Thread: Plane Complete, Ready for Judging

Congratulations Chief, justly deserved top effort Sir.

Also a BIG thank you to the Three judges, I’m glad it wasn’t me making that decision.
Also well done Picko, nice score.

And finally well done to everyone for participating [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120][emoji120][emoji120].

Cheers Matt.

Ian,
Can we get some pictures of the winner hear, instead of have to troll all the way back?

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by jools13

My second Plane, was designed and embroidered by myself on a Janome MC 500se and is part of a quilt being made for Doug3030

Well done Sis

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Congratulations CT, great result for a well planned and executed project. Congratulations and thanks also to everyone else involved, it's been a rewarding and fun journey.
Oh, and I can't tell you how lucky I feel to have scored the goods made by the master.

Congratulations Chief! Well deserved indeed. And to Picko for the grand prize win. Thanks to the Judges for their time and excellent judgement.

It was a lot of fun and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to participate and witness the creation of such amazing tools.

Until next time,
Steve

Well done and congrats to you CT and to you Picko. Thanks for the opportunity to be involved and for all the encouragement received along the way. Reading about everyone's journey was enlightening and entertaining.

Congratulations Chief, a magnificent result and well deserved. When I issued the challenge to Matt last year, I knew you guys and gals could produce a plane which in the decision of our esteemed judges was better than Matt's you did it guys we beat Matt

Unfortunately, my neck and shoulder problems prevented me from fully participating in the challenge, but I have enjoyed following the progress of each of your projects and have also learnt a lot from the exchange of tips, tricks, trials and tribulations which you have so generously shared.

Picko, I am sure that I am not the only one who is envious , but we all wish you many hours of fun and enjoyment with your prize - also many thanks to Ian for his generous donation.

For now take a break and enjoy your new toys, but also take a little time to consider whether you are up to doing all again next year. In the meantime I will discuss the possibility of another challenge with our benevolent dictator and make sure he is happy to do it again.

Cheers and a big thank you to everyone involved.

Bob

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Ian,
Can we get some pictures of the winner hear, instead of have to troll all the way back?

Cheers Matt.

I had a think about your request, Matt, but decided you'd still have to trawl all the way through to page 8 (nope, page 9 now!) to find it, and on the way you'd come across the original post, so is there anything to be gained??

When I put up the "complete" thread, I was hoping it would just contain a single post of each person's finished plane & description, but you blokes just can't restrain your typing fingers, can you, so what could have been just 2 or three pages of artworks for future generations to ogle has blown out to 8 pages with annotations!

For anyone contemplating making a plane for the first time, I think the whole Challenge section is well worth reading through. Every build is instructive & they'd gain much insight following the trials & tribulations and the advice offered (both serious & gratuitous!) by other folks. I certainly picked up more than one useful idea during it all. A few times I thought about abstracting some of the highlights & making a thread pf them, but that would be a big job & I would probably make a dog's breakfast in deciding what's interesting & useful to others. So unless someone comes up with a very convincing argument, like, say 6 bottles of Grange, I think it's best we leave the whole thing as-is as a great standalone resource. There's a bit of overburden mixed with the gold, but you'll get a chuckle or two out of some of it...

Some day, I would like to see all the plane-making threads that are scattered through the "hand tools - unpowered" section gathered up & put in a separate section here. That's an even more intimidating job, but it would be a big help to newbies, our search-engine is not the most sophisticated and it can take me quite a few goes to find stuff I know is there, so I reckon anyone doing a blind search on the topic would not find 3/4 of the posts from the last 10 or 12 years.

So over & out from me. Thanks for the memories, it was a fun ride, and I commend all of you for having the courage to put yourselves on the line - starting a post on a plane build before you've taken a saw to the first sheet of metal or wood takes real guts, imo (or did you not realise what you were signing-on for?! ) There were some unique & terrific planes produced that may never have seen the light of day were it not for Matt & Bob's efforts to kick it all off, so they deserve a big round of applause.

But please don't ever ask me to judge another such competition, it was the hardest call I've ever had to make!
Cheers,
Ian

Congratulations CT, Not an enviable job for the judges with a number of quality planes to separate. This has been a bit of fun and thanks to all involved.
Well done Picko, one of the main reasons I entered was to be in the draw for the layout tools, just in case my number came up. You'll have some beautiful tools that will last the rest of your woodworking career.

Congratulations Chief

The "Nuke," as you might expect, punched well above it's weight. I, too, did not envy the judges' task with such a wide array of entries: There were hardly two planes in the same category. It was like comparing a Ferrari, a John Deere and a Mack truck to see which was the best. So my congratulations are extended to the judges who should also get a prize, but not wanting to distract from the glory of the other challengers, I will leave it up to them to rise to that challenge ( I think at least two, maybe three, judges may be very partial to a case of red ).

Just returning to the Chief's entry I can see it was imaginative compared to our standard, common all garden, bench planes, beautifully engineered and superbly executed and in that regard ticked all the boxes. In addition it had exotic appeal with that Ukranian Bog Oak. How do you top that unless you have access to 10,000 year old River Red Gum?

I looked back on CT's thread which is a very worthwhile journey in itself. I had forgotten how he took us down the path of a mini competition in guessing what he was making. I don't know to what extent the build description was considered by the judges, but it seems to me on all levels we had a very worthy winner.

Again well done!

Regards
Paul

Picko

Well done to you too. I'm sure you will make ample use of those tools. You may just have to assume a new identity in an undisclosed location (chose somewhere covid-free with ample supplies of timber ) to avoid unwelcome visits.



Regards
Paul

Well done everyone, great to see such build quality.

I now have a hot date with some 1095 .5mm steel sheet and a saw file or two.

Could the last person out please turn the lights out[emoji6].

Cheers Matt.

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Well done everyone, great to see such build quality.

I now have a hot date with some 1095 .5mm steel sheet and a saw file or two.

Could the last person out please turn the lights out[emoji6].

Cheers Matt.

.5 is a bit thicker than I thought you would be using Matt.

Something a bit larger than a Dovetail saw?

Originally Posted by doug3030

.5 is a bit thicker than I thought you would be using Matt.

Something a bit larger than a Dovetail saw?

Doug


.5mm is .020". Not too many saws were made with a significantly thinner plate even down at the dovetail end. I think Disston sometimes went to .018"


Regards
Paul