Fantasy Tool Box - Trying Plane

[derekcohen]

The wood school I shall attend next year recommends a Stanley #6 as a short jointer. This is 18" in length and takes a blade 2 3/8" wide. And weighs 4 kg - far, far too much for the total 18 kg limit I have imposed for a tool box filled with every tool one might need to build any piece of furniture.

The plane at this length I like to use is the HNT Gordon Trying Plane ...

This has a single 2" wide iron bedded at 60 degrees, and weighs 1.8 kg owing to its construction from Ironwood.

The Trying Plane I made has a 1 3/4" double iron by Hock, bedded at 45 degrees, and weighs 1.0 kg., and is constructed from Black Walnut with a Jarrah sole.



If the smoother reminds you of a Porsche 356, then what does the trying plane resemble?





The cross piece, as before, is UHMW/Delrin drilled for a HSS rod. The wedge is Ebony.



The mouth has a brass wear plate ...



In use, the plane is light, balance, and comfortable to hold. It has a nice low centre of gravity. The performance is all that I hoped for ...





For anyone thinking of building their own, this is a great way to go.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[Crazyraceguy]

To me, that trying plane looks like those sail "boats" that they race on ice, minus the outriggers of course.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Just beautiful!

 

[onocoffee]

Gorgeous work, as always. To me, the plane evokes feelings of the 1930s Dusenberg Speedster, Mercedes 540K, and even some of those Old School wood speed boats.

 

[bertv]

To answer the question: either a Citroen 2CV or an early model VW Käfer (aka Beetle). Or to be historically correct the proto Chech-design from the thirties, of which the name eludes me after a long day of family activities (grandkids!). But that design was copied by Mister Porsche to make that People's Car for the Kanzler. History, guys! It may not repeat itself, but it rimes…

 

[derekcohen]

To answer the question: either a Citroen 2CV or an early model VW Käfer (aka Beetle). Or to be historically correct the proto Chech-design from the thirties, of which the name eludes me after a long day of family activities (grandkids!). But that design was copied by Mister Porsche to make that People's Car for the Kanzler. History, guys! It may not repeat itself, but it rimes…

Bert, you are thinking of the Tatra.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[peter halle]

Makes me think of the wooden powerboats of years past like the Chris Crafts.

Peter

 

[onocoffee]

@derekcohen Black Walnut with Jarrah sole - was this more a stylistic choice or a mechanical choice to use the Jarrah as the sole?

 

[derekcohen]

@derekcohen Black Walnut with Jarrah sole - was this more a stylistic choice or a mechanical choice to use the Jarrah as the sole?

The first requirement is light weight together with stiff and stable. The Black Walnut is a light wood - lighter than Tassie Oak - but it is a softer wood and not particularly durable. The Jarrah gives it the strength. If I used Jarrah alone, the plane would weigh four times as much.

Regards from Perth

Derek