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16th December 2011, 09:32 AM #1
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Smoothing Plane
Ciao,
Here some pics of a smoother I built recently.
Woods are ash for the main body and wenge for sole and wedge. I used an old (new) iron by Irsch (2 1/8"). It is bedded at 60° for the purpose of planing harder and figured woods. The plane body stock has been obtained by vertical union of three pieces of ash about 2 1/4" thick.
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Giuliano
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16th December 2011, 10:40 AM #2
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That really is a nice little smoother, workmanship plus.
Cheers,
Frank.
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you become masters of nothing.
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16th December 2011, 03:30 PM #3
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Nice job there!!
Just have to bite the bullet and build myself one>
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17th December 2011, 05:22 AM #4
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Very nice indeed. Will you be posting details on your site?
We don't know how lucky we are......
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17th December 2011, 05:44 AM #5
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Very nice.
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17th December 2011, 10:26 AM #6
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Thanks for compliments!
Unfortunately I did not take photos during plane construction, so I will post there only some pics of finished plane.
Originally Posted by seanz
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Giuliano
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17th December 2011, 04:15 PM #7
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A very nice job on the plane and by the look if the last pic it works well also.
I quite like the old design of smoother. I got an old Matheson wood smoother same shape as that for the grand sum of $5.00. All I did was clean and sharpen it and it is so nice to use.
That should last a few life few lifetimes with the hard sole.
Regards
John
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18th December 2011, 04:50 PM #8
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Hi Giuliano. A very nice smothing plane you have built. They are much better to use compared to the steel bodied versions. If you really wish to challenge yourself try and make another woody using a single piece of timber.
Welcome to the forum.
Ciao. Stewie.
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