Thread: Hand Plane number uno

JimboJ,
this is something I wouldn't mind having a go at one day my self. Did you have a plan, your own design or did you make it up as you went along?

In any event, it is a bloody ripper mate.

Well done

Steve

Nice plane, what sort of blade did you use?

It looks very nice Jimbo! How do you find it to use without either a tote or a front bun/knob? I would have thought that the curved and downward sloping rear would be a bit hard to hold for any more than one or two short strokes. Have you seen HNT Gordon's planes? He uses a cross bar for pressure strokes.

Excellent!

Hey all,
Steve - that was my first plane and I followed an outling set up in a book by a man named David Finck. The name of the book is something like "making and using handplanes." If you look up David Finck on Amazon you'll definitely find the book. The instructions were amazingly clear. I actually took a class with Mr. Finck and he was quite good. I probably would not have tried to make one had I not met the man because I thought it would be too difficult, but like I said the book was very detailed.
The reason the plane has such a low profile is because that was the size of the piece of Brazillian Walnut that I had. The height of the plane should actually be about 2" or more - but hey you have to use what you have.
The sloping rear definitely does make it a bit hard to take deep strokes, but for that kind of stroke I'd probably use my metal Stanley planes anyway. This plane is what I use for finishing up and putting a nice smooth, burnished surface on the piece. For that it's perfect. But for the next plane I'll will make it taller and easier to push from the back.
Thanks for the comments.

Thanks Jim.

Steve