Double-Convex Hand Plane

Greetings!

I’m building a chair. There will be some curves involved in design, so the spokeshaves will do the legs, but for seat I’d need other cutting device. The travisher is hard to get where I live, and it’s pretty hard to make one. That’s why I decided to make double-convex plane. Moreover, I decided to re-purpose one of the old wooden hand planes that I buy time after time at the flea market.

So you’re gonna see some hand plane plastic surgery :-)

Here’s what I started with:

The plane was in quite decent condition, I even had an idea to turn it into small coffin smoother some day, but the day when I needed double-convex pane came first :)
The wood happens to be beech.
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Templates rule, they really do:

Transferring template to the other side:

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Shortening and planing the finish off:

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Shaping first curve of the sole:

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Ready to shape second curve:

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Mini plane was very convenient for chamfering:

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Re-shaping the wedge (made of birch my guess):

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Every project requires some CA glue for minor fixes:

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Ready for getting some finish:

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Iron: ground and then honed:

Fitting the iron was second longest operation during this project, the first one was shaping heel and the toe with rasps, files and sandpaper.
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Two coats of BLO as a finish:

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Action shots (actually post-action shots):

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Well, I’m totally happy with how this plane performs. It sits nicely in hands, it’s pretty natural to work on push and pull strokes, it cuts good alone grain, across grain and diagonal, it’s adjustable to aggressive and delicate cuts. And I just like it :-)
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Thank you for looking!

-- Yuri (10x4 -- yeah, that's my tiny shop!)