I made this plow plane a few years ago it’s proven
to be a very useful tool. Besides using it for cutting groves like in a door
panels it can be used in conjunction with hollow and rounds for making moldings.
Check out the Blog “Musings from Big Pink” located on my blog links. The site
has wonderful tutorials on the subject.
The plane itself is made of yellow birch. I wanted
to keep the character of an eighteenth century plane so I used rivets instead of
screws to attach the skate to the plane body. I also made rivets for the arm of
the fence. The rivets work real well. I have an eighteenth century plow plane
that was made using rivets and after all these years they still hold the skate tight
to the body.
I recommend making one! I feel this plane was easier
than some of the molding planes I’ve made. Obviously buy a set of blades before
you start then build the plane around the blades. I also suggest using wooden
screws for the adjustment on the fence. I bought my threading kit from Woodcraft
and have gotten a lot of use out of it on other projects. The alternative for
holding the fence is using wedges but I find them a bit harder to adjust.
4 comments:
Very nice! I really like all the stuff you've posted on your blog and I hope you'll post more in the future. I've really gotten into tool making lately and am enjoying that just as much as woodworking.
Thanks baconj. I like your blog to and I added it to my list.
That loks like a facinating project. do you have a sketchup model of it? or a few dimensions? Any particular lessons learned in the fabrication besides get the blades first?
Rob,
I seldom draw plans for anything I do. I am more of a seat of the pants kind of guy, but I did have an original to go off of. The only thing I can say besides get the blades first is that beech is much easier than yellow birch to work with.
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