Having butchered my first attempt at a bevel plane, I’m trying again. This is gluing up the new one. I didn’t take many pictures of the building process, sadly.
I cut all the internal parts in advance this time. I’m a bit miffed I didn’t snap these steps. Hey ho!
The first one was walnut and white oak. This second one is keruing and white oak.
As can be seen above, the new bevel plane is going to have a bigger, deeper cutaway. I cut the 45° angles on the two side ‘cheeks’ in advance. These can function as guides for cutting into the central oak segment.
The central oak segment is slightly thinner this time. The wedge from the first plane fits. But the plane iron is a fraction too wide. I’ve been sanding it down like Billy-oh, but I’m still not quite there yet…