Planing the female sliding dovetail

Gorgeous looking planes !

-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather

I agree, nice planes. And thankyou for your site Derek, I have read several of your articles/tutorials and have learned from them.

So here is the 64 thousand dollar question.. are they for sale? will you be making them by request and if so how much?.. I really like the looks of it and the results speak for themselves.. SO?? thanks.. Papa (aka) woodworker59

-- Papa@papaswoodworking.com

Make them? No. They would turn a hobby into work. Making tools is just a quick fix interest between building furniture, the pieces of which generally take some months. I only get into the shop on weekends, so time is limited.

After making marking knives for a few years, I handed over my design to Chris Vesper. I would like to say that he makes an exact copy, but he makes them better! :) Here’s a link to Chris’ website (with the best marking knives in the world! ... and, no, I do not have any financial interest) ...

https://www.vespertools.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=4&Itemid=34

If you want to make your own, go here … http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/A%20Knife%20for%20Marking%20Dovetails.html

The point is, I make tools and am happy to share the designs with everyone. That’s what it is all about.

Regards from Perth

Derek

-- Buildiing furniture, and reviewing and building tools at http://www.inthewoodshop.com

Nice planes and well done blog, Derek. Did you build your own plane, due to some short fall of the side rabbet planes that you were using? I thinking of getting a set of the Veritas planes, but haven’t found anyone that has used them. Of the 3 you have, which is the best? Thanks for the post and the links.

-- Tim

Really amazing work Derek. One for the favorites!

-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch

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say all the admiring verbs over the planes :-)

thanks for sharing Derek

Dennis