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    Default Anorak Bob's hand plane build

    For those interested in hand planes Anorak Bob has just finished a neat looking build on the metal work forum.

    Adventures with cast iron - a wood plane. - Page 10
    You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde

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    I've had the opportunity to look at and hold that plane and it is indeed a little beauty. Bob's metal work is something to aspire to. Makes mine look even more "agricultural" than it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    ..... Bob's metal work is something to aspire to. Makes mine look even more "agricultural" than it is.
    Nice job of work, alright. Anorak Bob is being very modest about it, but it's a pretty damn good facsimile of an A50! Who'd have thought that 'ol chunk of iron was hiding a sleek little number like that?

    I'd sure love to have access to the sort of gear used to make that plane at times, but take heart all you would-be plane builders, it's quite possible to make a plane that looks pretty good & works as well as any with very basic tools, as the participants in "The Great Plane Challenge" are amply demonstrating atm.

    You can do it in under 10 years, too!
    IW

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