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[Greg W]

Well, I've been using google+ to tell this story but it seems to be dwindling in popularity. So I'll put it here.

I bought David Finck's book on plane-making and am almost done with my first one. Made of walnut that a friend harvested from the tree fall of a huge ice storm back in 2007.

I first wedges the iron I last night and tried it out. It made shavings so that's encouraging.

Photos to follow.

[kyleheon]

Looking forward to this. I too want to make some planes of my own.

Update: Just ordered the book you mentioned, thanks for that!

[williaty]

I am sort of still in the process of making a block plane and a smoother myself. By that I mean they work but I haven't shaped them to their final form. I've been using the heck out of the block plane already even though there's sharp edges and dowels sticking out all over the place It was a pretty funny moment to use the still-rough-cut block plane to start flattening the bottom of the smoother.

[Greg W]

OK, can't seem to embed an image from picasaweb.google.com. Stand by.

Update: OK, I'm just too lazy to bother. I'm spoiled by Facebook. Here's a link to it.

https://lh5.googleus...44/IMG_2436.JPG

[jimmykx250]

I found the plans for that plane online a few years back! I even ought the wood just havent bought the iron! Where did you get the iron? Are you happy with the finished product? Sure looks nice!

[Dan S]

Where did you get the iron?

you can get planes from hock http://www.hocktools.com/PI.htm or finck http://www.davidfinc.../planeirons.htm

[Greg W]

I bought my iron from David Finck off his website. It's a hard steel and so takes a bit of time to sharpen but it cuts well. I have yet to resharpen it.