Thread: Making planes

Originally posted by Dan
Sure Forge, you can buy my copy, as long as I can borrow it back for the next 20-30 years. If that arrangement doesn't suit then Timbecon or MIK will let you have one of their copies for about $30.

Dan

I'm not familiar with eather of these companies ,have to do a
web search .Thank for the above offer .
Regards,forge

Devon

So why didn't you say so earlier. Here is a link to building moulding planes.

http://home.insightbb.com/~sepost/Th...ing/start.html

I think you can get blades from St James Bay

http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/

or buy a set from The Japan Woodworker (only reasonably priced new planes available).

http://www.thejapanwoodworker.com/de...?dept_id=11844

I have a half set of H&Rs and I'm out in my workshop using them at this moment. I got lucky with these. A lady (in her 60s) called me up one day. Said she had a box of moulding planes to sell that had been her fathers, who had died 40 years earlier. There was a near complete matched half set of H&R. I snapped them up. Not cheap but reasonable. I'm actually out in my workshop today (Sunday morning) using them.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Derek,
You have a computer in your workshop?? I usually don't even have a calculator ( they all seem to migrate back to my office).

Mick

Mick

Yeah, sure - I have a computer in my workshop? Do you think my name is Norm?

No, my computer is in my study (at home) and my workshop dominates a double garage. Sorry if I gave that impression. But thanks for the idea!

I do have a hi fi in the workshop and listen to music a lot. Now here's a chance for a new category: what do you listen to as you work? My favourite time is Saturday morning between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm when a local station (92.1 FM) plays really great jazz. Around the same time on Sunday morning I get a similar jazz/blues programme. The beauty of handtools is that you can actually hear the music!

I don't want to hijack the origibnal topic, so I think I will start a new topic. Answer there.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally posted by derekcohen
So why didn't you say so earlier.
http://home.insightbb.com/~sepost/Th...ing/start.html

I think you can get blades from St James Bay

http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/

or buy a set from The Japan Woodworker (only reasonably priced new planes available).

http://www.thejapanwoodworker.com/de...?dept_id=11844

I have a half set of H&Rs and I'm out in my workshop using them at this moment. I got lucky with these. A lady (in her 60s) called me up one day. Said she had a box of moulding planes to sell that had been her fathers, who had died 40 years earlier. There was a near complete matched half set of H&R. I snapped them up. Not cheap but reasonable. I'm actually out in my workshop today (Sunday morning) using them.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I was jsut looking for general information on planes at the time. Thanks for the links, but I meant a hollowing plane like this for carving guitar tops. Is it possible (and worth the time) to make a wooden spokeshave? I love working with wooden tools, because it enhances the whole experience for me, but if it's too fragile, I guess I'll just stick with cast ones. Thanks again.

Devon

Devon

Ahha. There are a few ways to go.

Firstly, try this site for wooden spokeshave building.

http://www.ncworkshops.com/

Secondly, as an alternative to a spokeshave, I envisaged a few rounded compass planes. One could have a wide mouth with a rounded blade for removing lots of timber quickly, then a slightly smaller mouth for smoothing, and finally a smoothing version of this.

What do you think?

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally posted by HeadenLutherie
I've been trying to find info on the net with no luck. Has anyone here made their own planes, and if so I'd appreciate it a lot if you'd enlighten me at least to the basics.

Thanks,
Devon

Searching for info about sharpening , Have found a lot of info on planemaking .chisel handle replacement, and lots of
other interesting stuff in the hand tools area
other stuff on;/www.forums.woodnet.net
forge

Forge,

I must admit I got a bit distracted looking through all those old magazines, and did a search on the Woodenboat Magazine website, where there is a fully indexed searchable database of all articles!

There are a myriad of articles on planes (as well as hydroplanes) and their use that have been published in that magazine, the following are articles I happen to have and can recommend

Issue #163 How to make a Rabbet Plane
Issue #147 How to make a 7" Smoothing Plane
Issue #157 Troubleshooting Planes

And not in my collection but looks promising

Issue#69 How to make wooden planes including plans and instructions.

Back issues are available through Boat Books in Brisbane Sydney or Melbourne, or eventually I could buy a scanner and copy the relevant pages if you didn't tell where you got them from

Cheers,

P

Originally posted by bitingmidge
Forge,

I must admit I got a bit distracted looking through all those old magazines, and did a search on the Woodenboat Magazine website, where there is a fully indexed searchable database of all articles!

There are a myriad of articles on planes (as well as hydroplanes) and their use that have been published in that magazine, the following are articles I happen to have and can recommend

Issue #163 How to make a Rabbet Plane
Issue #147 How to make a 7" Smoothing Plane
Issue #157 Troubleshooting Planes
P

Thanks for the trouble you took -mr.Biting.Financialy I'm restricted
to get availible info of the web ,if availible.Have found some info
on some of the other woodworking forum archives.
Thanks again,
forge

Originally posted by HeadenLutherie
Thanks a lot for the information. I used several search terms really close to that one and couldn't get anything /. I think I had too much in the quotations. Sorry about taking so long, but I've been super-busy the last few weeks. I want to make a couple, but the one I want the most is a hollowing plane. Then a good bench plane would be nice. Anyway, the work calls...later

Devon

More on plane making, in the musical intrument makers forum.
Enjoy;
http://www.mimf.com/cgi-bin/[email protected]^4@/
forge

I feel a little dumb that you got that from mimf ..the link's not working, but I'll do a search on mimf for it.

Originally posted by HeadenLutherie
I feel a little dumb that you got that from mimf ..the link's not working, but I'll do a search on mimf for it.

Devon ,for the first time the adress did not copy properly .
try this.hopefuly it will work this time


http://www.mimf.com/cgi-bin/[email protected]^4@/

forge

Originally posted by HeadenLutherie
I feel a little dumb that you got that from mimf ..the link's not working, but I'll do a search on mimf for it.

Devon ,here is another link lot of good stuff in the woodworking
area ,about planes ,sharpening and other stuff

www.CianPerez.com

forge

I heard someone was looking for a double radii moulding plane. If this is true does this help?
The plane is of Japanese origin made from whit oak and steel and is about 100mm long and 30mm wide. Damien.