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No 10 smoother/mitre A very patient customer asked me to make a small mitre plane. He wanted a 11/4” wide blade to be bedded at 25 deg and bevel up with a short body. No adjuster was required. I would...
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Selected wood for my next project – A31 thumb plane (probably the last batch) Best part of the metal work well on the way
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This is one of only six A27 Bullnose planes I made many years ago. This was made by casting as were the original Norris. There were one or two downsides to this method of production so for some time...
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Blades for the Bullnose plane Cutting the blade bevel The blade is secured by its adjusting holes etc, in a purpose made holding block, for profile milling. The milling is coming to...
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Progress on my A28 Chariot Plane This picture shows some idea of all the work that goes into this plane. Unless you have done it yourself you can never imagine the effort and thought that goes into...
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Despite having some part made infills which had been drying for 20 years, I decided that I preferred this piece of rosewood (which has also been in my workshop for a long time, and I have very little...
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It is always tempting to rush off to the next stage, like the bottoms. But once the side profiling is complete there are still quite a number of other operations to be completed and these sides just...
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In conversations over the years I have always been praised for my (primitive) drawings as CAD is the way now. (See the dinsaour card on my Facebook page – thank you David) I have never had to time to...
View ArticleNo 10 Smoother plane revisited
No 10 small smoother plane. Metal component parts peining the dovetails showing the forming tools Showing various infills The finished No 10 smoother plane
View ArticleImproved pattern mitre
Holtey improved pattern mitre plane, Norris and Spiers style. But with an adjuster Lever cap for improved pattern mitre plane Improved pattern Mitre plane showing bun improved pattern mitre plane with...
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