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Mine is nearly complete. I'll post it by the end of this week.

My findings on Saturday for £10:

Thanks all. I just happened to have some grey paint for metal so I thought I'd see how it would look. I may paint it blue.

Thanks for all your kind comments. [Btw, is that handy little filing vice a bit more of your work? No Andy, I bought that one but I can't remember where I got it from.

I bought this Record 071 router plane for £1.67 but it was only the base plate with knobs. As I thought that the chances of finding the missing parts were very slim I obtained a Veritas cutter and set about making the rest of the items needed to my own design. I made the collar from a block of...

Thanks. Yes, there is a fair bit of hand metalwork in it. This thread covers the first one I made, which I also made the cutter for: post819322.html?hilit=small%20router%20plane%20project#p819322 The later ones are similar but have Veritas cuttters. I am currently working on making the parts...

Across flats: 9.58 mm Across corners:11.76 mm They also fit rxh small router planes :)

Please add me to the list. I'll try and come up with something interesting.

Very impressive work. Please could you tell us the overall dimensions of the plane and the angle of the iron? Also what wood have you used for the infill?

Excellent. I think this should be made a "sticky" thread at the top of the page.

Thanks for your replies. Yes, it does indeed weigh about 600 grammes. It can be filed so probably won't keep an edge well. I may have a go at hardening it. I paid the princely sum of £1.67 for it so I don't feel too hard done by. It was one of six tools for £10, the others being: - Piercing...

Bought today for £1.67 - I liked the shape. I am intrigued that the only marking is "600" - does that mean anything to anyone? The metal cleaned up nicely and I think I'll make a new handle for it.

It was good to meet you at Cressing Temple yesterday. I mentioned the idea of drilling a hole though an aluminium block and making a saw cut from one side as far as the hole. Well, I don't like to recommend things without trying them for myself so I tried it this morning and it worked well. I...

Thanks Tony. I just heat the oven to 200 deg.C and rest the iron on the rack inside. No sand involved.

Thanks for all your kind comments. The handles feel a bit strange at first, as you might imagine. However, the plane seems quite convenient to use. I plan to take it to the European Woodworking Show this Saturday so it can be tried there if I can borrow the use of a bench. Yes Andy, I have...

Here is the final set of photos. Gaudeamus fratres! Runcina perfecta est. Ramenta habemus!

Thanks Jim and Derek. Here is a photo with some shavings:

Making the iron:

Yes, I can give you a scale drawing with list of materials, notes and options for British or Metric threads. If you PM me your address I’ll put a copy in the post, or I can e-mail you a PDF if you are able to make A3 size prints. The only difficulty in making it was the connection between the...