be gentle

[Rknott2007]

This is my first attempt at a hand plane so be gentle please i made it about 3months ago, it has a brass body, steel sole, rosewood handles, and a 5mm thick blade bedded at 50degrees.

 

[woodbloke]

Rk - like that =D> , similar to the one in my avatar. I 'spect you found like I did that the brass cap iron with bolt gives huge leverage at the blade edge and holds everything really tight. Is there a chipbreaker with the cutter, doesn't look like it? - Rob

 

[Rknott2007]

no, there is no chip breaker, i thought the 5mm blade would reduce chatter and it does, altho the lack of adjuster makes it hard to finely set, mayb next time

 

[tnimble]

Excelent! (how does he do that ? :shock: )

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very, very nice =D> =D> =D>

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Philly]

Love it, R!
Where did you get the body from?
Cheers
Philly

 

[Rknott2007]

i got it from ebay philly, got another 3, so my brain is twitching, i'm trying to get my head around a bevel up plane

 

[DomValente]

Very nice, well done.

Dom

 

[Anonymous]

Rk - like that =D> , similar to the one in my avatar.

???????????? :shock:

In what way? It is brass, not iron, made from a kit, not a factory produced plane, has an infill type tote with fully wrap around handle, it has a brass lever cap with short blade, and no cap iron :wink:


Lovely plane RK. any chance of photos of it in action?

 

[woodbloke]

Tony - very similar shape and size, similar front knob, cap iron with brass bolt....enough? - Rob

 

[Rknott2007]

In what way? It is brass, not iron, made from a kit, not a factory produced plane, has an infill type tote with fully wrap around handle, it has a brass lever cap with short blade, and no cap iron

It wasn't a kit, it was a brass plane which i butchered and made an infill type out of, i'll get some pics in next couple days

 

[Philly]

Forgot to ask, R. What size is it? Difficult to tell from the picture.
Thanks
Philly

 

[Alf]

Slippery Slope there, RK; off to a real flyer too. Proper job. =D>

Sheesh, Rob, you missed the obvious one - they're both smoothers. #-o

Cheers, Alf

 

[woodbloke]

Alf wrote:

they're both smoothers.

Al - I thought four things was enough :wink: :^o - Rob

 

[lurker]

Knott (or may I call you R),

when you say they were from e-bay where they a "one off" or does the seller have more?
If yes any chance of a link?

 

[Rknott2007]

they were 'one offs' i brought 3 on seperate occassions, look out for brass smoothing plane, or gtl smoothing plane as these are of brass.

heres one on there at the minutwe be quick though
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GTL-SMOOTHING...ryZ13874QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem