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Bayboat
12-17-2002, 12:37 PM
Looking for a couple of wooden mast/spar planes, radius 2-4" and 3-5". For use, not to put on the mantel. Please respond here or by e-mail: cre@execpc.com.
Bayboat
12-17-2002, 12:37 PM
Looking for a couple of wooden mast/spar planes, radius 2-4" and 3-5". For use, not to put on the mantel. Please respond here or by e-mail: cre@execpc.com.
Bayboat
12-17-2002, 12:37 PM
Looking for a couple of wooden mast/spar planes, radius 2-4" and 3-5". For use, not to put on the mantel. Please respond here or by e-mail: cre@execpc.com.
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 12:48 PM
Bay, I am embarassed, why not make your own?
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 12:48 PM
Bay, I am embarassed, why not make your own?
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 12:48 PM
Bay, I am embarassed, why not make your own?
Bayboat
12-17-2002, 01:08 PM
Dave, you're right, I could. I have made a couple of larger ones. Just thought I might save a little time. (I know, weak excuse). They are for the boatbuilding school.
Bayboat
12-17-2002, 01:08 PM
Dave, you're right, I could. I have made a couple of larger ones. Just thought I might save a little time. (I know, weak excuse). They are for the boatbuilding school.
Bayboat
12-17-2002, 01:08 PM
Dave, you're right, I could. I have made a couple of larger ones. Just thought I might save a little time. (I know, weak excuse). They are for the boatbuilding school.
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 01:14 PM
Boatbuilding School?
Seems like a great excuse to introduce the students to how to make a wooden plane.
The Krenov method is very easy and makes a decent plane, IMOOP that is.
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 01:14 PM
Boatbuilding School?
Seems like a great excuse to introduce the students to how to make a wooden plane.
The Krenov method is very easy and makes a decent plane, IMOOP that is.
Dave Fleming
12-17-2002, 01:14 PM
Boatbuilding School?
Seems like a great excuse to introduce the students to how to make a wooden plane.
The Krenov method is very easy and makes a decent plane, IMOOP that is.
Bayboat
12-18-2002, 01:23 PM
Okay Dave. I give up. You are inexorable and bound and determined to make me do the RIGHT THING. I have a baulk of bubinga that's been lying around for some time, and somewhere in that chunk are two nice mast planes.
Bayboat
12-18-2002, 01:23 PM
Okay Dave. I give up. You are inexorable and bound and determined to make me do the RIGHT THING. I have a baulk of bubinga that's been lying around for some time, and somewhere in that chunk are two nice mast planes.
Bayboat
12-18-2002, 01:23 PM
Okay Dave. I give up. You are inexorable and bound and determined to make me do the RIGHT THING. I have a baulk of bubinga that's been lying around for some time, and somewhere in that chunk are two nice mast planes.
Jim Budde
12-18-2002, 02:36 PM
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?
Jim Budde
12-18-2002, 02:36 PM
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?
Jim Budde
12-18-2002, 02:36 PM
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:50 PM
Krenov shows how in one of his books or go to the College of the Redwoods site and look for School of Woodworking and further I believe Ron Hock a noted plane iron maker has a booklet on how to.

This should get you started.

Krenov School (http://www.crfinefurniture.com/)
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:50 PM
Krenov shows how in one of his books or go to the College of the Redwoods site and look for School of Woodworking and further I believe Ron Hock a noted plane iron maker has a booklet on how to.

This should get you started.

Krenov School (http://www.crfinefurniture.com/)
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:50 PM
Krenov shows how in one of his books or go to the College of the Redwoods site and look for School of Woodworking and further I believe Ron Hock a noted plane iron maker has a booklet on how to.

This should get you started.

Krenov School (http://www.crfinefurniture.com/)
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:51 PM
Bay I see that the 'right side' won over the 'lazy side'.
:D ;)
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:51 PM
Bay I see that the 'right side' won over the 'lazy side'.
:D ;)
Dave Fleming
12-18-2002, 02:51 PM
Bay I see that the 'right side' won over the 'lazy side'.
:D ;)
ken mcclure
12-18-2002, 05:18 PM
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.
ken mcclure
12-18-2002, 05:18 PM
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.
ken mcclure
12-18-2002, 05:18 PM
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.
Nicholas Carey
12-18-2002, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by Jim Budde:
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?How to make a wooden plane:

http://www.crfinefurniture.com/1pages/sitelinks/howplane.html

Some Books:

Making Traditional Wooden Planes, by John M. Whelan. http://www.astragalpress.com/astragal_cat_maketrad.htm

Making and Mastering Wood Planes. By David Finck and James Krenov. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806961635/badgerpondwoodwo/002-6912762-6153620

If you're interested in making your own spokeshaves, see John Gunterman's 'TeachShave' at http://www.shavings.net/TEACHSHAVE.HTM

And Dave's Shaves at http://www.ncworkshops.com/ sells spokshave kits (or completed shaves) using Hock blades (for which, see below.)

