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   Marsupial | Oct 13, 2009 09:18pm | #1

   If it "works beautifully" then 'nuff said.  It is a fine looking piece of work however.

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   joker | Oct 13, 2009 10:56pm | #3

   Thanks alot, I appreciate it

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   bones | Oct 13, 2009 09:30pm | #2

   WOW this is really a piece of art and functional too.  How about a few construction details Your own design?

   I was married by a judge - I should have asked for a jury.
   George Burns

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   joker | Oct 13, 2009 11:04pm | #4

   I wish it was my own design but I doubt it. Its just my take on the Krenovian hand plane.

   As far as construction goes, the cheeks are laminated; I do all of my planes this way. On this one I traced the curve of my thumb an forefinger and started shaping and made the "grip" behind the iron.

   Anyway, not a whole lot of stuff to describe. I really like using and making handplanes and I think they have alot of character and personality.

   Thanks for looking

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   MattInPA | Oct 14, 2009 01:48am | #5

   That looks really well done. enjoy.No representation without taxation

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   joker | Oct 14, 2009 05:36am | #8

   Thanks for your comment and I do plan to enjoy it!

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   derekcohen | Oct 14, 2009 05:08am | #6

   That is both stylish and functional. Very, very nice!

   15" long body and 1 1/2" wide blade is an unusual combination. That suggests to me that the plane may be for hogging  ..?   Tell us more.

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

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   joker | Oct 14, 2009 05:35am | #7

   Well, the iron I had left over from another plane that I gave away (the recipient gets to buy their own iron). As far as the length it is a comfortable one for me when I am shooting veneers to glue together as this will be the main use for this plane.

   I am not so adept or knowledgeable about specific lengths for specific purposes or width of irons for specific purposes. So, I just make what I am able to work with and get the results I am trying to achieve. It just turned out to be 15" long when it was done. It could just as easily turned out to be a bit shorter or a bit longer.

   One thing I did experiment with on this one is the cheeks are a 1/4" as opposed to 3/8 or even 7/16 which I have done in the past. I was trying to get a thinner, even if slightly, body width. It appears that it will work just fine as far as any stress around the pin and wedge and the thinner profile feels very comfortable in my hand.

   One of the nice things about making a wooden plane is that I can cut it down later to a shorter length if I feel like it or if I need to.

   Probably not the most technical explanation but that show I went about making it.

   Thanks for looking and thanks for the compliment

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   roc | Oct 14, 2009 05:56am | #9

   Man you nailed it. Extremely nice to look at. Reminds me of a modern looking all wood Chriss Craft. Couldn't be nicer visually.

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   joker | Oct 14, 2009 05:33pm | #10

   Thanks alot; I hadn't thought of it looking like a Chriss Craft, but since you mentioned it I guess it kind of does.

    

   Have a great day

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   Ronaway | Oct 14, 2009 10:26pm | #11

   This may be one of the nicest Krenov style planes that I have seen. The lamination details give it a lot of visual interest and the detail for the hand grip behind the iron is very unique, especially the way the lamination shows thru that area. You've taken a basic design and gave it some very nice refinements.

   Ron Brese

   http://www.breseplane.com

   If you're too open minded your brains will fall out.
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   joker | Oct 14, 2009 11:33pm | #12

   Wow! That is quite a compliment coming from you as I have seen and drooled over the planes you make for quite some time now.

   Thank you very much!

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   gdblake | Oct 15, 2009 04:14am | #13

   Joker:

   Very nice.  I especially like the rise behind the iron to catch the web between your thumb and index finger.  This is a common feature of European planes, but I haven't ever seen one as well sculpted as yours.  You obviously took your time building this and finished it out to a high degree.  Given that you laminated the cheeks the 1/4" thickness should be fine.  Did you leave the crosspin square for design reasons?

   gdblake

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   joker | Oct 15, 2009 05:34pm | #15

   Hello,

   Thanks for the look and the compliment. The reason the pin is square is because thats the way I was taught so I just keep doing it that way. I have seen them rounded over on the top as well as a brass pin.

   My thoughts on the cheeks are the same as yours; I figured since they were laminated it would make up for the slight lack of thickness. When I carve/whittle the the ends of the pin to seat in the holes I do it so that it is nice and tight, so slop what so ever. It takes a wrench to turn it.

   Thanks again

    

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   dovetail59 | Oct 15, 2009 04:23am | #14

   Super job on the plane , I have wanted to make one for sometime now . How about a couple photos of the wedge and blade out of the plane . Would be very interesting . Again nice work ! Gary

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   joker | Oct 15, 2009 05:41pm | #16

   Thank you:

   I will try to get some pics of the iron and wedge out; I will even try to make the pics smaller!

   I would definetely encourage you to make one; there really not that hard. The book by David Finck is an excellent one because it has alot of other cool stuff. I actually learned from the 2 page article/plan that you can get from the College of The Redwoods web site.

   Have a great day

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   eoinsgaff | Oct 19, 2009 06:00pm | #17

   Hey there, as everybody has said it's a beautiful pane and it looks like it would work a treat and fit like a glove.Excuse my ignorance but in the last pic there appears to be some steel between the wedge and iron. What's this?Eoin

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   joker | Oct 20, 2009 12:48am | #18

   I believe you would be referring to the chip breaker which is attached to the back of the iron via a screw.

   Thanks for looking