Plane Adjustment Hammer

[Mr Ed]

The recent discussions on plane hammers got me fired up to make one, especially having made one for Secret Santa and then parted company with it.

Brass head, weighing 125g, with a milled slot to receive the handle. The handle is Cocobolo, fitted to the head with an Ebony wedge.

The handle is finished with shellac and a coat of Black Bison wax.

For reasons I can't explain, making tools gives me an even higher level of satisfaction than making furniture, which in itself is pretty good.

Thanks for looking, Ed.

 

[paulm]

That's beautiful Ed, absolutely stunning !

Cheers, Paul (a sucker for shiny things :lol: )

 

[Karl]

Excellent work Ed, but I think you should edit the title of the thread to "Plane adjustment plane"

Cheers

Karl

 

[Calpol]

=P~

Braw

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Ed.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[xy mosian]

beautiful, beautiful

xy

 

[flounder]

Hi Ed,
Lovely looking tool, great craftmanship! How big is it lengthwise?

 

[Mr Ed]

Hi Ed,
Lovely looking tool, great craftmanship! How big is it lengthwise?

Thanks for the comments guys.

The head is 75mm long, 18mm dia. The handle is 240mm long overall.

Cheers, Ed

 

[Aled Dafis]

Lovely work Ed, as was the first one. You just need a tap 'n go plane to adjust now.

Just to be nosey, can you give us some dimensions, or take a photo next to something for reference of scale.

Cheers

Aled

 

[Mr Ed]

You just need a tap 'n go plane to adjust now.

All in good time. I am planning to use this for lateral adjustment on planes with adjusters as I think it will be more precise in some cases.

Ed

 

[jimi43]

I loved it when I first saw it in SS and I love it even more now there are two!

Is Cocolobo a very hard wood? I have not had the need to use it before and was thinking of using it for my Stanley 110 mod over on the Galoot thread...

I really must get my little machine lathe working....and fit a milling attachment...all these experts with lathes have the drop on me....I have loads of projects where I just know I could use one.....trouble is I can't find a countershaft...(and I can't even make one!!! )

Jim

 

[Mr Ed]

Is Cocolobo a very hard wood?

It is pretty hard. It generally has some fairly nasty reversing and interlocked grain, but if you can get past that there is usually some beautiful figuring and it takes a lovely polish.

I really must get my little machine lathe working....and fit a milling attachment...all these experts with lathes have the drop on me....I have loads of projects where I just know I could use one.....trouble is I can't find a countershaft...(and I can't even make one!!! )

Jim

bit of a chicken and egg situation there! Have you tried the bloke at lathes.co.uk? - he might be able to find what you need. Until I had one I had no idea how many satisfying little jobs can be achieved with a small metalworking lathe.

Cheers, Ed

 

[jimi43]

Hi Ed...

Yes..Tony has been great...and he suggests doing away with the countershaft and using a 3 ph motor with inverter and variable speed controller.

I can't run to that sort of money at the mo...need to sell a few more things on fleaBay before I go that route...although it is on the cards.

Mine is an ML1 so I want to try to keep it as original as possible.

On the wood...John has kindly offered some Honduras Mahogany or Maple which is so kind so will go that way but Cocolobo looks a wood that I might turn one day on my old Taylor as it looks so very beautiful...maybe I will make a hammer if I get the blinkin' ML1 running!

Cheers!

Jim

 

[woodbloke]

Nice little tapometer Ed. Lots of things that can be done with a small metalwork lathe, it's a question in my case of finding somewhere to put it in the 'shop - Rob

 

[Chems]

Mr Ed that is just as beautiful as the first one! Looks lovely in your photo setup.

 

[Mikey R]

How small a lathe are we talking about?

Thats the little Axminster one, its got 125mm between the centres, and would probably stow under a bench when not being used?

 

[woodbloke]

How small a lathe are we talking about?

Thats the little Axminster one, its got 125mm between the centres, and would probably stow under a bench when not being used?

That would be about the right sort of size, but I've got other stuff (planes) stowed under the bench.
Also IMO it's not a good idea to contaminate a metalwork area with a woodwork area...ideally a dedicated section of the 'shop is needed - Rob

 

[Mr Ed]

ideally a dedicated section of the 'shop is needed

Thats basically what I've done. I used to keep my lathe in the garage but recently made a space to move it into the workshop so I have a metalworking / sharpening area. Admittedly it is effectively in/right next to the woodworking area but its separate enough for me. I'll take a picture in a bit.

Ed

 

[woodbloke]

ideally a dedicated section of the 'shop is needed

Thats basically what I've done. I used to keep my lathe in the garage but recently made a space to move it into the workshop so I have a metalworking / sharpening area. Admittedly it is effectively in/right next to the woodworking area but its separate enough for me. I'll take a picture in a bit.

Ed

I have a small dedicated MW bench with vice and files, hacksaws etc racked out above...it's where all the dirty, oily stuff takes place. I could locate a small lathe on it but then I'd have to find somewhere else for the Tormek and dry grinder :x - Rob

 

[Joints]

I don't know if I prefer the quality of the tool or the photo's you have taken!

As some say in my parts, gert lush!