AARRRGGGH! Screwed up on a plane build

[Stewie Simpson]

We have far better choices in Australia than beech.

[george wilson]

We also have better choices in America. Hard maple,for example. I think they only used beech because it was abundant. But,not a particularly attractive wood for making furniture,so they don't cut it much for that these days.

[Patrick Chase]

Wow, the price for lignum has really skyrocketed!


So maybe use some other species for a new sole. (Yeah I know, he doesn't want to put that much work into it, but it's still a thought.)

Heck, just use another piece of Maple.

Or maybe 1/2" of UHMW plastic. (I know, but it sure would slide nice.)

A "reverse hybrid" plane! Wow would that annoy a lot of traditionalists, though.

[Christian Thompson]

Wow, the price for lignum has really skyrocketed!


So maybe use some other species for a new sole. (Yeah I know, he doesn't want to put that much work into it, but it's still a thought.)

Heck, just use another piece of Maple.

Or maybe 1/2" of UHMW plastic. (I know, but it sure would slide nice.)

A "reverse hybrid" plane! Wow would that annoy a lot of traditionalists, though.

Definitely not doing plastic :-).

In the end I decided to move the bed back a few inches and start over. The throat front is going to run into the shallow mortise I already started. I'll see what I can figure out to make it not look too weird. Maybe I'll stick some darker wood in there and call it ornamentation.