Thread: CNC to cut handplane bodies.

Hi Joe First ill point you to this site if you haven't already seen it, He is a brilliant craftsman and in his blog he details how he machines all the components

To make those parts they will need to be milled, they are not complicated parts but they will need a few operations and set ups each. Your photos don't show the mouth opening these can easily be machined early on and any tapped holes needed latter. Any engineering machine shop should be able to give you a quote so long as you have a detailed drawing.

You could weld them together very quickly with a MIG or stick. I would recommend preparing a V on the outside join that way you wont have a fillet on the inside, the join will look flush when cut flush and I think its stronger

Joe I don't think the angles in these dovetails would lend themselves too well to CNC, and water jet or laser cutting is probably a better option. However I recall reading an article by David Charlesworth in Furniture and Cabinet making magazine about an infill plane, the sides of which are peened together. If you could find this kit it would almost certainly be cheaper than having the parts made individually for you.

Pete

Hi Joe,

You don't need a CNC, or a mill, or a lathe, the minimum is just a hacksaw and file...

There's a build thread here for an infill smoother I made a year or so back..

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/co...moother-80704/



Since those days, I've got myself a mill, and would probably do some of the operations on the mill, but the double dovetails require filing and peening. I'm sure there are a million ways to do it, but you don't need to go to CNC.

Have a look at Plane making and restoring

Regards
Ray