Making hand planes.

[formariz 12,158]

Another project going on here simultaneously with the yoke is another batch of hand planes .I just get bored with myself and am always looking at something else to start, always having at least two things going at the same time. This is a batch of 39 planes which are my signature tool and used to be carried many years ago by a prominent tool company in NYC. I have made quite a few of these in the past and it’s something I always enjoyed. Why 39 asked my oldest grandson. Well, I think 40 would put me over the edge and discourage me. With very few exceptions all the work is done with hand tools. The exceptions are due to the quantity being made so it expedites things a bit, otherwise ye olde  shoppe gets backed up. I have been at it for a little while and I will demonstrate the process as I go along.

 

[Pullstart 68,177]

It’s great to see you active Cas!

[SylvanLakeWH 29,318]

 

[squonk 44,607]

My question is, "How do they actually fly? "  

[formariz 12,158]

14 minutes ago, squonk said:

My question is, "How do they actually fly? "  

Realize that the word "plane" has been associated with the tool much longer than there was even the idea of an "airplane" . Having said that, yes it does fly. It glides effortlessly across the face of a board making it "flat" and in the process creating shavings to "fly" out of its throat.

 

 

 

 

[ri702bill 10,034]

4 hours ago, squonk said:

My question is, "How do they actually fly? "  

In the right hands they do.... In the wrong hands, it's either a paperweight or a doorstop....

[Wayne0 1,355]

3 hours ago, formariz said:

Realize that the word "plane" has been associated with the tool much longer than there was even the idea of an "airplane" . Having said that, yes it does fly. It glides effortlessly across the face of a board making it "flat" and in the process creating shavings to "fly" out of its throat.

 

 

 

 

I am impressed that level of craftsmanship still exists today. @71 years I still admire my Grandfather's work. He did use some power tools, but most was hand work.

He was a leather worker by trade, but loved wood working and passed it on to my Father. I have a fireplace bellows, that my Gramps made, that hung by their fireplace as long as I can remember.

I still use it today!

My Dad made most of the furniture in our house growing up.

I've done my share, but couldn't compare with my ancestors. 

Sad to say, it's a dying art. 

[formariz 12,158]

This is something I posted before which describes the original idea of making this particular plane about 38 years ago. There is also the first prototype which resides now in my son’s house along with a large part of the family’s tools I already passed on. The second prototype I still use today. 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by formariz