Panel Raising Plane

[Philly]

Hi Folks
Finally finished my latest plane - a panel raiser.
Yes, this is the Galoots version of a spindle moulder :lol:
Made from goncalo alves, it features a skew mouth, nicker and a profiled sole (with built in fence and stop). It was a bit of a mission building this one but worth it in the end.
Hope you like,
Philly

 

[woodbloke]

Phill - good looking plane...I take it this was the one we had a look at last Sat at the MiniBash that you were working on? Like the nicker blade :wink: and as for the other two items that just happened to be in shot in the background, not quite as disreputable as Martins 'drive by' gloat a while ago, but not too shabby :lol: - Rob

 

[andys wood shed]

Philly great looking plane.

Any chance of a picture of the under side

Cheers

Andy

 

[Philly]

Your wish is my command.........
Rob - yes, thats the one.

Philly

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Now is that a right handed or left handed? So you need a pair then :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Nice gloat, Phil - and the panel raiser's pretty good as well 8) 8)

Cheers :wink:

Paul

PS That brush gets in all the photos these days :lol:

 

[andys wood shed]

Thanks Philly

So the nicker is for across the grain work

Andy

 

[Philly]

Andy
Yes, the nicker is especially useful across the grain - although it is left "in position" the whole time. It scores the fibres on the inner edge, what will be the edge of the reservation of the panel. The blade on the outer edge of the runs off the edge of the panel into the fence, so another nicker is not needed there. It works well - as long as you set the nicker just right - too little and it has no effect, too much and you get a neat line across your panel. :lol:
Lord N
I reckon its a "left hand" plane. Am I making a righty?? No fear!! :lol: To be honest, on the timber I have tested so far the skew of the blade takes care of tear-out. Time will tell!
Cheers
Philly
Who still remembers how to gloat......

 

[Jake]

Oooh, now you're getting swish.

 

[JesseM]

Can you explain the wedge? All I can see is the V, but there's a hint of something connected to it.

 

[mr]

Phill - good looking plane...I take it this was the one we had a look at last Sat at the MiniBash that you were working on? Like the nicker blade :wink: and as for the other two items that just happened to be in shot in the background, not quite as disreputable as Martins 'drive by' gloat a while ago, but not too shabby :lol: - Rob

I like the way they "pose" on the bench
Did some one say swish? Was that a thinly veiled brush jibe

Cheers Mike

 

[tnimble]

Cool plane you made Philly!

 

[DomValente]

Nice Philly, what glue do you use.?

Dom

 

[Philly]

Jessem - I'll get you a photo of the wedge. All will be revealed.
Dom - good old Titebond 1.
Cheers
Philly

 

[Chris Knight]

Philly,

Top marks! Must have been fun working out the angles for the wedge housings.

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Very nice job Philly.

Are you making the "other" hand?

And what angle is the bed (look 45 degrees?). Have you tried the plane on hardwood and cross grain?

This is giving me a nudge to get mine done (Alf too - hers was a few months back).

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[newt]

Top job Philly. I can just imagine the brain hurt when thinking about the angles. Many folk on the forum are now using planes to plane wood to make planes. I think its great that some of the traditional skills are being rekindled and this is a good example. Alf will be pleased you showed shavings.

 

[Smudger]

I was chatting to Andy my Wood Guru (teaches Carpentry and Joinery at our school, let me play with his L-N low angle Jack last week - top man) about apprenticeships yesterday.
Basically, there aren't any round here.

We were talking about the things he learned from working with older craftsmen (he's in his 50s now) and how so many of those things will never be taught in schools and colleges, such as making your own tools, and just little tricks that make jobs better and easier. We decided, some time around the second cuppa, that it is the neanderthals and galoots who will eventually teach the pros some of their tricks back, and that present patterns of tool use are unsustainable, perhaps OK in our lifetimes, but not long after that.

The height of last week for me - I was in his workshop talking about a Stanley #4 frog I can't get to fit, when he told me to hang on and wait. He went into his private cupboard and came out with a LN low-angle in one hand and a Mathieson infill in the other, put them down next to a perfectly fettled Stanley Jack and then gave me a short masterclass in planing techniques using each type. I hate to say it, but for me the LN won hands down...

We also talked about wood shavings and the utility of having a bucket half-full to pee in (his teacher used to do that) - and it occurred to me to ask if you can put wood shavings in the composter, and would weeing on them make them more composty?

 

[Philly]

Thanks again - the angles fro the wedge were not too difficult. I used my bevel gauge (and a little trick :wink: ) to work out the angle of the wedge sides - these were cut on the table saw. I then marked the wedge "legs" directly from the sides of the abutments. The rest was by "eye" :lol:
The skew angle makes things a little trickier on the old brain - until you spend some time thinking about how you can construct it in a straightforward manner. I cut the bed and abutments on the table saw with the mitre gauge angled (skew) and the blade tilted (bed angle, etc). This made life a lot easier. I also profiled the sole BEFORE gluing up the laminates (my chosen method). Profiling the sole after glue-up makes for a very unusual and wide mouth shape. DAMHIK :lol:
I really should do some woodwork......... :roll:
Philly

 

[Rknott2007]

ace plane! =D> =D> Got any details on the plane in the back ground? i want one! lol :lol: