WIP: A Pair Of Woodies

[MMUK]

I took apart a nice mahogany bow fronted door yesterday (hammer) and wondered what to do with the bits. :idea: :idea: I've been thinking about buying a woodie so why not make one? Or two as it turns out.....

So, I took this piece which was originally the top rail of the door. It needed the bow moulding removing and the rebate sawing off.

Paint and varnish stripped with the heat gun and scraper

I popped round the corner to help John (Benchwayze) re-arrange his garage/workshop. While I was there I had a play with his bandsaw and created my two rough shapes.

Back to dad's "workshop" a few hours later. Frog and mouth marked out on the first one with a rough angle indicator drawn down the side. Don't ask me what the angle is, it just looked OK so it will do, maybe a little shallow but sue me :!: I've made the opening to suit a 2" iron with 1/32" clearance either side.

Using an ancient Ferm bench drill (surprisingly good considering it only cost £60 about ten years ago when Screwfix were competitive) I drilled 3mm holes through where the mouth is going to be. I opened the slot up using a 1/8" router bit from either side.

Out came the Crown BE chisels I bought from Dodge and I started paring out the frog. These chisels are beautiful and hold a super sharp edge, I've not even had the mallet out at all!

I've opened the mouth to 1/4" and squared it all off. The frog still needs some leveling out and maybe the mouth opening up a little. I'll use a 2" iron to level it out and give me an idea if the mouth is big enough.

I intend to make the second one to a shallow angle for endgrain work now I know my method works.

 

[carlb40]

Nice. I'm hoping to make another woodie this year.

Do you have a blade for it yet? There is a 2 inch blade/ chip breaker for a woodie for sale on here.

 

[MMUK]

I was thinking about either Stanley or Record irons (I can get them for about £7 each) and I was hoping to not need a cap iron. I was thinking about making the wedge long enough to act as a cap iron, maybe with a metal end cap on it. John gave me a nice piece of hardwood to make the wedges from but I can't remember if it is maple or ash :?

 

[carlb40]

Maple more often than not is almost pure white, Ash i think has a slight yellow tint to it and is a lot more open grained.

Yeah they can be made without a cap iron, i did it with my oak one last year for the box comp. I might have a spare blade you could have, i can check later in the week.

 

[tobytools]

Cool a plane WIP I love these

TT

 

[carlb40]

Steve having checked my irons, none are 2 inch flavours. Sorry.

 

[MMUK]

So in the absence of an iron, I borrowed my #5 iron and breaker. I used the iron to flatten the frog and then cut the wedge to rough shape.

Then I cut a notch for the breaker screw and sanded the whole thing down.

Wedge shaped and sanded.

I decided that there wasn't enough meat on the body to fit the locking bar so I added a couple of frames to hold the bar. The bar itself is a piece of 1/4" passivated bar with a flattened section.

I had to do a little tweaking on the wedge to get it to lock in place without jumping out when I tested it on a piece of pine.

I think I may have cocked up the mouth a little, the next one I'll chamfer the frog all the way through.

It just needs the sole cleaning and the body treating now. I may go down the linseed route. Any thoughts on what my wedge is? I can't for the life of me remember

 

[carlb40]

Looking good. The off cuts the plane is on, on the vice look like maple to me.

 

[SteveF]

got these but they a bit rusty

 

[carlb40]

got these but they a bit rusty

They look like they are either from woodies or infills the way the key hole is reversed compared to a bailey plane.

 

[MMUK]

got these but they a bit rusty

They look like they are either from woodies or infills the way the key hole is reversed compared to a bailey plane.

They should land here in a day or two. Once cleaned up we can have a better look at them. :mrgreen:

 

[carlb40]

Cool

 

[SteveF]

they are in post

if they are rubbish..nothing lost


Steve