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Been working on this set of planes in African mahogany, walnut and stainless steel. The three are a 12in panel plane/super smoother, a 9in smoother and a 6-1/2in mini smoother.

The planes have different width irons and different bedding angles. Panel plane is 2in at 47.5 degrees, smoother is 1-3/4in at 50 degrees and the mini smoother is 1-1/2in at 55 degrees. As I've been making more of these, the process is getting faster and cleaner, even as the design continues to evolve slightly. For example, the most recent build is the panel plane, which sports a more rounded bun and a slightly different shape to the neck of the screw cap.

It's interesting the different ways the wood came out, too. The smoother is an almost iridescent red orange in the sunlight, while the panel plane sports a set of natural racing stripes.



Also did final tuning of the panel plane today. I suppose this will have to do.





Thanks for looking.

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Beautiful. Well executed! Anyone would love to own these!
 

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A signature design. Well done JayT
 

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A fine example of design and engineering
 

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Nice Jay. They are looking cleaner and more beautiful as you continue making them. They are all bevel down?
 

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That's really unique, nice work JayT.
 

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JayT, you've arrived.

That panel is a knockout!
 

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Thanks guys.

Yes, duck, they are all bevel down. I've got thoughts for several more sizes/styles that may or may not get built, so you never know what may come down the pipe in the future

That panel is a knockout!

- theoldfart
That one has been a long time coming. That size was the one that started the whole process three years ago. Here's a pic of the panel with the original tubafore design prototype.



This one was the fifth attempt to build that size-the first four ended up in the trash. After building some smaller ones, I was able to learn better techniques (and a few new tools) that allowed this one to come to fruition.
 

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Fantastic work.

I some chunks of wood that looks identical.
 

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Amazing work JayT. I like the additional bevels on the panel's screw cap.
 

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Amazing work JayT. I like the additional bevels on the panel's screw cap.

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Thanks, wc. One of the evolutions. When looking at previous ones, I just didn't feel there was good flow between the body and cap, so went this route to see if would be better.

Well, Fridge, now you know what to do with your mill and African mahogany alder.
 

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WOW…...........very unique planes and real attractive tools!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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Gorgeous planes! Those are real beauties and they clearly cut superbly!
 

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Some sexy stump poses for sure. Dayum!
 

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Beautiful planes with style AND can do their job! That's great.
 

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Jay, I like your eye. The evolution from prototype to finished plane, to me, shows a naturally talented industrial designer. Like I said, you've arrived. Bravo.
 

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Those are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Mike
 

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Nice, very nice. Too bad that Panel plane will only shave off those tiny really thin shavings, shoot a guy would have to work all day to get a board flat :)

Nice work, thanks for posting, and Congrats on your 3.
 
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