My bevel-plane is now finished. It took two attempts. But I’m happy with the overall outcome. It works!
In attempting to finesse the overall form, I screwed up. To correct the mistake I wound up passing the body through the drum sander multiple times. The resulting tool is thinner than originally intended.
Another nice view, above. Not sure how or when the dent in the sole, on the right side, occurred. Hopefully it’ll disappear over time, with use?
Having tested it at Shedders & Fixers, where I got the f-functional essence f-f-finally f-f-f-finished, once home, I used it to finish off the mallet I recently made for our pal, Yanni (must post tomorrow!). The pics above attest to it working as intended.
I love the results so much I took the mallet outside, for a photo-shoot! Yielding the images below:
Having used the bevel-plane on Yanni’s mallet, I tried it on my oak mallet. It was harder to use, cutting into the denser oak. But it still worked. It would doubtless benefit from further sharpening, to get a slicker cut in hardwoods. But it still did the job, much to my satisfaction.
I adjusted the iron, to cut a little deeper into the oak. That was a bit dumb! I should’ve dialled it back, if anything, and done the deeper bevelling in several passes.
Buy it still worked, albeit hard going, and not the smoothest cuts. But the tool basically works. Result! Plus you live n’ learn; the whole build process has been both fun and highly educational.
I finished today shaping both the body of the plane, and the wedge, to add a little finesse (!) to the overall look. It’s not all that funky looking. But I’m very happy with it.
I reckon I’ll make another, and bigger, when time allows.
