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Pete that's nice - very comfortable / ergonomic looking! is that a No 5 plane? Would it be sacrilege to suggest tapping a hole in the side like the T5 planes and adding a hot dog handle to your own spec design? Might look more flashy. I really like it though? Cheers Mark

Nice work - I now truly understand the hardship and skill levels required to make something like this. My congratulations to you, Sirs for an outstanding, impressive job Regards Mark

Still waiting for the lever cap so I have not been able to make huge progress but I did bevel the sides over the weekend - a mixture of files, card scraper and abranet and all was completed without too many mishaps. It was much easier than I thought and has softened those edges considerably...

Thanks Andy - yes have practiced a bit and agree it is going to look better. One question I have is whether to bevel it so that the whole side is bevelled (this is what I think should happen) or just put a bevel on the outside. Also I am going to leave the central bit where the mouth is...

Sorry about the slow progress. I am waiting until the lever cap comes back from Ian Houghton before I finally decide what to do about the little gaps at the sides Meanwhile I am also plucking up courage to bevel the sides of the casting So over the weekend I made another adjuster as (1) there...

Thanks gents for your helpful replies Regards Mark

Mainly this week have just been adding coats of TruOil - about 5 so far and it is close to being finished The lever cap has gone off to Ian at Chalco to be engraved My new kit arrived from ArcEuroTrade which is a tap and die holder for the lathe so I can for the first time not have to hand cut...

Forgive me for ignorance for I am new to this metalworking business but I have questions about using a lather First, why do they come with tapered fittings e.g. MT2 etc doesn't that just mean it is possible for the 'joint' to come apart when you don't want it to? Second, why do you need to have...

So having had my little hissy fit and got over it a bit it was back to business yesterday The great thing about Pete's idea is that I don't need to anything about it until I see what the whole thing is like when it is finished Having used the TruOil grain filler, I started in earnest with the...

Thank you so much gents - your collective kind words and reassurance have calmed me considerably. I had an old mate of mine visit today and he said don't be such a tw*t. You all made me laugh and Pete thanks I agree that is the only thing worth doing. For now I will do nothing. I am going to...

I bought some centre drills from eBay and they worked brilliantly - here drilling the 1/4" holes in the sides of the plane I had used the base as a reference to ensure the 2 holes were exactly opposite each other Then started to make the corresponding holes in the lever cap - I drilled one...

Thanks guys I haven't decided Pete - what do you think? I think at the one not but I am easily persuadable. Richard point taken about Ian at Chalco but I like the idea of doing it all myself. I am going to try over the weekend on a scrap of bronze and see how it is. If my wife says it is as good...

More progress this week - solved a couple of minor problems and all going alright I think First I worked on the lever cap some more with files, a dremel, sandpaper etc etc Meanwhile I needed to work on the lever cap screw. I only had some 1" brass rod which I did not think was meaty enough -...

Got an hour done last night and started in earnest on the lever cap milled it into roughly the shape I wanted There is quite a bit of filing etc to do And some work to do on the back to get a curved surface Also cut the thread for the lever cap screw Lots of work to do but the general shape...

Thanks Richard Bronze seems oK to me to work - probably only took me 15 minutes or so to cut out that piece from the circular cross-section. The disk sender cuts it at a reasonable speed and it seems OK to me. I wish I was able to melt down all the bits I have as I would have enough for another...

sorry for the delays in posting I only got bits and pieces done over the weekend but significant progress made nonetheless I flattened the sole using 80G paper on my (flattish) workbench - no gaps against a straightedge From my friendly light engineers up the road I got them to cut me off a...

Steve Latta is your man - find him on finewoodworking.com. He has books etc and I think you can find stuff on youtube too Mark

Got out into the workshop for an hour before work today and had a look at the steel sole It all looked good and did not take too much filing to get the sides flat again The mouth was obviously closed up and filled with hardened epoxy which I had to chip out I drilled the mouth out carefully...

Finally I turned my attentions to the adjuster... I had used the head of a 265 mm M10 bolt to make the cap iron screw - so I used the rest of the bolt for the adjuster screw. First I turned it down on the lathe and then cut a 5/16" 40 TPI thread in one end (I was using a Norris adjuster here to...

I spent lots of time working on this plane over the long weekend with variable success: Firstly, the iron arrived back from Phil and I sharpened it and it is a very pointy piece of metal indeed so my heartfelt thanks to Philly for a superb job. Must learn that skill next time Second, I decided...