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On Father's Day I got the gift of some uninterrupted shop time in the morning and early afternoon. Felt good. That evening my 3 year old son Milo asked me what I was doing, and I said I was making things. He said, "Daddy, can you make me something?" Why not? So I told him that I would. He, of course, thought I could make something in just a couple minutes.
I decided to make him a "toy" wooden plane, with a wood blade, a la Marcus's awesome project. This was my first wooden plane, and I basically mostly winged it on the design apart from looking up the angles for the cuts (45 and 62, for those scoring at home). I used hickory for the center piece, with claro walnut sides, and a brass rod for the cross-pin. The wooden blade is birch, and the wedge is padauk.
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I finished it with a walnut Danish oil/shellac mix for the body (which really made the hickory look great), and BLO/mineral spirits/shellac mix for the blade and wedge.
Final dimensions are 7" long, 2 /14" wide, and a 1 3/8" blade width. When Milo is older, I'll replace the wooden blade with a real one (probably a custom one, as that's not really a standard blade size).
Milo loved it, and spent this afternoon outside "planing" some scrap wood I gave him. But he better watch out, 'cuz Desi was watching, and working on his technique too, when big brother was off playing with some trucks.
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I decided to make him a "toy" wooden plane, with a wood blade, a la Marcus's awesome project. This was my first wooden plane, and I basically mostly winged it on the design apart from looking up the angles for the cuts (45 and 62, for those scoring at home). I used hickory for the center piece, with claro walnut sides, and a brass rod for the cross-pin. The wooden blade is birch, and the wedge is padauk.
I finished it with a walnut Danish oil/shellac mix for the body (which really made the hickory look great), and BLO/mineral spirits/shellac mix for the blade and wedge.
Final dimensions are 7" long, 2 /14" wide, and a 1 3/8" blade width. When Milo is older, I'll replace the wooden blade with a real one (probably a custom one, as that's not really a standard blade size).
Milo loved it, and spent this afternoon outside "planing" some scrap wood I gave him. But he better watch out, 'cuz Desi was watching, and working on his technique too, when big brother was off playing with some trucks.
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