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Thanks for the kind responses, guys. Jimi – thanks, I’ll check out Chalco for the engraving. Rod - I know the front handle shape isn’t to everyone’s taste but it is quite good to hold and also I’m trying to give my planes a distinctive look. When I made the infill smoothing plane I wasn’t...

Thanks to all for the kind comments :D :oops: I must look into getting the lever cap engraved. Yes, I plan to go to Mac on 30th and will bring this plane with the Silchester. I've made a start on a new plane (much simpler) and will bring that one too if it is finished and works OK.

Thanks Jimi. I finished the plane today, gave it a trial on some end grain beech and mahogany and was quite pleased. Here are some photos of the finished article. It consists of 44 component parts and weighs about 5.5 lb (2.5 kg).

Yes, the lever cap was all done by hand, thanks (apart from drilling the holes). I cut off as much waste as possible by hacksaw and then set to work with files and then abrasive paper.

I've done some more work on this plane, after being distracted by other jobs for a while: - wedge made and inlaid with brass wear strip, - cut acme thread in lever cap bolt, - made lever cap, - made expanding pin for attaching lever cap.

Thanks Andy, I was rather hoping that a plane had been found with the goods in a pyramid. Oh well, there won't be a "King Tut" repro. plane project then :(

Andy, is there any info. on Egyptian planes in your book?

Jimi, this is what I meant. I have used this way successfully to straighten various things or bend them. A bit of copper or aluminum packing would protect the teeth. It helps to have an assistant when setting it up.

Fascinating stuff - well done Jimi. If it does take a bend during quenching all is probably not lost. You could temper it and then straighten using the "three bolts" method.

I'm glad you solved the problem. Please can you post a photo of your plane? We love to see pictures of shop-built planes.

Well done. I like the hawthorn.

I hope to attend. I might bring a plane too :)

Thanks for the update,Toby. I'm glad to see it's going well.

That's a neat little plane. Is it made from an offcut of maple tonewood?

Thanks Jimi and JimB, Gaudeamus fratres! Runcina perfecta est. Habemus ramenta! :D * * Let us rejoice brothers! The plane is complete. We have shavings. I can't vouch for the grammatical accuracy - it's more than 45 years since Latin was beaten into me :( I tempered the blade in the...

Thanks James and thanks for starting this thread in the first place - it has been an education :) Thanks Mike and Corneel. Now we need to find or make a Roman bench .... :) Tonight I went ahead and hardened the blade and did the same to the blade for my infill mitre plane too. Tempering...

Thanks Andy & Jimi, It will be a few weeks before I get a "forge" up and running so I couldn't resist giving the plane a quick try this morning on a piece of sawn ash using a QS No.3 blade. At the height of my bench the most comfortable hold seemed to be having the rounded back end resting in...

Thanks Mike, Some more progress: I've made the rivets and sole flush with the sole and sides respectively. I milled/ground down as far as I dared, then finished with scraper and files. I made a scraper from an old file by grinding the teeth off the the end of one side - it worked well. The...

A very neat looking little plane - well done! What you need is a piercing saw.

Thanks Adam, I probably can't go to David Stanley owing to a family occasion but there is a chance. Thanks Jimi, I cut the mouth the Richard T way with saws and files but I may resort to milling to get the sole flush with the sides to give my poor elbow a break :) Thanks BB, a really...