
HorizontalMike
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#4 posted 235 days ago
You know you ruined the value of that plane scratchin’ it all up, don’t you? I’d like to help you out anyway, so I’ll give you $5 for it but you have to pay for the shipping. Deal?
;-)
-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."
Jamie Speirs
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#5 posted 235 days ago
That is a great memento
Very nicely turned out
jamie
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steamfab
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#6 posted 235 days ago
What a way to honor a great tool.
exelectrician
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#7 posted 235 days ago
Th main vice on my workbench is from a local school that shut the woodshop …. sad isn’t it?
-- Love thy neighbour as thyself
jaykaypur
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#8 posted 235 days ago
Nice job on this!
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
stefang
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#9 posted 235 days ago
Nice!
-- Mike, American in Norway
Bluepine38
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#10 posted 234 days ago
Great way to remember a wonderful teacher and shop experience. I was not that good in wood shop, but
without that learning experience, I would not be able to do half of what I can do today. Thank you for sharing
something that should not be missing in our schools.
-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter
Don W
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#11 posted 234 days ago
Great idea. I like it.
-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)
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