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Some exceptions are the illustrations of planes from the Mary Rose, which have scales in cm. I'm tempted to make a reproduction of the jack plane when I find a suitable piece of wood.

This is an extract from the Eclipse instruction sheet: "Firmer Chisels Over 38mm (1½”) in width use wider jaws as for plane irons and the same projections. Under 38mm (1½”) in width clamp down onto parallels. For 30° angle, project chisel 25mm (1”) from edge of jaws. For 25° angle, project...

Thanks Mike. Yes, I can send you the details. I believe that you will be able to send me a PM after you have made three posts.

Thanks for all your comments. The brace is a 10" sweep Stanley No.78. I made the adaptor from 1/2" round barstock. I turned a "waist"and then a taper at one end and drilled an 8.5 mm hole in the other end. Then I filed the taper to a square section and tapped the thread. Before I make any...

Yesterday I made this adaptor for connecting a drill chuck to a brace to allow bits with round and hex shafts to be driven. The chuck came from a burnt out electric drill and is threaded 3/8” x 24 TPI UNF. I have tried it out as follows; - ¾” “wood “ twist drill in iroko, - 15/32” “metal”...

Thanks Ian. I agree that it would be very difficult to make a suitably narrow mouth by hand in a one piece sole for a bevel-up plane. I started to make a plane with a two piece sole but I was not satisfied with my tongue and groove joint and I put it to one side. I'll probably put it down...

Thanks IWW - I would recommend anyone wanting a chariot plane to follow your advice and excellent examples. The casting needed an awful lot of filing and scraping, and the longer toe does seem advisable. I think that construction from metal plate is a better way to go. I only have a light...

Thanks Andy. I tried the plane on the end and edge of a board and it worked OK but the short toe was a bit annoying as you suspected. However, I found it worked well on the face of the board and one use that I imagine would be to clean up a defect noticed on something like a fielded panel...

Jim Kingshott has a chapter on making a chariot plane from a casting in his book “Making and Modifying Woodworking Tools” and he mentions Bristol Design as a source of castings. I was in Bristol in January and I paid a visit to Bristol Design and asked if they still had any bronze castings for...

BSW and UNC mostly have the same pitches. One exception is 1/2" BSW is 12 TPI whereas 1/2" UNC is 13 TPI. However, they have different thread forms: BSW has an angle of 55 degrees whereas UNC has an angle of 60 degrees. It will often be found that BSW and UNC will screw together but it is...

Yes, a Myford ML7 or Super 7 can be used to cut metric pitches. You need to obtain a couple of 21 tooth change wheels to add to the standard set. At the end of each cutting pass the tool should be brought back to the starting position by reversing the motor (the half nuts should not be...

Thanks IWW. This plane is number two of a batch of three. I made the first one as a simple rebate plane but I decided to add “bells and whistles” to the second one. The front was the only place I could think of to put the nickers and it seems to work OK. I’m happy for anyone to use the...

Here are some action shots. I tried rebating along the grain, rebating across the grain, cutting a housing and edge planing with the fence lowered below the sole and the fence clamping on the other side. When cutting across the grain the nickers were fitted and I started by drawing the plane...

Thanks Derek. The fence and depth stop will fit either side. The nickers are on the front - some photos to follow that should make this clear. Yes, an adjustable mouth width would be good - I didn't think of a way to include it in this plane but it is a feature I would like to include in...

Thanks memzey - they are on the front, held on with a bolt, ready to be dropped instantly when required :)

Thanks Andy. Preliminary tests are encouraging. I'll get some "shavings shots" to show.

Excellent work. I like the detail for securing the lever cap - is it your idea?

Yes, user made violin planes, nicely done.

I recently completed this small infill rebate plane (3/4" wide). This is the second I have made in this size but I have given this one a fence, depth stop and a pair of nickers. Body length 5 3/4", body height 1 1/2", overall length 6 1/8", overall height 2 3/8", angle of iron 45 degrees. Sides...

Thanks - it is 3/16" thick. Here is a photo of the plane it went into and its construction is described in this thread: infill-smoothing-plane-project-t69460.html I congratulate you on your excellent work and the very comprehensive description of it. I'm looking forward to seeing your next one.