Thursday 9 September 2010

A cute little plane


A 1/2" wide, 3-3/4" long, dovetailed rebate plane. The bed is Boxwood and the wedge is birds-eye/figured Boxwood.







I just had to use lamb’s tongues to terminate the chamfers!

12 Comments:

Anonymous Charles Davis said...

Wow, the interesting figure in the wedge complements the sleek steel body nicely. The lamb's tongue termination of the chamfers is a nice detail that I don't believe I've seen in a metal-bodied plane before. Well done! Definitely a "cute little plane"

9 September 2010 at 19:01  
Blogger Konrad said...

Thanks Charles. I spent a few minutes with a negative template of the wedge placing it over the boxwood to find the best figure. There was a great cluster of eyes that just fit inside the end of the wedge. Glad you like the lambs tongues. I have used them a few times on these small rebate and shoulder planes. It is nice little touch that is easy to do.

Cheers,
Konrad

9 September 2010 at 19:07  
Blogger Tim Raleigh said...

I love your photography completely compliments your writing.
Are you still using the Nikon Coolpix 4300 or have you moved on to something else?
Tim

9 September 2010 at 20:00  
Blogger Konrad said...

Thanks Tim. Yup - still using the Nikon Coolpix 4300. I re-charge the battery every morning and keep my fingers crossed... but it is still a great little camera.

Cheers,
Konrad

9 September 2010 at 20:05  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I quite like how you designed this tool. However I would like to see it with a chamfer inside the throat, perhaps having a lamb's tongue even with the front part of the plane on the curve and concluding in a lamb's tongue even, though skewed, on the straight part around the wedge-mortice. Or perhaps a thinner chamfer with a simple curl to start and conclude before the wedge mortice. Nice work, would like to make one myself now.

10 September 2010 at 04:12  
Blogger Konrad said...

Anonymous,

I am always curious when someone posts a very thoughtful and deliberate comment like yours but opts not to identify themselves. Care to share your identity? I am not sure I follow your suggestion completely and would like to understand it better - sounds interesting.

Cheers,
Konrad

10 September 2010 at 08:31  
Anonymous Steve said...

It's too cool to be cute Konrad, and I'm loving the birdseye wedge, your wood stash delivers yet again!!

Cheers,
Steve

11 September 2010 at 21:46  
Blogger Konrad said...

Thanks Steve - glad you like it. I have the finish on the boxwood now - I will post another photo of it.

Cheers,
Konrad

12 September 2010 at 19:48  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

have you ever thought of etching the sides of the plane to show the metal grain? It's a risky proposition but the look is interesting.
With that said I personally like brushed/polished metal with ebony. But grain markings are always interesting especially when you realize the work involved.

13 September 2010 at 04:32  
Blogger Konrad said...

I have not considered etching before, but I have considered engraving. For some reason, engraving seems to work really well on smaller planes, and this one would be a good candidate for sure. Thanks for reminding me.

Cheers,
Konrad

13 September 2010 at 06:33  
Anonymous Shannon said...

Well done Konrad, that lamb's tongue is just too much! The merging of metal and wood here is really stunning.

17 September 2010 at 09:34  
Blogger Konrad said...

Thanks Shannon. The lambs tongue is not that hard to do - maybe I should do an entry on how to do them?

cheers,
Konrad

17 September 2010 at 19:05  

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