{"id":28366,"date":"2025-09-28T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28366"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T20:46:05","slug":"diy-workshop-making-my-1st-plane-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28366","title":{"rendered":"DiY\/WORKSHOP: Making My 1st Plane, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Initial state, start of today\u2019s play\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday I made all the basic parts for this plane, and then put them together. Today, I\u2019m working on the central groove, the blade, and hopefully getting it to the stage of being a usable tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the idea\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As intended, butt\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tried cutting the \u2018pyramid\u2019 groove in the base of this plane with a router. But that was a disaster! Fortunately I did it – after numerous tests – in a shallow enough pass it didn\u2019t entirely bugger the plane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ok\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hmmm!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Evidence of the router failure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the above two images you can see a bit of the residual damage the router attempt left, at right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, after attempting to tidy things up with chisels (a slight improvement), I came up with the right-angle sanding jig, shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A massive improvement. But still far from perfect. And not the sharp, crisp 90\u00b0 channel (at a 45\u00b0 angle) I was after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having improved the groove, I tried setting the blade, or \u2018iron\u2019, and the wedge that holds it, in situ. After a few failed attempts (and much sanding of the iron, mostly trying to reduce the width a little, for a better fit), I finally got there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ta-dah!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A few attempts at using it established several things: 1) It does work as intended, albeit not very well (yet); 2) the blade ain\u2019t sharp enough at present; 3) this is the biggest issues (after dullness o\u2019 the blade) – there\u2019s currently nowhere for chips or shavings to go, other than into the cramped\/limited space where blade and wedge reside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pencilling in potential egress for shavings\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, I\u2019ve pencilled in a channel that needs drilling\/cutting\/chiselling, and otherwise hollowing out. Hopefully this will allow the chips or shavings\/planing waste to exit, without clogging up the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUGGER BALLS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butchered\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oh well\u2026 I\u2019ve butchered this first plane attempt. In trying to chop out a chip\/shaving channel, I completely jiggered the sole of the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not Sharpe enough, perhaps?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Knocked off and split.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of the white oak tore out altogether. And a large-ish spilt in the walnut compounds the tragedy. Never mind! As depressing as I might find this outcome, the lesson I\u2019m learning is to simply try again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some stuff I\u2019ve been able to persist with, possibly even salvage. But not this time. And anyway, there were some design flaws inherent in this first attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The indicated part needs to be longer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of these issues was that the part that leads into the cut was too short; to better register as you move into the \u2018cut\u2019, a longer run up is good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the real issue was the omission altogether of a vent for chips and shavings. Lord knows I\u2019ve watched enough Stavros Gakos videos I ought to have known better! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More oak scraps being prepped.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 I\u2019m gluing up some oak scraps, ready to try again. Plus I still have some walnut left. Although I might instead use keruing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working on the cutting iron\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I made all the basic parts for this plane, and then put them together. Today, I\u2019m working on the central groove, the blade, and hopefully getting it to the stage of being a usable tool. I tried cutting the \u2018pyramid\u2019 groove in the base of this plane with a router. But that was a … <\/p>\n

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