Thread: Bring out my chariot (plane)

I dropped by Bevan's busy shed this morning & picked up a piece of the wood he generously offered. When I sawed it, it gave off the faint violety odour I associate with Gidgee, & it also has a slightly more coarse cell structure, more like Gidgee to me than Mulga, but I'm not going to court on it - it's definitely an Acacia and it's definitely a nice piece of wood!

My piece had a half-buried branch near the end, with some nice fiddleback figure around it. I tried to preserve as much of the figure as I could, but it had a nasty little bark inclusion that went further in than I expected, & I had to shave off most of the best figure to get sound wood for the palm end. There is still some subtle figure, especially over the right side (it doesn't show up very well in the pic, but it's there). Anyway, it has scrubbed up very nicely, as these woods do, & my new wedge looks much more shapely & feels a whole lot better than my skimpy bit of Mulga: Finito.jpg

The Mulga's too pretty to chuck out, I'm sure I'll find the right place for it some day.

So thanks very much Bevan - this plane is definitely finished. Now onto the next one.......

Cheers