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Thread: Left hand shooting plane.
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20th October 2016, 07:14 PM #1
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Left hand shooting plane.
I have some boxes up shortly for some newly acquired honing stones. A good time to clean up and resharpen this left hand shooting plane I made about 7 years ago. It didn't quite turn out the way I had initially intended with the wedge abutments, but it was my 1st attempt at a skew mouth. The skew angle from memory is 12*. The blade is bedded at 38*, a primary hollow grind of 25*, and a secondary bevel of 28*. The brass sole and skates were all brass pinned. I still need to make up a new shooting board. The old unit was past its best, and got turfed out during the last workshop clean up.
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20th October 2016, 08:20 PM #2
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I really like that Stewie. A shooting plane is still on my todo list. I wasn't going to skew the blade but after seeing yours I think I may give it a go.
I like the brass sole too. Add that to the list.
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20th October 2016, 09:06 PM #3
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Very nice job indeed - I've often wondered about the practicalities of making your own shooting board plane with skewed iron. Brass sole and skates is an excellent idea.
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20th October 2016, 09:06 PM #4
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At the time I made 2 shooting board planes. A right and a left hand. The right hand is a different design with a 90* wrap over brass sole, and smaller in overall size.
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21st October 2016, 04:36 AM #5
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Very nice design and craftsmanship. Keep posting Stewie.
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21st October 2016, 01:09 PM #6
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The following is the right hand shooting board plane I made. Its fitted with an 1 1/4" wide single blade for use on thinner end grain stock. The folded 90* brass sole was done without the use of a bending machine, then brass pinned to the main body of the plane. The blade bed is 38*, 25* primary, and a 28* secondary bevel.
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21st October 2016, 03:05 PM #7
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The mortising out was done using traditional single block construction. The wood is Merbau (kwila), a naturally heavy and oily timber, high in natural tannin's. An iron oxide stain was then used to interact with the tannin's to ebonize the appearance of the timber. The patterning was done using a mix of gun stock checkering tools and impression stamps common for leatherwork.
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21st October 2016, 04:28 PM #8
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Beautiful plane, Stewie. I am taken with the checkering. Well done!
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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28th October 2016, 05:11 PM #9
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Finished building my new shooting board. Works a treat on both left and right hand shooting planes.
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