Monday 3 September 2012

High Angle Smoothers


Here is the last of the batch in Indian Rosewood, this one has lovely lighter streaks reminiscent of Brazilian Rosewood.


A pretty backside!

This plane was saved to last as the mouth turned out a touch too wide to sell. Adding a dovetailed brass insert  sorted  it out. The mouth is now extremely narrow and suitable for the finest work on the most figured woods.
Here is one of the batch of Rose Bubinga planes just completed, they all have Rosewood cross pins and brown oak wedges just to add a touch of contrast. They turned out very nicely.
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2 comments:

  1. Frontier Carpenter5 September 2012 at 19:02

    How is the brass insert attached? Is it friction fit?

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  2. David Barron6 September 2012 at 11:16

    Hi, it's certainly a tight fit and the dovetail shape works to resist the direction of planing, although I have used a little epoxy resin to make sure it stays put. All the best, David.

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