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1st Nov 2020, 01:33 PM #151.
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1st Nov 2020, 01:34 PM #152.
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1st Nov 2020, 08:00 PM #153
'Struth! Has it been that long already Bob?! Time goes quickly when you are having fun...
I actually registered on this forum a long time ago, not long after I got my toy metal lathe, but it's taken your plane to prompt my first post. I'm really just a woodworker who turns to metal out of necessity, but I have always been interested in alternative ways of making planes, and encourage others to have a go. Not sure why I let myself be roped into being one of the 3 "judges" for the challenge underway in the woodwork forum, but it's not a serious "competition", it's really just a lot of blokes having fun & sharing lessons & disasters as they go. There is no prize other than bragging rights for the winner, but there is a little draw-prize which all entrants who complete a plane according to the rules are eligible to enter.
The title may have misled you, it says "woodworking plane", but it's certainly not restricted to woodies only, it's open to any and all types of planes (in fact we judges had a serious discussion about what actually constitutes a plane). There are quite a few metal bodied planes of one type or another under construction, some are using the double dovetail technique for fabricating the body, but there are also others, including one being made from a length of channel iron. I would've encouraged you to enter if you'd begun your plane after Sept. 7th this year, but you started a little before then, & unfortunately, your thread records that.....
I looked into lost-wax casting years ago, with the idea of making some instrument-makers planes like your cute little baby. It's quite easy to fabricate flat-bottomed finger/thumb planes, but not so easy making the compassed type. I've made a slew of littlies, patterned like miniature rear-bun smoothers. This one is about 75mm long: 4 Done.jpg
While this one is quite a bit larger at ~100mm: Palm.jpg
They were made for fun, but are surprisingly handy even to someone who has never made a musical instrument, for all sorts of little jobs.
Cheers,IW
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2nd Nov 2020, 01:26 AM #154.
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Thank you Ian.
You were not alone when it came to close abandonment. Many times I found things difficult, difficult enough to think that it was too hard and I had easier things to do. What prevented me from jumping ship was the generosity of Peter McBride and Ray and Josh Gardiner.
Your smoothing plane is a beauty.
Bob.
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2nd Nov 2020, 04:22 PM #155Most Valued Member
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When can I pick up my excellantly made plane?
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24th Jul 2023, 11:24 AM #156.
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Pinned, Peened and Polished
Or how to drag a job out for twelve years.
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BT
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27th Jul 2023, 08:21 PM #157Most Valued Member
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Work of art Bob!
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30th Jul 2023, 11:53 AM #158.
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