You can buy first class blades for wooden planes and spokeshaves from Hock Tools at http://www.hocktools.com/

and blade blanks (as well as planemaker's floats) from the Saint James Bay Tool Company at http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/
Nicholas Carey
12-18-2002, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by Jim Budde:
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?How to make a wooden plane:

http://www.crfinefurniture.com/1pages/sitelinks/howplane.html

Some Books:

Making Traditional Wooden Planes, by John M. Whelan. http://www.astragalpress.com/astragal_cat_maketrad.htm

Making and Mastering Wood Planes. By David Finck and James Krenov. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806961635/badgerpondwoodwo/002-6912762-6153620

If you're interested in making your own spokeshaves, see John Gunterman's 'TeachShave' at http://www.shavings.net/TEACHSHAVE.HTM

And Dave's Shaves at http://www.ncworkshops.com/ sells spokshave kits (or completed shaves) using Hock blades (for which, see below.)

You can buy first class blades for wooden planes and spokeshaves from Hock Tools at http://www.hocktools.com/

and blade blanks (as well as planemaker's floats) from the Saint James Bay Tool Company at http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/
Nicholas Carey
12-18-2002, 07:00 PM
Originally posted by Jim Budde:
Dave ... I have often thought of making a mast plane, but did not know where to start ... what's the Krenov method and where could I go to learn more?How to make a wooden plane:

http://www.crfinefurniture.com/1pages/sitelinks/howplane.html

Some Books:

Making Traditional Wooden Planes, by John M. Whelan. http://www.astragalpress.com/astragal_cat_maketrad.htm

Making and Mastering Wood Planes. By David Finck and James Krenov. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806961635/badgerpondwoodwo/002-6912762-6153620

If you're interested in making your own spokeshaves, see John Gunterman's 'TeachShave' at http://www.shavings.net/TEACHSHAVE.HTM

And Dave's Shaves at http://www.ncworkshops.com/ sells spokshave kits (or completed shaves) using Hock blades (for which, see below.)

You can buy first class blades for wooden planes and spokeshaves from Hock Tools at http://www.hocktools.com/

and blade blanks (as well as planemaker's floats) from the Saint James Bay Tool Company at http://www.stjamesbaytoolco.com/
Bayboat
12-19-2002, 11:51 PM
Originally posted by ken mcclure:
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.Yeah, there's enough. However when I make mast planes I make one for each foot. Then I just skate along and the mast is done in no time.
Bayboat
12-19-2002, 11:51 PM
Originally posted by ken mcclure:
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.Yeah, there's enough. However when I make mast planes I make one for each foot. Then I just skate along and the mast is done in no time.
Bayboat
12-19-2002, 11:51 PM
Originally posted by ken mcclure:
If you've got enough for 2 in that lump of wood, you oughta make a right-hand and a left-hand one.Yeah, there's enough. However when I make mast planes I make one for each foot. Then I just skate along and the mast is done in no time.
John Gearing
12-24-2002, 12:14 PM
Or, you could use a straight plane to turn a 4-sided mast into an 8-sided one, into a 16-sided one...and then one of those sandpaper loops on an electric drill to take off the last polygonal edges.

On the other hand, teaching the students to make mast planes would be a fine thing too.....
John Gearing
12-24-2002, 12:14 PM
Or, you could use a straight plane to turn a 4-sided mast into an 8-sided one, into a 16-sided one...and then one of those sandpaper loops on an electric drill to take off the last polygonal edges.

On the other hand, teaching the students to make mast planes would be a fine thing too.....
John Gearing
12-24-2002, 12:14 PM
Or, you could use a straight plane to turn a 4-sided mast into an 8-sided one, into a 16-sided one...and then one of those sandpaper loops on an electric drill to take off the last polygonal edges.

On the other hand, teaching the students to make mast planes would be a fine thing too.....