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18th April 2023, 04:24 PM #1
Joy of new plane tote and knob
Recently, I got help from IanW on fixing up a #4 1/2, where the thread on the tote stud was stripped. He also noticed that the tote on it was from a #4 or #3, and someone had drilled a hole for the fro t screw. Bit it did not sit right.
So he pulled some tote and knob blanks from his scrap pile and offered them as replacement. That spared me some time to make new ones from scratch and some timber choices I did not ha e myself.
So now I have cleaned up the #4 1/2 and equipped it with some nice tote and knob from olive wood. Very happy [emoji4]
The olive ones were already done. I only needed to fit and polish them. The other wood I received were blanks from sheoak (what else?). I had to finish shaping the tote and really enjoyed that. I could finally put proper timber tote and knob on my favorite #5. It came with these Bakelite handles and I always wanted to replace them. Should have done that much earlier. Looks and feels so much nicer.
On my #5 1/2 Ian identified the timber as Blackwood. I bought that plane that way and only had the tote with me to make sure the fixed stud on the 4 1/2 works right.
Now I have 4 different timbers on my various planes.
From back to front: Blackwood, Sheoak, Olive and Rosewood
Which one do you like most?
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18th April 2023, 04:40 PM #2
They are all good but the sheoak leads the pack.
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John
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18th April 2023, 04:43 PM #3Senior Member
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I love the sheoak and the olive wood. They look spectacular. Where does one find olive wood in Australia? Apart from getting it from Ian I mean.
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18th April 2023, 06:13 PM #4
CK
Your new handles look fabulous. The Rosewood looks as though it has a coating, almost like a paint, on it. Depending on which "Rosewood" it is, the grain should be prominent. Perhaps it could be sanded back to reveal a treasure.
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18th April 2023, 06:15 PM #5
Those are impressive.
Very nice indeed.
Congratulations on a job well done, and a thumbs up for Ian for his generosity.
Tom.... some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ........................D.H. Lawrence
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18th April 2023, 09:29 PM #6
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18th April 2023, 10:25 PM #7
Cklett,
Well done they all look fantastic to be honest, but if I had too choose it would be the Olive one, it’s such a lovely Timber too work with.
Cheers Matt.
Ps can I sent mine up for some help [emoji6].
Cheers Matt.
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18th April 2023, 10:37 PM #8
CK
Yes, I can see the grain now: Much better.
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19th April 2023, 02:29 AM #9Senior Member
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Which one do I like best? The answer is "yes." That's one of those "who's your favorite child?" questions.
One of the reasons I favor the older Stanleys (the ubiquitous brand here in the U.S.) is the lovely rosewood knobs/totes.
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19th April 2023, 07:06 AM #10GOLD MEMBER
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They all look great CK. Most intrigued by the blackwood one (because I will have some of that in my firewood pile). I also have some Banksia logs set aside. And maybe I could try Apple
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21st April 2023, 03:05 PM #11
They all look pretty spiffy Ck!
I'm with Bill, it would be hard to choose if I was forced to make a choice (which, fortunately, I'm not... )
I like the feel of all of those woods, they all take such a lovely tactile finish, which to me is even more important than attractive colour or grain, but it sure doesn't hurt if they appeal to the eye as well.
Just a small caveat, I think that handle is blackwood, about 90% certain, but iding a small piece of wood by appearance is a rather inexact science.
And BEM, the olive was "found" when a tree in a colleague's backyard had the poor judgement to get its roots into their septic system. A death sentence was pronounced, which I was happy to carry out for him. Much of the tree went into his fireplace, I'm afraid to say, but I did keep a couple of good-sized chunks as payment. At the time I had never had any experience it, so I wasn't that concerned about keeping any. If I were cutting it up for him today I'd ask for a much higher salary!
It's a declared weed in Sth. Aust - surprised some enterprising soul hasn't taken to harvesting the feral trees that proliferate the way camphor laurel & celtis do round my place. Olive isn't the easiest wood to dry, it likes to twist & split freely. But once it has finished trying to destroy itself it gives in & settles to a reasonably stable wood. Apart from handles, it makes nice marking gauges:
Olive.jpg
And turns beautifully. These ducks have olive heads, "currant bush" beaks, and what else? she-oak bodies....
Ducks s_oak & olive.jpg
Cheers,IW
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26th April 2023, 11:42 PM #12Senior Member
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I really like the ducks, Ian. The different wood species works well together.
Cheers,
Andy
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27th April 2023, 09:08 AM #13
Thanks Andy. They were one of the few flashes of inspiration I've had. LOML wanted some things to sell at her club's charity stall & showed me some wooden birds made from turned parts that she'd found on the web. I thought they were pretty crude (& with an absurd asking price!). So I said, "I'll see what I can do", & went off to the shed & had a rummage through my 'scraps & shorts' stash. One of the first bits I pulled out was a stub of she-oak from the end of something I'd turned, so I stuck it in the lathe & rounded it, & when I saw the grain pattern I got the inspiration. I realised I had a good facsimile of the plumage on a duck's body if I oriented it the right way. After a few tries I settled on the design, which involves turning a basic shape for the body & head & some simple bowsaw & rasp work to remove the non-ducklike parts. The head is joined to the body with a dowel which I lined up by eye & the variations make them individual & give them a more natural attitude. The idea was to convey the essence of duck rather than be anatomically correct. They all sold, so a few people liked them...
Cheers,IW
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