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It all started with the chevalet. I was looking for a better way to cut marquetry. Then there were the workbenches ..... my excuse was that they presented an interesting challenge in design. Now I've gone and built wooden hand planes. All hope is lost. I'm inexorably being drawn to the dark side. The quiet side. The place where you don't need ear protection when planing. Before you know it I'll be haunting the garage sales with the other poor lost souls in search of molding plane sets with all their parts, vintage hand drills and toothing planes. ( I actually am looking for one of those).

I have decided to give in and just enjoy the ride. In all fairness, I've always had some hand tools and have always used them when they were a better, more efficient choice than a power tool. There are places on a wooden boat that can only be shaped with an adze.

My excuse for building the planes, and in the future I will use the word "reason", was that I needed to joint veneer accurately and there is no really good way to do that on a 6" jointer. In that respect the process was a great success.

The large plane is square on the right side but rounded on the left to accommodate my hand when using it on it's side. The idea for that shape came from Isaac Fisher's excellent video on the Hock Tools site.



I gave it a try this afternoon . The jig is just two pieces of 3/4" plywood clamped with holdfasts.



The results were excellent and it was so easy.



The specs are:

Materials were Mesquite and Osage Orange (again thanks Gene Howe)
The blades are from Hock Tools
The finish at this point is one coat of BLO.
Of course there is no excuse too small for adding a little marquetry, shop cut from the same materials and inlaid into forstner bit holes. The design is my cypher,PRM.

Thanks for looking in and maybe pray for my soul…... :)

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Beautiful work Paul,but I would'nt expect anything but top notch work from you. This is beautiful ,keep enjoying the ride. :)) I'll keep enjoying your work.
 

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Beautiful planes. Now who would want to buy them unless the initials also matched theirs.
 

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Nicely done Paul.
Roger
 

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Ha. The dark side. That either means hand tools or CNC. Funny that.

Lookin good Paul. I built one of those Hock rabbet planes and have actually used it. Nice blades.

I was just veneer sawing and jointing veneer this afternoon. I clamp them between two sacrificial boards and run them over the jointer. I like the hand plane idea better. I need to think about that.

Wonderful work,
Steve
 

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Wow Paul !, Those are absolutely beautiful planes. That's something I've wanted to make for a long time just never got the guts up to try it. Can we expect to see a blog in the future?
 

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I must agree with the previous comments on "Beautiful Work". I suppose that a "pedal powered" router will NOT be one of your future projects.
Keep it up. These are top notch.
 

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Those are some sweet looking planes!!

I plan on making myself some hollows and rounds right away, then I can get rid of the noisy router.
 

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Wow!....next time im on the island I would love to buy you a cup of coffee and talk shop! I've been blown away by your craftsmanship since I joined this forum! I assume you winter south?
 

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Wonderful work Paul as always.
 

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Lovely set. Making your own tools is the best.
 

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Paul these turned out lovely! Very striking wood combination and of course excellent marquetry. I see the forstner bit idea worked out! I have to try the plane for jointing veneer. You are going to love those Hock Blades, they are the best!
Nice little hammer there too!
 

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Absolutely amazing!
 

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Again, it is a pleasure to see the master at work! Beautiful!

Nate
 

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beautiful looking hand planes. The marquetry is super. The last few weeks while working on some projects I have almost exclusively been using hand tools. When working in a small shop is is so much quieter and cleaner, fluffy shavings instead of flying dust.
 

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Awesome planes!! You are definitely on a very slippery slope. Hard to tell what this may lead to! ;-)
 

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Hi Paul
As always a little surprise for us but then you build these nice looking planes to improve your work .
Great looking set of planes and the inlay is just a nice makers touch something I would like to do ,time will tell .
Enjoy the quiet time of year I sure do and if this is what it takes I am all for it .
 
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