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[Dr Al]

A little plane (150 mm long, 40 mm wide, 30 mm high).

Body is beech, American Black Walnut and brass. Adjuster mechanism is 303 stainless & brass, lever cap is brass, lever cap nut is 303 stainless.

Intended for use on the shooting board that's built into my travel tool chest & workbench:

Full build WIP is on my website (along with some photos of it taking shavings): https://www.cgtk.co.uk/woodwork/handtools/toolchest_blockplane/blog/page1

For a better sense of scale, here it is alongside the (also home-made) plane it replaces and a commercial (Quangsheng) low-angle block plane:

 

[Max Mancino]

Wow.. congratulations Dr AI, those planes are gorgeous....

 

[Dr Al]

Wow.. congratulations Dr AI, those planes are gorgeous....

Thank you

 

[duke]

Lovely compact plane. Nice

 

[TRITON]

Today added a "blacksmith- style" hammer rack to the window area, below the brace rack.
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Is that a Goodell Pratt down the far right hand side ? the shoulder brace part looks similar.

Cant say anything about the others, and sorry I dont share the same addiction but i used to have a big old 2 speed i picked up on a job yonks back and its quite a similar frame.

 

[Harry581010]

The latest model is a French/Moore trestle. It was around 3 years ago I decided I would be able to complete one of these and I have finally gotten around to it on the course. Not damaging the pointy bits while hand tooling or before glue up was a challenge for me but fortunately the only one i damaged was already on its way to the firewood pile because I had gotten it wrong. Plenty of points to work on but moving in the right direction

 

[duke]

The latest model is a French/Moore trestle. It was around 3 years ago I decided I would be able to complete one of these and I have finally gotten around to it on the course. Not damaging the pointy bits while hand tooling or before glue up was a challenge for me but fortunately the only one i damaged was already on its way to the firewood pile because I had gotten it wrong. Plenty of points to work on but moving in the right direction
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Curious, how long did it take to make this trestle? Way above my skills!

 

[Fred48]

The latest model is a French/Moore trestle. It was around 3 years ago I decided I would be able to complete one of these and I have finally gotten around to it on the course. Not damaging the pointy bits while hand tooling or before glue up was a challenge for me but fortunately the only one i damaged was already on its way to the firewood pile because I had gotten it wrong. Plenty of points to work on but moving in the right direction
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Hi @Harry581010 ,
Amazing workmanship. Which course enabled to gain the knowledge and skills to complete this project?
Fred

 

[MF1000]

….id be scared of marking it when I used it though

 

[Harry581010]

The main difficulty

Curious, how long did it take to make this trestle? Way above my skills!

and time consuming bit is the drawing. I think once the drawing was completed, so just machining to dimensions and then marking and hand tooling all the cuts, it was probably around 4 days work. I could be out by a fair bit with that though because a lot of it is done after work for a few hours at a time

 

[Harry581010]

Hi @Harry581010 ,
Amazing workmanship. Which course enabled to gain the knowledge and skills to complete this project?
Fred

Thank you. The practical school of stereotomy run by Patrick Moore. It is all online but I find it really good

 

[Harry581010]

….id be scared of marking it when I used it though

It'll be going to my nephew who's 3. No real practical use (it is all about learning how to figure out and picture the angles) but I can't bare to smash it up

 

[Fred48]

Thank you. The practical school of stereotomy run by Patrick Moore. It is all online but I find it really good

Thanks @harry
I'll be having a look at that
Fred

 

[bentontool]

Is that a Goodell Pratt down the far right hand side ? the shoulder brace part looks similar.

Cant say anything about the others, and sorry I dont share the same addiction but i used to have a big old 2 speed i picked up on a job yonks back and its quite a similar frame.

Greetings to Glasgow... you have a keen eye! It is a Millers Falls #12, two-speed, with an adjustable handle. I just finished restoring it. It is a solid "keeper", IMO! Thanks...

 

[MichaelChou]

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[MichaelChou]

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[TRITON]

Greetings to Glasgow... you have a keen eye! It is a Millers Falls #12, two-speed, with an adjustable handle. I just finished restoring it. It is a solid "keeper", IMO! Thanks...

Cant be that keen, i was totally wrong.

Though this is the one, and they are similar in the frame

Years before I owned a pillar drill, i used to make and sell brass pipes(the smoking type) And the only thing I had in the tiny workshop was a few hand drills, the Goodell being the main one I used.

TBH honest i didnt even have a bench or engineers vice and used to hold the brass billets in the hinge side door jamb as i could use one foot to apply the pressure on the door to hold it tight, and both hands on the drill.
Not easy sometimes, trying to drill a 3" long hole with a 2 1/2mm bit.


Theres certainly a lot of history tied up with the wood trades and hand drills. But I think theres always a place for a couple even in the most modern of workshops. I've a couple of old Stanley's hanging up. a brace, which is the best tool for screwing in m12 bolts into stonework where a battery drill would struggle, and a small Stanley 803 which is very handy for small bits.

 

[Doug71]

Glazed cabinet, it's only plain but took longer than I expected to make.

The doors, frames and shelves are Maple and the sides Birch ply, in fact the only bit of MDF I managed to sneak in is the back!

Got to include a photo from the workshop.

Not quite finished yet as waiting for the glass, some LED lights, knobs and have the skirting to sort. It's about 8'6" high so makes quite a statement.

I ended up painting it (which I normally try to avoid), paint was Benjamin Moore Scuff-X provided by the customer, seemed like decent stuff but wants to be at £100+ a tin!

 

[duke]

What is the space or clearance between doors and face frame ? Must have been allot of work painting.

 

[richarddownunder]

Hardly a work of art, but finally got around to making a 'lil cupboard to hide the ugly plumbing in the loo (and store loo rolls). Most of the time was spent preparing the wood from recycled stuff and figuring how these newfangled soft-close hinges should be installed.