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Thread: New Steve Voigt Smoothing Plane

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    New Steve Voigt Smoothing Plane

    Steve thanks, it is beautiful and takes great shavings right out of the box. As I said before....In life timing is everything.

    The box was waiting for me when I made it home from work. There was also a box from Lie Nielsen with a small brass hammer. Not too bad a day in the desert.

    Now for some tool porn:




    One more, the shavings shoot out of the plane:



    BTW, this was with doing nothing more to the plane or iron than taking the iron and wedge out and reinstalling them.

    The cap iron is a work of art along with everything else about the plane. Guess I'll have to order the Jack next.



    ken

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    Beautiful!

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    Nice! Beautiful plane and shaving!

    Those shavings that shoot straight out of the plane get pretty addictive
    Bumbling forward into the unknown.

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    Is my face red?

    You bet, in a hurry to take a shaving and post a photo and with SWMBO having a list of things that had to be done now I put the wedge in backwards. I thank Warren for pointing it out in a PM or it might have really made my face red .

    It did a great job even misassembled.

    ken

    P.S. No time for a new photo tonight maybe tomorrow.

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    That's one nice plane. Can you indulge in my curiosity and take a few photos of the "parts"...iron, cap iron, down the throat, and the sole?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ken hatch View Post
    Is my face red?

    You bet, in a hurry to take a shaving and post a photo and with SWMBO having a list of things that had to be done now I put the wedge in backwards. I thank Warren for pointing it out in a PM or it might have really made my face red .

    It did a great job even misassembled.

    ken
    Ken,

    Glad you like the plane. I have been known to put the wedge in backwards, even though I obviously know better. It is one of those things, like driving with the parking brake on or turning on the wrong burner on the stove…we know better but we all have a brain fart now and then!

    Actually, I'm pleased that it worked at all, since the left wedge finger was in the right abutment and vice versa! It reminds me of a thread I read years ago on the old handplane central forum. Phil Edwards (Philly planes), who was just starting out, had cut the abutments on a plane a little unevenly. He asked: should I adjust the abutments, or should I just make the wedge fit the different-sized abutments? And Larry Williams responded that he should adjust the abutments, even though that's the more difficult way. That comment has always stuck with me, and I try really hard to make the wedge gap as even as possible…guess it worked out this time! Still, there's no doubt the plane will work better with the wedge flipped around.

    So, flip that wedge around, and have fun!
    "For me, chairs and chairmaking are a means to an end. My real goal is to spend my days in a quiet, dustless shop doing hand work on an object that is beautiful, useful and fun to make." --Peter Galbert

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    Beautiful plane and saving; look forward to your posting similar picture(s) with the wedge repositioned.

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    I am very jealous of that plane, both of you owning it and Steve's ability to make it. What pitch is the blade?

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    Steve makes a remarkably nice plane. Looks good even with the wedge upside down!

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    Congrats on the new plane Ken! It sure is great to see Steve's planes making their way around the country!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Bartley View Post
    Congrats on the new plane Ken! It sure is great to see Steve's planes making their way around the country!
    At some point one way well make its way onto my work bench....

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    I thought that wedge was sticking up in a most peculiar angle!! But,I thought no,Steve would know better than that!!

    Very accurate, crisp work!!

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    Ok - George, Warren, Steve, Ken - I'm looking for some education. How would one know, looking at the first two pics, that the wedge is in reversed? I get that it would be pretty easy to tell by looking at the wedge's fingers, but those aren't visible. What's different between the two surfaces of the wedge that are potentially visible?

    And - nice looking plane, Steve.

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    The odd angle. And the fact that the bottom side is completely flat, while the upper side isn't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Kornell View Post
    Ok - George, Warren, Steve, Ken - I'm looking for some education. How would one know, looking at the first two pics, that the wedge is in reversed? I get that it would be pretty easy to tell by looking at the wedge's fingers, but those aren't visible. What's different between the two surfaces of the wedge that are potentially visible?

    And - nice looking plane, Steve.
    I have not handled one of Steve's planes, but I have a new (to me) double iron try plane. The wedge is let on one side to account for the cap iron screw, so the wedge fits tightly against the iron. I think Steve's wedges probably are as well, although you cannot really see that in any of the photos. In the first two photos, the wedge just looks like it is sticking out at a funny angle. You see sort of artisan planes posted now and then that have unusual methods of holding the iron, but I think Steve is making a point to build his in the traditional style.

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