Coffin Smoother

[Philly]

Hi Folks
Finished another plane today. A coffin smoother made from Pau Rosa. Iron bedded at 50 degrees and a tight mouth, it cuts real nicely.

I have some more photo's here.....
Cheers
Philly

 

[Chris Knight]

Philly,
Lovely job!

When is the non-laminated version due? :wink:

 

[Nick W]

5 hours eh? So in a 40 hour week that's 8, at £......

Still not quitting the day job? :wink:

Nice plane Phil.

 

[paulm]

Wow ! Beautiful wood Phil and lovely workmanship too.

Great to see and inspirational to see what's possible.

Cheers, Paul.

 

[CHJ]

I like the choice of wood Philly on this one, impressed with the finished articles you have made recently but am a bit dismayed that they are not coming off the bench in matching sets :twisted: :wink:

 

[Philly]

Thanks for the comments, Gents
Chris - I'm nowhere near able to chop out these by hand. So I'm experimenting with various lamination methods. Works well so far-and quick :wink:
Nick - you're getting me thinking now. If only I had three months advance orders the day job could disappear :lol:
Paul - thanks! The timber sure is pretty
Chas - funnily enough, everyone wants one. I do plan a complete set - just need to work out what "complete" means.... :wink:
Back to the bench....
Phil

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Hi Philly

That is a gorgeous looking plane, that works just as well as it looks. Where is the iron from?

It certainly stirs up the lust to build another...

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[woodbloke]

Phill - nice looking plane there, timber looks fan-dabby :lol: - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

That looks lovely, Phil, and the shavings look nice =D> =D>

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[TonyW]

Philly - Fantastic!! =D> =D>

Cheers
Tony

 

[Philly]

Thank you, thank you!
Derek, I made the iron from some O1 tool steel. Heat treated it and tempered it myself. Works pretty well - I either have got lucky or it isn't too difficult with decent steel stock :lol:
Hack saw, files, and a Mapp gas gun - viola, one custom iron
Philly

 

[DomValente]

Very nice Philly, almost makes me want to get on the hand slope.

Dom

 

[Anonymous]

You are getting better and better Phil. That is stunniong, the wood is beautiful and the plane looks really well made :shock:

 

[Nick W]

... a complete set - just need to work out what "complete" means....

In my book 'complete' has to include a compass plane. :shock:

 

[dunbarhamlin]

This is really bad.

I've already decided that this month is to be the Month of the Rasp and now you've got me looking at woodies and thinking Yum.

Superb

Steve

 

[JesseM]

Thank you, thank you!
Mapp gas gun - viola, one custom iron
Philly

Beautiful plane. And the custom iron is the icing on the cake. I've used an oxy acetylene torch for cutting, but have never tried mapp. Is the equipment expensive and are there any differences from OA?

 

[promhandicam]

I've used an oxy acetylene torch for cutting, but have never tried mapp. Is the equipment expensive and are there any differences from OA?

You can do exactly the same thing with an oxy acetylene set up and if you already have one there would be no need to get a Mapp gas torch. According to the internet, Mapp gas has a 5300 °F (2900 °C) flame temperature, compared to 5800 °F to 6300 °F (3200 °C to 3500 °C) flame temp for OA.

Mapp gas can be used for brazing, soldering, flame-hardening, and many other applications and has the advantage that it doesn't requeire a separate oxygen cylinder - much like a propane torch, but this does limit a bit what you can do with it compared to OA. In the UK you can get disposable Mapp gas cylinders and a torch for under £100 whereas a cheap OA set up would be a lot more. Apparently in Australia Mapp gas is known as RazorGas.

Hope this helps,

Steve

 

[promhandicam]

Apologies Philly - got a bit carried away replying to JesseM and forgot to say what a lovely plane you've made. Had a look at the link but no WIP photos. Would be interested to see what it looked like before the sides were stuck on.

Cheers, Steve

 

[Frank D.]

Wow,
What a beautiful plane Philly! Is this one laminated? It certainly doesn't show if it is.

 

[Philly]

Thanks Chaps!
Steve - thanks for the gas info! Got carried away making the plane so forgot to take photo's.... :roll:
I'll make another soon and record all the gory details
Frank - yup, laminated - Philly Style :wink:
Cheers
Philly