Friday, 20 May 2011

More Desert Ironwood


The mouths still need to be filed on these 2 planes - but otherwise, they are completed. The A5 is infilled with Desert Ironwood and is a mate to the Ironwood filled A5 from a few posts ago. They came from the same piece of wood.










A knot appeared out of nowhere in the bottom of the handle. There was absolutely no indication that it would be there when I roughed out the blank... I am just thankful it was not 1/4" to the left or right - that would have made a real mess of things.








There was a great bit of burl on the cheek. It made for a tricky fitting process - but it was well worth the efforts.






This XSNo.4ss is filled with a darker Desert Ironwood - Burl this time.

















It was a rather grey day when I took these photos but there was a bit of light during this last shot. It was tricky to capture, but the lighter flecks look like gold in sunlight.




This last shot is a detail of a plane I am working on. It is a variation that I have wanted to make for several years now. Any guesses?
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8 comments:

  1. Ben20 May 2011 at 07:28

    carriagemaker's rabbet?

    beautiful and inspiring work as always.

    ben

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  2. Anonymous20 May 2011 at 12:30

    Shoulder plane with an exquisite mouth

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  3. Anonymous20 May 2011 at 18:50

    Bevel down Norris rebate mitre plane.

    ERic in Nova Scotia

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  4. Cory20 May 2011 at 22:48

    Wide mouth (bevel down) and high angle. I'm going to have to go with jack rabbet. Can't wait!

    -Cory

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  5. Jay Christian20 May 2011 at 22:51

    ooo, nice! I'm guessing a rabbet bench plane -- like an infill version of a #10?
    Those ironwood planes are gorgeous, Konrad. Absolutely beautiful.
    Best,
    Jay

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  6. robert21 May 2011 at 20:23

    The mystery plane looks like it has a mouth for a modified Stanley 10 1/2 type carriage makers rabbet plane. That would be pretty cool as an infill and much refined version.

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  7. Steve C21 May 2011 at 22:43

    Loving it Konrad, the planes look amazing and desert ironwood is tough to beat in my book.

    I'm guessing you're developing your own version of the presentation Norris you did a few years back.

    Thanks for the update, always a treat to see what you've been working on.

    BTW, your curly maple table project is too cool.

    Cheers,
    Steve

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  8. Anonymous22 May 2011 at 17:30

    I'm going with a 10 1/2 type of plane. You always get the most ridiculously cool pieces of wood. I wouldn't mind seeing a post on your methodology for getting such a fine finish.

    Adam

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