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Not wanting to spend the money on a new Router Plane coupled with the affordability of the Lee Valley Router Plane Blades I decided to make my own.

I am not sure what the type of wood is I used, it came in a scrap box that I got from an old woodworker. I suspect it is a type of Teak or Tigerwood but could be wrong. Its pretty dense and heavy so it felt like a good candidate for the OWT. It only has a linseed oil and wax finish on it so if anyone has an idea of what it is let me know.

I liked some of the features that D. Cohen used on his upgrade version so I enlisted them and added a few of my own. I also left the wings square to the blade in case I decide to add some type of fence down the road. What brass parts I could not fine at the local hardware store I made or adapted from raw stock.

It was a pretty fun project that only took a few evenings to create. Now to put it to work.

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Great tool
 

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very nicely done. Looks as good or better than one you might spend a load of money on. Would love to see a blog on how you went about it and making the metal hardware. Thanks for posting. I will have to make one of these.
 

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Nice job, great design. Did you make all the pieces?
 

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Thanks for sharing, I've been pondering making a little router plane for a while, but wasn't sure how to go about making the blade. Didn't realize I could just buy the blade for so little.

Nice looking OWT!
 

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Very nice… On my shortlist of shop built tools to build.. Were do you source the hardare?
 

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Nicely done.
 

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Very nice, I love the adjustment on it.
 

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Love it. Been on my to-do list for quite awhile, hopefully I can do as well.
 

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Excellent job! Well done.
Jim
 

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Beautiful work … did the adjustment mechanism come from lee valley as well or did you create from individual parts?
 

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What a beauty! Ditto on the query about the adjustment mechanism. Is that your own fabrication? What was your approach?
 

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Lovely! I bet you really enjoy using it.
 

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Thanks to all for your comments, its an honor to hear from fellow woodworkers.

To answer a few questions.

The majority of the hardware parts I was able to pick up from my local True Value Hardware Store. I did have to adapt them to what I wanted the end product to look like. Most of the pieces I found in the Lamp making section of their bins. The difficulty with using them is that they have very fine threads that don't seem to translate into easy to find nuts and bolts.

In making the adjustment rod I used a Solid Brass Knurled Nut and a Brass Shoulder Reducer. The reducer had inside threads of 1/4×32 which made for very fine adjustments on the rod. I had to buy a tap and die to match it so I could thread the bolt all the way to the head and to tap the wood for it to fit into. After tapping the whole for the rod I used slow set supper glue to coat the threads so they would stand up to taking the rod in and out to change the blade.

The depth stop is a Drill bit stop that I polished and filed to fit my needs. I used a brass screw and a knurled nut that I modified to clear the bottom brass plate (which is just a brass washer that I shaped to fit and polished).

An excellent web site to browse for hardware ideas or to order from is Lampstuff.com, look through the misc parts, neckes and reducers, couplings and armbacks sections, and the lamp hardware links.

One of the things that I like to do is to repurpose things from their original intended use and adapting them to fit my requirements. This is even more enjoyable if I find something that has served its purpose and can have a new life instead of going into a land fill somewhere.
 

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Great looking tool.
 
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