{"id":4595,"date":"2021-11-25T23:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:12:58","slug":"workshop-oak-plane-handle-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4595","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Workshop – Oak Plane Handle #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Funky shapes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today I was dumb enough to try fixing a couple of broken plane handles I made a while back. But, of course, after cutting and cleaning them up, and then re-gluing them, they just broke again. Wasting time\/energy. Balls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after failing to repair those, I bit the bullet and grabbed a little block of oak I had laying around. It was a bit too thick. I got around that in a rather convoluted and silly way. But ne\u2019er mind! I got around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made forlorn attempts at fixing these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tricky shapes to clamp! And the glue joint failed anyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Part of the foolishness in thinning this new oak handle to the right dimensions was that I did so after<\/em> cutting out a rough handle shape on the bandsaw. Oh, and the latter is all out of whack, yet again. Despite my most recent set up, which included putting it on a trolley, to lessen the impact of moving it around on the alignments. So that\u2019ll need seeing you yet again. Arse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I\u2019d got the basic shape, and thinned the resulting handle blank to roughly the correct dimensions, it was rasps and files a-go-go. I have to confess, rasping oak and other hard woods is peculiarly satisfying. Even the aromas the oils in the wood give off are enjoyable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wood is so much more beautiful than plastic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teresa insisted I shut up the workshop and come inside. And I was happy to comply, as it\u2019s getting durned cold out there. The freezing concrete floor makes my feet feel like two iced lollies. So I brought the blank and a plastic \u2018original\u2019 inside, along with mucho sandpaper, and set to finessing the shapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also is peculiarly gratifying. I spent ages sanding with various grits, whilst watching old Top Gear, n\u2019 Grand Tour highlights. As you\u2019ll see in the pics, I\u2019ve left more wood on the base. This is where all my other handles broke. So I figure I\u2019ll shape any such handles I make from now on, and even drill and major holes, etc, before<\/em> finally cutting this part down to size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the colours and the patterns in the grain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At present the top \u2018horn\u2019, that comes back over one\u2019s thumb when holding the plane, is, like the base, thicker than the handle shape I worked from. But I actually quite like it as it is. So I might leave it that way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last thing I did, in order to see the wood colour and grain better, was rub a tiny bit of veg oil into the handle. I reckon it looks rather lovely! I\u2019ll finish it off as soon as I next get a bit of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I was dumb enough to try fixing a couple of broken plane handles I made a while back. But, of course, after cutting and cleaning them up, and then re-gluing them, they just broke again. Wasting time\/energy. Balls! So after failing to repair those, I bit the bullet and grabbed a little block of … <\/p>\n

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