experimental plane

lundi 26 mai 2014

I use baltic birch ply as a material in cabinetmaking. mostly I use it for drawer boxes, but it gets used other places where a strong dense sheet good is called for. I generally have scrap, so it gets used in jigs and such. I also have a drawer full of random plane parts. so I got the idea to build a laminated plane from baltic birch ply. it worked surprisingly well. I approached it as a quickie experiment, expecting it to fail. it didn't. I just used titebond original- if I were to do it again I'd use epoxy. the blade is union tool, thick and tapered. the chipbreaker is one I found at the back of the drawer. it is low profile like old style woodie chipbreakers. first I tried it with a stanley humpback chipbreaker, but had trouble with adjusting the wedge.

anyhow, some pics:

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