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[Prashun Patel]

I purchased (for a way too low price) this try plane from David Weaver.

In my short time with wood planes, there is something about their lightness and ability (coincidence?) to take thick, straight up shavings that really speak to me.

The three I have are just so easy to push and scrub and joint with - even if they lack the ergonmics and knobs of my steely dan's ( :0)!

It was sheer joy jointing this piece of sycamore.

[Luke Dupont]

Beautiful plane! I really like wooden planes from my limited experience with them. I've only used a Kanna so far, and a crude prototype that I just experimented with. I'm eager to try a western-style wooden plane, though, so I think that will be one of my next projects in the not-so-distant future

I don't know if I'm alone here, but I actually far prefer adjusting wooden planes to modern ones. I just find it easier and more intuitive to adjust with a hammer, and rather quick to do when you get accustomed to it.

[Daniel Rode]

I can't help but to chuckle. Knowing this is woodworker porn does not diminish my enjoyment looking at it. That barely curling shaving is seductive

Very nice!

[Prashun Patel]

I know! Serpentine, right?

I find that with wood planes, the shavings can come up thick and straight up, and still leave a glass smooth surface. Now if I can just find out where to place my fore hand. Still working that out.

[Robert Hazelwood]

Jealous. Beautiful plane.

[Brian Holcombe]

Nice! Those shavings are looking great!

[Andrew Hughes]

That's just looks too good, are you sure it's not photoshopped.
Just kidding looks like a great plane to use!

[Stew Denton]

Hi Prashun,

Super Cool! I miss David's comment's though. Anyway the plane is really nice, and the shaving is amazing.

Stew

[Jim Koepke]

Would all my heavy metal revolt if one of those showed up on my bench?

Looks great.

jtk

[Patrick Chase]

The three I have are just so easy to push and scrub and joint with - even if they lack the ergonmics and knobs of my steely dan's ( :0)!

Are you talking about the kind from Yokohama there, and do they run on steam?

Given the title of your post I suspect that was no accident :-)

EDIT: Hint: William S Burroughs

[Chris Fournier]

I remember getting a fair bit of grief from David when I mentioned and suggested that laminated wooden planes are easy to build and effective and that I made them for specific tasks. Seems he has changed his purist tune quite a bit. Good for him.

[Steve Voigt]

I remember getting a fair bit of grief from David when I mentioned and suggested that laminated wooden planes are easy to build and effective and that I made them for specific tasks. Seems he has changed his purist tune quite a bit. Good for him.

Umm, what? If that looks like a laminated plane to you, I recommend a visit to your local optometrist.

[Steve Voigt]

Prashun, that is a great looking plane, and it sure looks like it works gangbusters. Have fun with it!

[Steve Voigt]

Now if I can just find out where to place my fore hand. Still working that out.

OK, last post, I promise.

Look at the guy with the plane :

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Or this one:

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Or this one:

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Virtually any old rendering of someone using a wooden plane shows the same position of the off hand. Like many things in woodworking, it may seem uncomfortable and counterintuitive at first, but with some patience and practice, one eventually comes around to realizing that it is the most efficient position.

[Chris Fournier]

Umm, what? If that looks like a laminated plane to you, I recommend a visit to your local optometrist.

I suggest that you click on the image for a full screen picture Steve. I mean even the cheek is obviously laminated and that is one step beyond a laminated plane in my opinion. The grain is screaming at us. My eyes are fine, how many fingers am I holding up?

Laminated means more than one piece glued up as an assembly to me. This plane is exactly that. What have I missed?

I don't have a problem with laminated planes, I made dozens of them. I have a problem with attitude...