handmade wooden plane

It looks effective and well made. Good job.

-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)

Well done. Looks like it was a great learning experience.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Nice work. I love how wood feels in hand tools.

-- The works of evil people are not the problem. It is the "Good" people standing by and watching not speaking up. Dubsaloon

Well done! Should serve you well.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Looks good. You nailed the front ramp angle (I put mine a 62 degrees). On your next one, I would up the ramp for the blade to 45 for most woods, or 50 for difficult grain. And as a rule when you make the plane longer having the mouth about 5 9ths of the way from the back of the plane usually give you adequate room to place you hands. My smoother is about 9 inches long.

As far as adjustment goes, a 2.5 oz brass hammer is a godsend.

This is a good one, but I prefer one that has a brass insert and a nylon insert.
http://www.amazon.com/Brass-Hammer-Wood-Handle-2-5/dp/B003UNEFYG/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1307366083&sr=8-13

Here is mine.

Keep up planemaking, it’s addictive.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

RG – thanks for the input. OK, so 70º IS way too high!

in any case, my next one will probably be made with a nice Hock blade – probably a 50º smoother.

You’re approaching scraper at 70;) I absolutely love this little guy. Love it. Excellent job!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

very nice job, FYI there is a place that sells them on ebay (the adjusting hammer) but their located in the UK it is a top quality hammer though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/watchmakers-jewellers-2-5oz-ounce-brass-nylon-hammer-/150612257535?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item231130aaff

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://[email protected]

Bet you had fun making it! As RGTools said, Planemaking is addictive…
70degrees will make your life difficult, here some info on angles:
What are the advantages of the different set angles?
45º – Great for planing softwoods and North American hardwoods such as maple and walnut and such. It can handle figured maple well, but will have problems with figured cherry and walnut. This angle is the easiest to push/pull.
•47° – A good compromise between good tear-out performance and effortless use.
•50º – Great for North American hardwoods with some to lots of figure. It can handle pine, if needed, and can take on straight grained tropicals, too. This plane takes more effort than the 45 but is not hard to pull/push.
•55º – For highly-figured American hardwoods and figured tropicals. This plane takes more effort to push/pull than the others, but easily gives good results on figured woods.
•60º – For extremely hard-to-work woods and for use as a scraper plane. It takes the most effort to use this plane.

Have even more fun with the next one!

-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."

cool – thanks for the breakdown. I think I’ll try 55º then :-)

one addition lower than 45 (such as 40-37 range) good for end grain, but 45 can do this ok with the right edge and precautions to prevent blowing out the end of the cut.

Recommend on Blades David Finck (good book too)

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Nice job Aaron! Join us over at the 2013 Hand Plane swap here and Making a Plane. Swap the knowledge here.
Plenty of first time plane makers scratching our heads and hand plane gurus (probably shaking their heads) helping us figure it out!

-- God bless, Candy