My first Plane

Beautiful plane nice work.

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Wow! , what a beautiful plane., almost to pretty to use. Excellent craftsmanship. By the way, how did you make your own dowels?. Did you use a one of those dowel maker plates, or a lathe?.

-- "everything is beautiful, but not everyone sees it" ~confucius-551-449 b.c.~

I got a piece of steel, drilled the size hole I wanted for a dowel, then took a file and filed grooves around the top of the hole kinda like teeth for a saw. I took my wood and ripped it down to 3/8” x 3/8” square, took a knife and made a point on one end to get it started in the hole. Chucked up my stock in a drill and drilled it through the hole. I will say if you round over the edges a little it would probably work even better. I had a little trouble with the stock being square, but all in all it worked pretty well. I kept the wood in my drill to sand it down and may have gotten just a bit carried away. The dowel ended up being about a 64th shy of 3/8” so I would also suggest drilling a test hole to make sure you get a tight fit. Hope this was helpful. If you need more of a visual go on YouTube and look up make your own dowel they should have a how to. If I can find it I’ll post a link.

-- John Cobb

Congrats John.

-- Mama calls me Texcaster but my real name is Mr. Earl.

That is a sweet looking plane and it looks like you got some fine shavings. I like the racing stripe pattern with the contrasting woods.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

What a fine plane.
Congrat.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.

Very nice looking plane and it loooks like it does some very nice fine shavings…well done.

-- Dave.......If at first you don’t succeed redefine success....

Beautiful plane. Well done.

-- Dan, Naperville IL, I.G.N.

Amazing. I clicked on this expecting to see something that looked like somebody’s FIRST ATTEMPT at making a plane. Impressive. I wish my firsts turned out this well.

-- Quote from ebay tool listing: " Has nicks and dings wear and tear dust and dirt rust and pitting but in good working condition"

Looks awesome John, well done. Love the Birdseye.

-- Lucas, "Someday woodworks will be my real job, until then, there's this http://www.melbrownfarmsupply.com"

Sweet job.

-- Art, Pittsburgh.

Great job

-- The Old Rednek Workshop https://www.facebook.com/theoldrednekworkshoptn

A lot prettier than my first go at it. Very nice.

-- Brian Timmons - http://www.BigTWoodworks.com

Excellent job.. Frist one??

-- earthartandfoods.com

Very handsome looking plane!
Would have been impressive had it been your 10th go at planemaking ,-)

-- Jacob