I am finishing up four woodies. Mine are made from old Steve Knight designs. I like Steve's designs better as they are made from two pieces of easier to find 8/4 lumber. Here are two made from 8/4 Purple Heart. Chris these planes do not use any kind of bar or chip breaker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1689105...3005/lightbox/
I think I need to talk to Stu, my problem is the blades I have are short for the bodies, making it difficult to make small enough wedges.
Here is the basic design for a Jointer. The long thin area is for a tote. One simply glues two boards with the following relief together. The black line indicates the area for the wedge, which is a little deeper in the wood.:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1689105...ream/lightbox/
These planes use a thick 1/4, 3/16 single blade with a wooden wedge, no chip breaker, kinda like many Japanese planes.