Window to my Workshop 81
This Chariot is the last item in the series of low angle planes I have been making recently. I have only made a few of these planes and that was a long time ago in my early days of plane making. Then...
View ArticleWindow to my workshop 82
During the working of this A28 plane I have been neglecting this blog but now I am ready to update which I will do over the next few weeks. All the sections I use are cut out of stock material...
View ArticleWindow to my workshop 89
As I have said on my web page the No 984 panel plane is to be my last. This is the beginning of the promised blog. I have been a bit slow starting as I have been busy with stock sales and many...
View ArticleWindow to my workshop No 94
Drilling the holes in the No 984 plane pre-prepared and surface ground sides which will receive the integral riveting from the bottom. Once the sides have been drilled they are then ready for...
View ArticleWindow to my Workshop 104
I had hoped to use the adjuster components from the No 983, as I showed in the last blog. However, I wasn’t quite happy using them in this application. We all know what that means – I started again....
View ArticleWorkshop Blog no 17 – No 985
After a lot of deliberation I have made a decision to screw the front bun directly to the sole which allows me to achieve the design aspect I was looking for. You will notice that the profile has been...
View ArticleWorkshop Blog No 24 – No 985
Slipping behind on postings as I have been so busy. As a follow on from last posting on upper blade bed, the design is similar to the one used in my No 982. I didn’t want to go this far but I can’t...
View ArticleWorkshop Blog 28 – No 985
Showing the bottom blade bed modified to stop the blade passing through the mouth.
View ArticleWorkshop Blog no 30 – No 984s
I have said little about this variant of the No 984 panel plane. It is to be designated No 984s. There will be some differences as well as the decrease in length. With the bottoms only being half...
View ArticleDovetailing v peining v screwing v in situ doweling
Lets start with dovetailing. The effectiveness of a dovetail must be compounded so that you show a dovetail form on two sides. That means you are going to have a void on one side which will need...
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