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16th December 2020, 05:02 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Challenge 2020-2021 shanesmith80
Late to the party as usual and i'll probably have to rename it Challenge 2020-2030. But what the hell I'm in.
Ever since getting Ian's plane making manual, i've slowly been collecting blades, brass and bits.
Ive got enough bits for about 6 planes I think. If I can get 1 finished in time i'll be a happy camper.
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shane
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16th December 2020, 05:31 PM #2
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16th December 2020, 06:46 PM #3Bushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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16th December 2020, 07:35 PM #4
Welcome. That looks very promising. Curious what you'll make out of it.
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16th December 2020, 08:32 PM #5
Yay, another contestant!
Welcome to the pleasure dome Shane!
Which will you do; a laminated shoulder plane or an infill smoother with a Norris adjuster? Or is there something else lurking there that I missed?Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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16th December 2020, 08:38 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Welcome to the party/circus Shane. I do like your raw materials and I'm looking forward to them coming together.
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17th December 2020, 12:38 AM #7
Great to have another plane maker with us for the challenge! We await your creation.
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17th December 2020, 06:58 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Shane. Looks like you're all set. Any good at puns?
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17th December 2020, 07:10 AM #9
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17th December 2020, 10:22 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Progress!
To answer a few questions.
I'm starting with a laminated shoulder plane 1". I do plan on making another 4 shoulder planes and have the blades and china brass for 2 little smoothers.
So i stated to get a bit carried away and kept forgetting to take photos.
A few firsts. Cutting brass with a coping saw. Started with a couple of practice cuts and first thought was ' you've got to be kidding' this is hopeless. Then realised I had the 2/0 blade still in there. Changed over to the #8. No bloody better. Hmmm. Turns out it was just crappy technique. Although in the end I found it better to cut with the #2/0 blade than the #8. Maybe my #8's are just crap. I have ordered some #4and #6 Glardon blades and will see how they go.
Once I found my rhythm the cutting went fairly fast for the 2 sides. Clamped them together and cleaned up to the lines with a mixture of sanding drum on Dremel and files.
Cutting the 3/4 inch core pieces wasn't so bad either. Tried both hacksaw and grinder, grinder easier on the arms but not much quicker. What was a bugger was removing the little roundover and getting the corners square.
So was time to tack them together with solder, another first since school last century. Done a couple of practice runs on some offcuts then nervously onto the plane, and finally remembered to take a photo. Bit messy but seems to have done the job.
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Marked out and drill the holes for the rivets. And 2 little test rivets in some scrap.
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Then time to get peening. Found a block of steel and went at it.
1 down.
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Slow and steady.
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And done. Now its just a matter of time to see how it went.
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Ok not much time. I had to sand them back and see. Not bad for a first crack. Does seem to be a few wayward strikes, I'm pretty sure the rivets kept moving when I was trying to hit them.
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I just hope the rivets a set deep enough that they don't fall out when I smooth out the sides to get rid of those dents.
Or maybe I could just add more and call them speed dents like on a golf ball.
I guess now I have to find some nice wood to infill with. Now this is where the serious procrastination will start.
cheers
Shane
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17th December 2020, 10:34 PM #11
Not a bad start; that’s a lot of progress in just one day!
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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18th December 2020, 02:05 AM #12
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18th December 2020, 08:43 AM #13
Wow,
New kid arrives on the block, an is firing on all cylinders,that’s looking pretty hot.
Cheers Matt.
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18th December 2020, 10:18 AM #14
Shane
You have achieved more in two days than I have in two months. Great going.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
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18th December 2020, 03:14 PM #15SENIOR MEMBER
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Ok ok. A bit of honesty.
I took the original photo a week ago and have been slowly chipping away.
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