Thread: Hollows and rounds

They often come up on Ebay and flea markets for about $20 each. One issue though is that I believe the sizings weren’t standardised so that what you consider to be a size 6 may be different between manufacturers.

Making a basic set is on my “things to do”/bucket list but I’ll probably cheat and make them by laminations. There are free plans available online for traditional ones as well.

Buying old is a lot cheaper than making if your counting your time as being worth a good rate. I made one once, I found a single moulding plane was about 7 hours work as a one off.

That was copying the exact style of an old 18tc century one . Just a working user not following traditional lines and open on one side would be faster and work for you .

If you think you will have a need for them again then sets of round and hollows come up all the time on UK Ebay .
Ive got a R&H set within reach above my bench . As well as side beads, rebates , and interesting cabinet makers moulders.
The R&H , side beads and rebates are all good time savers and allow stuff to be done that cant be done in other ways. specially the R&H.

Thanks chief.

I've found an article in pop woodworking (April'16) which covers the traditional method. If you want a copy just

Do you know what would be a good timber to use for these? With aussie timbers harder than US/UK ones I would need to use something different than the suggestions in the article.

Regards,

Adam

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Thanks Auscab,

Ill keep my eyes open, hoping that collectors don't push up the prices too much.



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There's good old imported Beech available which is what they were all made from in UK .

Here's a fresh looking small part of a set . Works out at $45 ea I think . I just doubled the cost for a rough idea.

There's a Sydney hand Tool club that has swap meets . Go there for $20 planes.


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