Thread: Website for the handtoolers

thanks derek
i book marked the site for later
greg

G'day derekcohen,

Just spent the last hour reading through bits of the site, in particlar restoring planes. (I should really be getting some work done )

Like Farmboy, I've also bookmarked the site.

Thanks for the great link.

I got waylaid in there! Thanks for the link.

Cheers,

It's in my favourites now too - thanks Derek.

Listed, noted - and kept for moments when I'm not being pursued by folks wanting answers...

Thanks for that, noting that your articles get quite a prominent positioning...

Hey, cool site Derek. I've bookmarked that one.

By the way Derek, that plane you made that you use as your avatar - is it nice to use? What angle is the bed? Do you have a web page about it?

Hi BP

No website on the plane, although I have described it several times to others here-and-there.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...leyinfill1.jpg

It started as an attempt on my part to build an infill plane out of a Stanley #4 about 4 or 5 years ago. This was partly an exercise in design, so it has a rather spacy, modern flavour.

I found a derelict shell, ground out the internals, and filled it with Jarrah. The bed angle is 55 degrees, the mouth is very, very fine. The blade is a full thickness (1/8") LN and the cap iron came out of a Mathieson woodie. The reaining brass I cut and filed out of a solid block.

How does it work? Very well. It takes such fine shavings that it is reserved as a finishing smoother for difficult woods.

Regards from Perth

Derek