I am back and at it again

[formariz 11,987]

Been away from woodworking for a few weeks. It was killing me so I am back at it. Decided to make more planes to get back into the groove.

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,274]

Beautiful work there mister

[Pullstart 62,791]

Planes... Groove...  I see what you did there!

[SylvanLakeWH 25,490]

Beautiful!

 

[Ed Kennell 38,022]

You are the Master Cas.

[Stormin 9,981]

Very nice indeed.

[formariz 11,987]

Thank you everyone. Feels good to be at it again. I just don’t know what to do with myself any other way. 
 Just like an engine each has to be individually tuned. Although identical each has its own temperament.

 

 

 

[prondzy 3,881]

Glad to see you back on action, those are some beautiful looking planes. But just like an outsider to our WH hobby I have to ask....... why do you need so many planes, and what will you do with all of them???

BTW this is a serious question not a joking one. They are nice planes.

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

Exquisite!! I love those type of planes. Did you use any beach in it? I wont get my kitchen cabinets built till a tractor is

done!

[formariz 11,987]

All tuned. Final detailing tomorrow.

[formariz 11,987]

1 hour ago, prondzy said:

Glad to see you back on action, those are some beautiful looking planes. But just like an outsider to our WH hobby I have to ask....... why do you need so many planes, and what will you do with all of them???

BTW this is a serious question not a joking one. They are nice planes.

Thank you. I thought the answer to your question would be an easy one but in reality it is not. At least, it is not easy to answer for the fear of sounding vain. The need to build them is not for their use nor for any physical type of compensation. I have built literally hundreds of planes and feel compelled to do so until I cannot physically do it. The need is my feeling of obligation to carry on a craft that is essentially dead. These are tools that are as old as the craft itself yet today many if not most in it do not use them nor do they  know about them and their different functions. They have become obsolete to many due to machinery and therefor the lack of need for them. Unfortunately traditional woodworking without using power tools is essentially a craft that is essentially extinct for all intents and purposes. I am happy to say that it is not so here for at least one more generation and very likely one more after that. I give away many of them to people that appreciate them and care to use them or learn how to.

 

These particular planes are unlikely what most have seen specially in this country. They are essentially rabbet planes but are specialized for a very specific task. Their specialty is for all the important steps in dressing rough boards by hand. These are only 22" long but I make them in many lengths up to 3 feet. They make taking the wind (twist) and any bow from a rough board a real easy and fairly quick task. Besides that they are also great to join a long board's edge as long as it is within their width 7/8".

[formariz 11,987]

1 hour ago, The Tuul Crib said:

Exquisite!! I love those type of planes. Did you use any beach in it? I wont get my kitchen cabinets built till a tractor is

done!

Thanks. These are made out of Santos Mahogany. Called that but not a true mahogany more towards the Rosewood family. It is extremely hard and very tough to work with since mostly it has interlocking grain. Wedges are out of Mansonia or African walnut. It is a relatively soft wood and good for the wedges since it will compress when tightened against the iron and the hard wood of the plane body. If one makes the wedge out of a very hard wood when planing and one hits a knot the wedge will loosen from the vibration caused by the impact on the knot.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

You be so enthusiastic, that’s great to see.

 

It‘s „not only“ a save of woodworking Handcraft, what you‘re do,
each part i see from you produced is a fantastic piece of Art.

 

It‘s hart to accept and to realize and even to believe, 
but most people wan‘t value handcrafted things.

The „buy cheap“ mentality enforces that sadly.
more and more people‘s develop a need for  „higher wider and faster“  
sadly that results in burry the old handcraft.

i like to see your results! 👍

[Mickwhitt 4,587]

Beautiful work Cas, 

We see a lot of these tools on flea markets etc. Im not sure if they are still used a lot but they certainly used to be before routers and spindle moulders etc became available. 

Plus modern materials like MDF and chip board for work tops made them obsolete.

Carry on making them my friend,  your skills are valued and will be missed greatly when they are gone. I always think how we would manage without power tools, the answer always comes back "Not very well at all"

Mick

[formariz 11,987]

Here is a completed one including blade guard so one does not accidentally slice ones hand on corner of cutter.

 These are hard to grasp since they are skinny and slick so stippling was in order.

 Later on I’ll post a thread in the tools section describing how they are used.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2020 by formariz

[Pullstart 62,791]

Is that done with a scratch awl Cas?  I like the idea of covers, I have a few hand planes that need some resurrection and covers would keep them and I safe!

[formariz 11,987]

2 hours ago, pullstart said:

Is that done with a scratch awl Cas?  I like the idea of covers, I have a few hand planes that need some resurrection and covers would keep them and I safe!

A scratch awl is too sharp and would stick every time you struck it. My preferred method is with a large nail with point ground a certain shape. I use that along with a tiny jewelers hammer so as to keep depths uniform. I have also specially made stamps but I don’t like the outcome since the shape of stamp is always noticeable. Stippling needs to be absolutely random in order to look good.i used this same two nails for the last 30 years.

 

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by formariz

[AMC RULES 37,127]

Looks like you nailed it Cas!   

[formariz 11,987]

16 minutes ago, AMC RULES said:

Looks like you nailed it Cas!   

A few million times up to now.