wooden planes

[mart_1986]

do you lads still use them? i enjoy working with wood but as a hobby and was thinking of buy some wooden planes

 

[Escudo]

Hello Marty,

Have a look at these by our Philly.

http://www.phillyplanes.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=34

One or two of our forum friends still use the odd woody.

Tony.

 

[DBeeson]

I ordered a philly coffin smoother as my first decent plane, for I am a moron and couldn't resist shiny hand made goodness :lol:

I'll write a little review when it arrives!

 

[Karl]

I use one or two.....

All from Philly.

Cheers

Karl

 

[Saint Simon]

As someone who likes shiny, heavy metal things please explain the attraction and functional advantage of a wooden plane. Do they move dimensionally and need to be fettled regularly?

 

[dunbarhamlin]

They will be subject to seasonal movement, but they feel wonderful in the cut, they're at least as easy to adjust, and can be trued with just a couple of strokes of a plane or sandpaper.

I have a half set of Philly hollows and rounds, Philly fillester, Knight smoother and more Philly goodness in the works.
Though I can't see myself getting rid of my Cliffies, I have been thoroughly corrupted.

Steve

 

[AndyT]

Wooden planes are amazing.

In what other field could you buy an antique, for the price of a pie and a pint, with a century of use already in it, that can be good for another 100 years, if given a bit of tlc?

Snap them up and enjoy them while the ignorant ignore them!


Andy

 

[Ironballs]

I have a lovely Philly plane for use with my shooting board, nice thick skew blade in it and it never moves with the seasons

 

[mart_1986]

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt15 ... rebate.jpg

i just got this off ebay 99p+3quid pp and i went to a market yesterday and brought a coffin planer for 2quid.if i was in the trade i would buy phillys

a mathieson&son glasgow the rebate plane is the same make

 

[Shrubby]

If thats a 1&1/4" skew I found one recently (for the same price)
I really like mine
I'm split evenly wood/metal for handplanes
Matt

 

[woodbloke]

I use an old wooden jack with a 21/4" cambered blade which is used for all cuts where a lot of timber needs to be removed in short order. It's also been re-mouthed. I'm also considering getting hold of one to make into a convex soled plane so that a concave seat (aka Alan Peters) could be planed - Rob

 

[bugbear]

As someone who likes shiny, heavy metal things please explain the attraction and functional advantage of a wooden plane.

In many cases (and especially on a like-cost basis) wooden plane have better (thicker!) blades, with superior bedding, and lower friction in use.

Do they move dimensionally and need to be fettled regularly?

Yes and no respectively.


Further, one doesn't have to be all-wood or all-metal. One can mix. IMHO wood is by far the better choice for a scrub plane, but it's a lousy choice for a shoulder plane.

BugBear

 

[Digit]

lower friction in use.

I'll say!, they are also lighter, pleasanter to use, you can make them yourself and I find that they seem to give a better finish than yer metal jobbies!

Roy.

 

[woodbloke]

Difficult to find though, in bevel up format :wink: - Rob

 

[Digit]

You can make 'em bevel up, I have!

Roy.

 

[woodbloke]

Difficult to find though, in bevel up format :wink: - Rob

...low angle bevel up format with a 12deg bed? - Rob

 

[Digit]

Can't remember now I'd have to check but my shooting plane is certainly very low.

Roy.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Difficult to find though, in bevel up format :wink: -

Rob, there's a piece about bevel up wooden planes in Joel's latest blog, which might be of interest http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merc ... BlogID=145

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Philly]

And nice to see Joel linking to me
Philly

 

[Paul Chapman]

And nice to see Joel linking to me
Philly

I thought you'd like that

Cheers :wink:

Paul