New smoother underway

[jorgoz]

Started on my next plane build.

It's going to be a 4 1/2 type of plane, made of a walnut body with a hickory sole.

I started with the fun part first and made the tote.

I'm toying with the idea of adding lead to the main block for that extra bit of weight.

 

[dh7892]

Looks good so far! Let's hope the rest will follow to the same level of quality. I'm sure it will.

Is this going to be a pure woody then? Not an infill? Are you making the iron too?

Dave

 

[jorgoz]

It's going to be a 'pure' woody, maybe with some lead-inserts for added weight.

Got the blade from Phil Edwards.

I'm thinking about making my own brass lever cap, problem is i can't find any suitable brass stock, 6 or 7 mm thick (thicker is no problem) though.

 

[TheTiddles]

psssstttt.... you can make thick brass thinner by cutting it... don't tell anyone!

 

[jorgoz]

psssstttt.... you can make thick brass thinner by cutting it... don't tell anyone!

I know, but i still need to find suitable brass stock first.

 

[jorgoz]

I've been ill for a bit, so progress is a little on the slow side, but slowly but surely i'm getting there.


Did some work on the mouth

With the mouth ready the toe is weighed down with some lead pellets/epoxy mix. When this dries i can put the plane temporarily together to find out how much i need to add to the heel to get a balanced plane.

What do you do when you want to maka a front knob and have no lathe.


You start off which a small rectangular block of wood.

Next you mark the centers and make an octagon.

Put in a screw on the top and the bottom of the block receives a upturned drill bit mounted in a block of wood.

With rasps and files you turn it into a round piece of wood.

And after a while you get this.

 

[OPJ]

That's an ingenious way of turning without a lathe - I like it.

 

[jorgoz]

Finally finished. Normally it was going to be a razee smoother, but in my enthusiasm i forgot to make the relief cut before glueing on the tote.

At the moment i'm having trouble with the (Philly)blade. The edge is crumbling quite quickly, after a minutes use or so. :?

 

[woodbloke]

At the moment i'm having trouble with the (Philly)blade. The edge is crumbling quite quickly, after a minutes use or so. :?

Send it back to Philly. It'll nead annealing and then hardening and tempering again, but it's unusual for a Phillyblade to crumble. I've got one and it's been fine - Rob

 

[jorgoz]

After telling Phil about it, he told me to regrind a new bevel (35°) and in doing so i ground of about 4 to 5 mm from the tip. Now the edge doesn't crumble anymore, although it seems very brittle compared to some japanese blades i have. Now curious how long it will retain it's edge.