Thanks Cabinetman - that's an interesting idea - I'll give it some thought.
Chopsticks maybe?Is it for arrows?
Thanks HH – I’m sorry I didn’t take WIP photos this time but this “exploded view” should give you a good idea of the construction of the plane. I made the sole first of 1/8” thick brass plate and screwed it to a slightly oversized block of wood which I shaved down to size. I removed the sole and completed the body, which was an ordinary woodworking operation (a small hand router plane was useful for finishing the channels). The fences were the hardest part: I filed an edge of a piece of ¼” thick brass plate to 45 degrees and then cut off a strip which I filed to the required width. I clamped the fences to the sole and drilled them through the holes I had previously made in the sole. The nuts were made from ¼” square barstock and are threaded No. 4 BA (with hindsight I could have tapped the sole and screwed the fixed fence directly to it). The lever cap was cut from ¼” thick plate, drilled and tapped ¼” BSW, then filed to shape. To make the lever cap screw I knurled the end of a piece of 5/8” dia. barstock then turned and threaded a spigot and parted off. I reversed the screw and, to avoid damage to the threads, I held it in the chuck in a piece of hex barstock which had been tapped to suit. I turned the “dish” in the end of the knob freehand and finished it with abrasive paper. The iron was made from 1/8” thick O1 steel.
Thanks Lambert, the sole is attached with screws as shown in the photo above.
