For Yous Mini Smoothing Planes.

I'm making a batch of mini smoothers, it doesn't appear really long since the in conclusion one.
The review inwards Good Woodworking magazine featured a Kingwood airplane in addition to it's been no surprise that this has been the close pop i since. It's a chip similar a kitchen showroom, close people purchase i of the ones on display, nosotros did!

Here's a airplane inwards Brazilian Tulipwood showing the parts gear upward for assembly. I've made close of this batch using cross pins made from African Blackwood which gives a picayune chip of contrast. The cross pins conduct maintain a surprising amount of fourth dimension to do the tenons also every bit shaping in addition to finishing. Using a circular bar of steel or brass would last much quicker in addition to easier only would non concord the blade well, particularly afterward a chip of use. As my erstwhile instructor used to country there's entirely i agency to do things............ (properly!)

This is the development of the shaping, which past times contrast alongside the cross pin, is really quick. The showtime phase is ring sawing the block on it's side. Then the curves are ring sawn costless hand, a potentially unsafe only really useful technique. All the ring saw marks are removed alongside a spindle sander in addition to the curves are smoothed over gear upward for in conclusion sanding alongside the first-class Kirjes pneumatic hand held drum sander. The procedure pictured inwards a higher house takes less than v minutes per plane.

The batch of 24 planes next shaping on the ring saw. All 3 of these woods (kingwood, Brazilian Tulipwood in addition to Bocote) are becoming increasingly hard to find, I cleared out the usable stock at Yandles on my in conclusion see in addition to they haven't got whatever to a greater extent than coming in. Anyone know a practiced supplier?

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