So Gooday!
Yes I am blogging on New Year's Eve! It has been 366 days since my last post on this blog so I decided to finally post one to quell the rumours that I had got lost in the Lee Valley store and couldn't find my out.
The earth shattering news from my workshop is this. I at last happened upon the perfect shooting board plane. For as long as I have had in my possession a shooting board(home made), I pined for a beautiful Bedrock 608 jointer plane to lay on its side and cleave whisper thin shavings from a piece of wood.
Alas I was unsuccessful in procuring a 608 on ebay , and therefore was resigned to let the dust gather on my shooting board. Little did I know that the humble red oak 'smoothing' plane that I had built(and blogged about on this blog) was just waiting for the chance to shine as a tool which has yet another function to add on its resume.
This plane is solid oak and is 10.25" long and 2.5" high and wide. What makes this plane so superb at gliding down the shooting board is its height. A full 2.5" the entire length of the plane. The weight and the stability of this plane makes it a great performer for shaving long and edge grain.
Long live the wooden plane.
Yes I am blogging on New Year's Eve! It has been 366 days since my last post on this blog so I decided to finally post one to quell the rumours that I had got lost in the Lee Valley store and couldn't find my out.
The earth shattering news from my workshop is this. I at last happened upon the perfect shooting board plane. For as long as I have had in my possession a shooting board(home made), I pined for a beautiful Bedrock 608 jointer plane to lay on its side and cleave whisper thin shavings from a piece of wood.
Alas I was unsuccessful in procuring a 608 on ebay , and therefore was resigned to let the dust gather on my shooting board. Little did I know that the humble red oak 'smoothing' plane that I had built(and blogged about on this blog) was just waiting for the chance to shine as a tool which has yet another function to add on its resume.
This plane is solid oak and is 10.25" long and 2.5" high and wide. What makes this plane so superb at gliding down the shooting board is its height. A full 2.5" the entire length of the plane. The weight and the stability of this plane makes it a great performer for shaving long and edge grain.
Long live the wooden plane.
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| A red oak smoothing plane, doubling as a shooting board plane. |
