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    Quote Originally Posted by Picko View Post
    That's very nice Bob.

    Thank you Picko.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C-47 View Post
    An art piece Bob, too good to use, should go on the mantle piece to admire. Well done.
    Alan.
    Thank you Alan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anorak Bob View Post
    ......... I should point out to others that while Ian may well be a 'new' member here, he is a sixteen year veteran on the Woodworking Forum with nearly ten thousand posts and is currently a judge on that forum for a woodie plane building competion.....
    '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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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
    Nicely done, Bob.

    I think you've beaten me on time taken to complete a plane project, but not by much - my first infill took about 10 years from when I cut the first bit of metal 'til it made its first shavings. Attachment 389399

    No machinery used on mine, other than a drill press. I was stalled for a long time over the lever cap & thumbscrew for #1, & eventually managed to get a casting & thumbscrew through a trade. I've since discovered it's a pretty simple job to carve a lever cap out of a chunk of brass, & the acquisition of a small metal lathe allows me to make my own thumbscrews.

    There were numerous points of the build where I almost gave up & abandoned the whole thing but doggedness finally got me over the line. It even works quite well after a bit of initial fiddling & fettling (mostly to do with the mouth & cap-iron). The fact it worked at all was a great morale boost, and has led to a few more planes since.

    In fact, quite a few.....

    Cheers,

    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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    When can I pick up my excellantly made plane?

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    Default Pinned, Peened and Polished

    Or how to drag a job out for twelve years.

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    BT

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    Work of art Bob!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stustoys View Post
    Work of art Bob!
    Thank you Stu.

    I am embarrassed by the amount of time this little plane took to complete. Too many 'easier' projects elbowed their way in !!!

    BT

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