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  • kwgeorge
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2004
    • 1419
    • Alvin, TX, USA.

    It’s Finished!!!!!

    Well, almost anyway. I still need to apply some kind of finish to it and I am kind of leaning towards tung oil or lacquer at the moment. In any case what had happened is that the brass for the lever cap came in and I just could not stand it. So hack, hack, cough I called in sick and stayed home to work on the plane. I made the lever cap out of 3/8” thick by 2” wide piece of 12” brass. First I drew it on the computer then I used a ball mill to create the groove where the lever cap meets the cross rod. I drilled and threaded it for 1/4-20 and shaped it. I made the locking bolt out of 3/4” brass rod then threaded it, shaped it and knurled it. I then inlayed a piece of Red Heart into it. The blade that I bought was a Lie-Nielsen 3/8” block plane blade with bevel up so I had to completely grind the bevel off and start over grinding for a 25 degree bevel down. I was concerned that the blade may not be hardened where the new bevel was but no worries after 3 hours of sharpening I can assure you it is!

    Sorry about the darkness in some pictures, since the brass refects so much I took the pictures without a flash. I am going to retake them outside this weekend if the weather holds up. Anyway, on with the pics!










    You know, I guess what is really important about this piece is it is a tool after all so I bet your saying, “but, does it work?”







    You BETCHA!!!!!!


    Thanks for having a look and what do you think for my first try at a plane? I am thinking about sending photos to FWW for the anual tool issue but I have not decided yet.
  • Scot
    Forum Newbie
    • Feb 2006
    • 34
    • Ottawa, Canada
    • Ryobi

    #2
    Beautiful. A work of art.
    Art

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    • Derrick
      Established Member
      • Jul 2005
      • 206
      • Kansas City
      • BT3100

      #3
      WOW! That is beautiful!! I want one of those

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      • gerti
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2003
        • 2233
        • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
        • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

        #4
        What Scot said...

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        • Turaj
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2002
          • 1019
          • Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
          • BT3000 (1998)

          #5
          Beautiful piece of work!!!
          Turaj (in Toronto)
          "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading!" Henny Youngman

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          • lcm1947
            Veteran Member
            • Sep 2004
            • 1490
            • Austin, Texas
            • BT 3100-1

            #6
            The prettiest one I've ever seen. Truely a beautiful tool! And it works? Good Lord that is something.
            May you die and go to heaven before the Devil knows you're dead. My Best, Mac

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            • scmhogg
              Veteran Member
              • Jan 2003
              • 1839
              • Simi Valley, CA, USA.
              • BT3000

              #7
              Ken,

              That is really a beautiful plane. I said before that you could give Bridge-City a run for their money.

              And, it works!!

              Steve
              I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell

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              • ddamoore
                Established Member
                • Jun 2003
                • 225
                • Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
                • Craftsman (Ridgid 3612 Clone)

                #8
                Originally posted by Scot
                Beautiful. A work of art.
                Ditto that
                Dennis

                "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects" - Will Rogers

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                • Cody.h
                  Established Member
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 113
                  • Lubbock, Texas, USA.
                  • BT3100

                  #9
                  Man that is just beautiful...you certainly should send into FWW....but you better be careful cause you might find you have to quit your job to go full time making woodworking tools...that'd be just awful wouldn't it!!
                  The truth is just the truth.

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                  • RodKirby
                    Veteran Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 3136
                    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
                    • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS

                    #10
                    Beautiful

                    Just begging for about 10 coats of Tung oil?
                    Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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                    • warrenp
                      Established Member
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 124
                      • Kentucky, USA.

                      #11
                      Wow

                      That is a work of art. Beautiful.

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                      • Tom Miller
                        Veteran Member
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 2507
                        • Twin Cities, MN
                        • BT3000 - Cuttin' it old school

                        #12
                        Originally posted by kwgeorge
                        ...I bet your saying, “but, does it work?”
                        Actually, I hadn't gotten past "HOLY CR@P!"

                        That's just amazing on multiple levels, Ken!

                        Regards,
                        Tom

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                        • Ken Weaver
                          Veteran Member
                          • Feb 2004
                          • 2417
                          • Clemson, SC, USA
                          • Rigid TS3650

                          #13
                          What everyone else has said Ken, be proud!
                          Ken Weaver
                          Clemson, SC

                          "A mistake is absolute proof that someone tried to do something!

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                          • John Hunter
                            Veteran Member
                            • Dec 2004
                            • 2034
                            • Lake Station, IN, USA.
                            • BT3000 & BT3100

                            #14
                            Beautiful! Excellent work!
                            John Hunter

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                            • Jaden
                              Established Member
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 202
                              • Trenton, MI
                              • BT3100

                              #15
                              A functional and beautiful work of art.......
                              "I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis." - Zaphod Beeblebrox

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