modified muji

**Zed** · 27th February 2005, 06:17 PM

Hi,

I not so recently bought a muji block plane which i didnt particularly like (I guess im a metal plane kinda guy) and its been sitting around doing SFA so today I thought i'd modify it to I could use ot for curved surfaces. I got the idea from my recent windsor stool course at Sturt last January. I hope it will come in handy - although I think I'll have to put a rubber grommet over the top of the blade so it doesnt dig into my hand when I use it. anyway chech the photo and have a looksee.

cheers

**Prince Charles** · 27th February 2005, 06:25 PM

Very good, a banana shaped plane.

Charles

**Driver** · 27th February 2005, 06:51 PM

A cunning stunt, Zed. Well done!

More info please. How did you go about producing this seriously modified number? Step by step instructions would be helpful.

Col

**Zed** · 27th February 2005, 07:20 PM

i'm ashamed to admit it but it was all to simple. all I did was mark out 2 circular lines (one on each side) with a 8 inch grinder wheel (the original wheel from my grinder after I put on a white soft one), sawed off the excess with a hand saw then sanded it on the 12 inch sander until I got the shape I desired, after that I trimmed the edges with the disc sander freehand until I was happy with the bevels and the last thing was simply finishing with some 240 grit paper until it was smooth. I considered oiling it but didnt bother. the whole exercise took less than 20 minutes.

In retrospect it will work ok but the blade being straight rather than a curved one (the mouth is straight to of course) will not allow any serious compound curved shapes - just basic curve in one plane. poop happens.....

**Wongo** · 28th February 2005, 09:15 AM

How dare you Zed. You plane murderer. It is so sad to see a good plane ended up like this.

**Termite** · 28th February 2005, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Wongo

How dare you Zed. You plane murderer. It is so sad to see a good plane ended up like this.

Had it been a HNT Gordon I would have agreed with Wongo, however at the price of a Muji I see nothing wrong with modifying a tool to suit a purpose. After all, this is how a lot of tools evolved in the first place.

**silentC** · 28th February 2005, 10:02 AM

You could've given it to me, I'd have given it a good home. I'd have used it all the time. Why'd ya have to do it, Zed, why?

**Zed** · 28th February 2005, 04:23 PM

Silent C & Wongo :

**bitingmidge** · 28th February 2005, 04:34 PM

But does it work??

I am not sure whether it will work except on a narrow range of radii. I have toyed with the idea of doing similarly, only making several of different radii and using one blade as necessary... would sure be a cheap way of having a compass plane!

Cheers,

P

**Zed** · 1st March 2005, 07:32 AM

it seems to work ok midgey.

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