Project by mikewhite | posted 10-10-2013 06:54 PM | 1813 views | 2 times favorited | 6 comments | ![]() |
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OK. Not technically a handplane. As it turned out I actually spent more time on the blades than the body: I cut, shaped, ground, hardened, tempered, sharpened and honed. I’m pretty happy with the way the blade turned out. Shiny!
I made the body from some leftover decking that has been laying out in my father-in-laws field for at least 5 years. It was rained on, snowed on, baked, frozen and buried in the mud for all that time and is still dead straight. Richard, the LJ I sent the plane to, later told me it was Ipe. It was sort of a pain in the neck to work – especially mortising – but it should last for a long, long time. The lighter material sandwiched in between is some leftover crabapple.
The fence is more mystery wood with a piece of brass mortised in as a wearplate.
All in all a good learning experience.
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SheriDi
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#1 posted 10-10-2013 07:49 PM
Beautiful. I like it!
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#2 posted 10-10-2013 10:38 PM
Nice, very nice.
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#3 posted 10-11-2013 12:31 AM
Grat looking tool!
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#4 posted 10-11-2013 03:26 AM
Very nice.
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#5 posted 10-11-2013 12:26 PM
Very nicely done. That Ipe“is really a kind of wonder wood.
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#6 posted 10-11-2013 03:22 PM
I like my new spokeshave. thanks again Mike. It takes nice whispery shavings. Mike even sent a extra blade.
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