Thread: Challenge 2020 - 2021 Oldgreybeard

Are you like me and have never made a plane before?

Fortunately there is plenty of information on the web to get us going.

I have chosen this site The Plane Build - Video - The English Woodworker

Not only does it provide a step- by- step video,but also includes free plans for the plane. Attached image is one page from the free plans supplied by The English Woodworker website.
EnglishWoodworkerPlan.jpg
This is where I am planning to start. I have found a piece of Fijian Mahogany (480 x 80 x 80) in my stash and have been offered a suitable piece of 'tool steel' about 130 x 5mm by Simplicity.

Next step is to get a piece of pine or something similar, take the laptop out to the shed and start practicing the skills required

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

Are you like me and have never made a plane before?

Fortunately there is plenty of information on the web to get us going.

I have chosen this site The Plane Build - Video - The English Woodworker

Not only does it provide a step- by- step video,but also includes free plans for the plane. Attached image is one page from the free plans supplied by The English Woodworker website.
EnglishWoodworkerPlan.jpg
This is where I am planning to start. I have found a piece of Fijian Mahogany (480 x 80 x 80) in my stash and have been offered a suitable piece of 'tool steel' about 130 x 5mm by Simplicity.

Next step is to get a piece of pine or something similar, take the laptop out to the shed and start practicing the skills required

Looks good Bob‘ don’t forget to include bribing the judges in your plain build ,I heard that helps.

Cheers Matt.

Hi OGB. I have built 2 planes using that video series, brilliant stuff. And inspired to make a third. Great place to start

Thanks for sharing the steps, I thought I didn't have time to research. I am now rethinking it.

If you are following along with me on my learning/skills development - here is the next chapter
(PDF) Making & mastering wood planes | Anthony Wilson - Academia.edu


Keep up the good work
Bob

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

If you are following along with me on my learning/skills development - here is the next chapter
(PDF) Making & mastering wood planes | Anthony Wilson - Academia.edu


Keep up the good work
Bob

Just a heads up - read, RE-READ and RE_READ chapter 4 - its 52 pages, and really gets hub of it all

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

If you are following along with me on my learning/skills development - here is the next chapter
(PDF) Making & mastering wood planes | Anthony Wilson - Academia.edu

It was interesting registering an account at academia.edu so that I could download the pdf.

They wanted to know what type of academic I was from a multiple choice list.

I picked "scientist" and they told me they had never heard of me, but they let me join and download it anyway.

Can I access the article without signing up?

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Can I access the article without signing up?

It's actually an e-book and a good one at that. I just clicked on access with facebook, told them I'm a scientist, the system said they didnt know me but then the download prompt appeared anyway. I dislike signing up forstuff on the net too but that one looked pretty harmless.

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Can I access the article without signing up?

It will open as a web page in your browser and you could read it online but it is a 190 page PDF file, when i signed up it asked me nothing except name and email....

Aah. I don't have facebook. When I signed in through google it wanted to access my contacts and when I finally got to their page there was nothing to see. I'll try again

Got it now

Enough of the theory - my brain is hurting. So I have a plan. A trial on some plain timber to check my sawing, planing squaring and straightening skills.
1. Take 80 x 80 x 400 piece of pine from old pallet.
2. Over to the jointer flatten one side for the plane sole.
3. Use sole as reference side and plane the adjacent sides to straight and perpendicular to the sole and parallel to each other
4. mark out guide lines to rip a 12mm slice of the two sides for the cheeks
5. Use band saw to cut leaving about 1 mm over size and to plane to size
6. Repeat 1 - 5 above if necessary to hone my skills.

Note use of jointer and band saw. 2 reasons - Shoulder injury does not permit extended action as required for sawing and planing.
Also and probably more importantly, I don't have a rip saw.
That's the plan for today, so time for breakfast and then out to the shed.

Who else is ready to test their skills?

Cheers,
Bob

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

Enough of the theory - my brain is hurting. So I have a plan. A trial on some plain timber to check my sawing, planing squaring and straightening skills.
1. Take 80 x 80 x 400 piece of pine from old pallet.
2. Over to the jointer flatten one side for the plane sole.
3. Use sole as reference side and plane the adjacent sides to straight and perpendicular to the sole and parallel to each other
4. mark out guide lines to rip a 12mm slice of the two sides for the cheeks
5. Use band saw to cut leaving about 1 mm over size and to plane to size
6. Repeat 1 - 5 above if necessary to hone my skills.

Note use of jointer and band saw. 2 reasons - Shoulder injury does not permit extended action as required for sawing and planing.
Also and probably more importantly, I don't have a rip saw.
That's the plan for today, so time for breakfast and then out to the shed.

Who else is ready to test their skills?

Cheers,
Bob

Bob,
Unless you provide pictures,we won’t believe you.

But sounds like a great plan none the less.

Cheers Matt.