Two blue gum infill planes

That’s is a damn beautiful plane, wish I had one in my shop. Never seen eucalyptus like that, it looks good. How are the sides attached to the sole? The brass lever cap and pin outlines look great, too.

-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)

Amazing, just amazing.

Impressive to say the least, keep doing the good work!

Oh my.

I’m usually not at a loss for words.

-- Support woodworking hand models. Buy me a sawstop.

No need for a blade. These are just too darn beautiful to use. Thanks for allowing us to see your meticulous work.

Very very nice work, sculpture for the hands to use !

-- Glen, B.C. Canada

Yes that’s a real beauty. I love the design.Might I recommend you to study a few German European plane design as your work shows a sign of that kind of influence.Not exactly but heck you might enjoy looking at their designs of handplanes.I bought quite a few over the years from Germany myself and am most impressed.Your plane here is tip top Brother simply beautiful workmanship and design. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Outstanding! Beautifully crafted.

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington

They look beautiful. Can you show us some shavings?

Wow. Many thanks, folks. I made my first plane two years ago last January, and I’ve done nothing but make one plane after the other since then – 30, maybe 40 planes in all, many of them still on a shelf in my shop marked “This is how you don’t do thus stuff, bub.”

The sides and base are 1/4 inch mild steel joined with dovetails and 1/8 inch round steel pins driven through the sides into the sole as well, though the pins probably constitute over-engineering. Each joint is peened and filed twice, maybe three times in what machinists used to call “cold welding.” The amazing thing is that steel flows like water, given time and the push of the ball peen hammer, and the joints disappear.

I have the basic shape cut on a water jet, but with the exception of the irons – Ron Hock specials – I do everything else in making a plane. I do love the things – the heft, the feel, the sound of the iron on wood, the gossamer shavings curling up out of the mouth.

I’m about half done with another No. 4 with a black acacia infill, and I’m toying with the idea of making a matched set of three planes – a No. 3, 4 and 5 – out of the same wood. That would be a tall order, and I’m not sure I’m ready for it quite yet.

We’ll see. Meantime, many thanks for the kind words.

-- Juan Vergara, California, www.juanvergara.net

Those look wonderful do you sell them?

RussinMichigan – Here are two pix of shavings measuring 0.0015. The infill on this plane is black walnut ebonized via the vinegar-and-steel wool method.

Alistair – Interesting that you find traces of German plane making in my work. Tell me more.

-- Juan Vergara, California, www.juanvergara.net

Bieser – Not sure whether the rules will let me answer your question.

-- Juan Vergara, California, www.juanvergara.net

LOL… I forget send me a pm.

Thanks

Bieser – No can do, apparently, until I have five posts under my belt. You can reach me via my website www.juanvergara.net.

Hope I’m not breaking the rules with this.

-- Juan Vergara, California, www.juanvergara.net