Traditional wedge abutment smoother.

[Stewie Simpson]

Thanks for the feedback Nicholas.

Stewie;

[Pat Barry]

Nice job Stewie! Boy that's a tiny little thing. What is the blade width? 1 1/2"? By the way, where do you find your irons for these projects?

[Stewie Simpson]

Thanks Pat. The irons width is a tad over 2 inches. (52mm) The irons I use were purchased Nos from an ebay seller in the U.K.

Stewie;

[Stewie Simpson]

To match the front edge of the skewed iron, the cap iron itself needed to be skew fitted. The resulting hang on 1 side of the cap iron needed to be ground back to match the tolerance set by the iron. The slot within the iron also had to be filed back 0.5mm on 1 side to allow the cap iron bolt to mate correctly. Extra 30 min work all up.

Stewie;

[Phil Mueller]

Very nice Stewie. Love the design features. Execution is really beautiful.

[Stewie Simpson]

Thanks Phil. It was an interesting project.

Stewie;

[Kees Heiden]

The low bedding of 40 degrees makes the "handle" area at the heel of the plane rather short. How does it feel in practice?

[Stewie Simpson]

http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/04/wooden-hand-planes/

[Stewie Simpson]

The low bedding of 40 degrees makes the "handle" area at the heel of the plane rather short. How does it feel in practice?

Hi Kees. In practice, their is plenty of room to place the rear hand.

I checked the weight of this smoothing plane today ; 0.8 kg (1 lb 12 oz ).

How does that compare to your beech smoother.

Stewie;

[Kees Heiden]

I'll put in on the scales later, probably tomorrow and will report back.

[Kees Heiden]

My beech smoother is 700 gram. Also 7" long, with a 2" 51 mm iron.

[Robert McNaull]

Beautiful work Stewie and thanks for sharing. The finishing job really does that wood justice.

Bob

[Stewie Simpson]

Thanks for the feedback Robert.

[Stewie Simpson]

I mentioned earlier in the thread that I had sharpened the iron up to 1200 grit (ceramic stone). To achieve a much keener edge I rely on a Japanese Waterstone ( aoto nakatogi ; 3000 - 5000 grt). http://www.tomonagura.com/jnats/japa...-glossary.html

But here's the kicker; I don't use water to lubricate the top surface of the stone.

Stewie;