Hey guys, thought I would share the little project that I am working on between larger projects. It is an infill pocket plane prototype. Now, the design is not mine, it is Malcolm MacPherson's, but I loved it so much, I made a set of plans in CAD to try and make one. The vital specs are these: 4" long, 1 1/2" wide, 1 1/4" iron, 1 1/2" tall, 12 degree bed angle. Sides are 6061 aluminum (just to try out the plans more than anything, it's cheap if I mess up and easy to work to make it fast), sole will be 1/4" steel. Infill is undetermined, but I will probably go non-traditional with it. The whole reason I wanted to do one of these is that I have several full size block planes that I love, but sometimes I want something smaller and lighter for putting a light chamfer on something, or just working a small area. Construction will be glued and screwed with brass screws for contrast. I have everything on hand except the O1 for the iron, but I need some 1 1/4" for a rabbet plane I have in the works also. If all goes well, I'll make some G-code to cut one out of aluminum on the little CNC mill. If that goes well, I'll CNC myself a nice one out of brass or something. However, aluminum should be fine as I don't intend to shoot anything with this, and there is no need for additional mass. Anyway, some pictures of my first hour's worth of labor.
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Updates will be posted as progress gets made.