Experimental wooden hand plane made out of laminated plywood with a hardwood sole

If I wa spending all that time and energy making one, i would use the coolest hardwood i could afford.

+1

I even like the look of BB ply, and the others which are nice and orderly. I just don’t feel using ply wood be advantageous to the workings of the plane, it would create more work, so I would also use a nicer looking hardwood for the entire thing. Easier build, and better look, and performance.

Probably why you haven’t seen any makers of note making plywood planes.

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Interesting idea…could be my next project. I’ve made a number of planes and I always seem to struggle finding a suitable blank. This could be the answer.

-- Sawdust Maker

I’ve made a jointer and jack, as well as some specialty planes. The process of adding a laminated sole would makes things significantly more complicated to build and suck up a lot of additional time. And it’s unnecessary. Just build the whole plane out of a hard wood (beech, oak, etc. whatever is handy). Laminated constructed planes with cross pins are relatively easy to make.

I don’t see why it wouldn’t work, should be very stable.

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