Thread: challenge 2020 - 2021. banjopicks

As Sheets said , definitely progress,
You won’t be long before there’s shavings come out.

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by banjopicks

Last nights glue up went south, unbelievable, of all things. I tossed the whole thing in the scrap bin where it can spend some time thinking about what it's done. I may pull that out of the bucket someday but think I would save myself a lot of time by just building the way they were done back in the day. I'm going to wait until I can get my hands on a solid billet and do it right. I could make a smaller plane but it's not what I want or need right now. One solid hunk of wood, 3X3x16, maybe oak.

Hi BP. I have made a couple of laminated body planes now and got to try something differernt on the latest one. The idea is simple and came from a YouTube video by a boat builder. Make the billet longer than necessary and drill 2 holes (to match whatever dowel stock you have) through the sides, at each end. Cut the cheeks as normal, cut centre section for bed and throat and when glueing up use the dowels to re align the parts. Once dry cut to length and dowels are gone. Hope that makes sense

Originally Posted by banjopicks

Making some headway on my starter plane. I screwed up the pin holes again so I decided to try this. I don't know of how well it will hold up but I definitely like it more than a pin. I just need to make a medallion to cover the one hoke I made. That'll give me chance to work on my inlay skills.

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Coming up nicely. Good thinking on how to fix it. Looking forward how you solve the medallion.

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I think we should be calling that a design feature,
Not a fix.
It just sounds nicer.

Cheers Matt.

And in that vain, I've removed the wedge stops which was easy with a heat gun, hide glue was used. These are going to be replaced with ebony, which I'll shape before installing. I think that will look great.

The other reason for replacing them is that I had hope a single 1/8" iron would suffice. It did not and there was plenty of chatter so I need to widen the groove to put the Dunlop iron and chip breaker in. If this works as well as I think it will, I'll purchase a new set, maybe another old set.

Started planing some ebony for these wedge stops and realized I hadn't done a very good job sharpening my smoother. Really??? Oh well, after giving it a proper sharpening it shaved the ebony so easily, I was giddy with satisfaction.

Here's some pics. I have a different idea as to how I'm going to shape and install these but this is as far as I got last night. My biggest issue was trying to decide which piece of ebony I wanted to cut into. I have a nice little stockpile of it given to me by a friend.

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I wish I had a friend with ebony.

The Ebony Design Features, look excellent,
I reckon they will contrast well with the Oak.


Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by Picko

I wish I had a friend with ebony.

If you lived next door I would give you a piece.

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

The Ebony Design Features, look excellent,
I reckon they will contrast well with the Oak.


Cheers Matt.

This is bowling lane hard maple.

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Originally Posted by banjopicks

This is bowling lane hard maple.

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Sorry,
The Ebony looks fantastic with Bowling lane hard Maple.

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by banjopicks

If you lived next door I would give you a piece.

Originally Posted by banjopicks

If you lived next door I would give you a piece.

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I will be on Phillip Island in January. Do you think you could drop in with a couple of pieces?

I have no clue where that is but im sure its a long ways away.

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