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7th May 2014, 10:37 PM #1Member
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infill plane project W.I.P
I picked this little ripper up at a garage sale about a month back & got it for a a song and no I'm not telling ya the price or I'll have you all throwing your dirty old 4 1/2s at me in disgust it was in a very sad shape so but after a good clean up it looks a treat, the bad part was it had no handle .
so after a bit of a think on it I decided to to make this one a user plane & not to match the wood ( maybe wallnut ) & use what I had in the shed.
after finding a bit of tassie oak in the right dimensions I sat down & worked out a shape that fits my fat hands .
cut the card & copied then fired up old Mac the band saw & did some shaping, happy with my effort so far but still got a lot of work to do.
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7th May 2014, 10:46 PM #2Member
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this project was inspired buy Peter McBride's Spier infill plane rehandle project
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9th May 2014, 03:41 PM #3
That's a nice looking plane Scrounger , If you like , have a practice run on the vic ash ,and I can give you a bit of Walnut for the second go at it .
Free .
I cant tell if it is Walnut, Mahogany or maybe even Blackwood , but I have all three of them here if you need a bit.
I was wondering for a while if you had an unmarked Jas Mclaren infil plane there , he was a Melbourne Maker . I dont think it is though.
There is a Mclaren on ebay for sale now .
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/371041754...84.m1423.l2649
The front bit looks like Walnut the Back on the side in that top left picture looks Mahoganyish .
Rob
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9th May 2014, 10:32 PM #4Member
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thanks for the kind offer Rob, I may be able to come over at some stage if you'd like a closer look.
That Mclaren sure is a nice looking plane & I really like the open handle look on the infills.
I don't think it'll help with an ID but it came with a Alex Mathieson & son blade & a F Woodcock chip breaker, has no other markings on it.
thanks
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10th May 2014, 11:11 AM #5
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25th May 2014, 07:16 PM #6Member
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had a little time for some shaping early in the week, looking better but needs more work.
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