• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

Post a photo of the last thing you made...

Mike G said:
Oh yes. I've had skin up to 15mm thick on my (last) tin of the stuff. It's awfully wasteful, even if you like the finish.
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I won't be using that stuff again for that reason, but if I were I'd be tempted to thin in down a fraction with white spirit, then decant it into a wine bottle and suck out most of the air with a Vac-Vin stopper. When I eventually mix up my Maloof oil, that's how I intend to keep it, suitably labelled - Rob
 
The second of the two tiny little dishes made from offcuts of 25mm English Walnut. I held this one right on the edge of the sacrificial blank:

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...so that the inside and outside could be turned, sanded and polished without taking it out of the chuck. A chisel was used on the paper interface to separate the bowl from the pine block:

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...and it was finished in the Cole Jaws as normal:

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Once I've got a few of these, they'll be off to raise money again for the local hospital - Rob
 
I certainly can't clain to have made this as all I did was download a free file, modify it a little and print the parts. Here they are fitted temprarily to an old Record 5 1/2 and it works surprisingly well. I used standard PLA+ with 20% infill structure but other filament types might be better.

The front handle just clips on and could be used on it's own without changing the original tote, the rear tote will need a modified machine screw to fit.
Does anyone know the thread details used on the old Records? I can probably make a screw to fit.

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The thread is a 12/20, I have a tap and die for it, I also have some Frog screws that are the same pitch if thats the right length.

Pete
 
I'm always a bit reluctant to post any metalworking given the amazing expertise of a certain Dr Al however I have a pretty thick skin and am usually happy enough with my amatuerish efforts given the limitations of my skill set. So here goes. I'm not desciplined enough to do WIPs so just a few 'photos and brief description.

I've long lusted after a decent shoulder plane and thought about trying to make one but recently thanks to my mate and fellow member Sam I "aquired" a rather nice 73 size EP version which is a joy to use, so inspired by that I've made a small one. Size approx 130mm long and 19mm wide with the blade just a smidge wider. Bed angle approx 15 deg. and blade sharpened at 25 deg. A lot of hacksawing, filing, drilling and tapping ensued.

Needs a final polish but it makes shavings. :) The brass rivets didn't peen over enough to disappear which I found annoying but that was down to my incompetence.

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I searched the scrap box and found enough brass in 3mm for the sides, a length of 12mm square bronze and some other bits. The lever was always gong to be an issue and I wanted that in brass also but unfortunately don't have any 12mm bar stock so scraped up a piece of SRBP which at least would show if it works. That was useless but I remembered some alloy I had somewhere which I've now used though I might replace that if I can find some brass that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

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The blade was also a head scratcher. I have a roll of 25 x 6mm O1 (I think), it's tool steel at any rate. Thought about cutting it from an old circular saw blade but decided an old 2mm thick plane blade would do the job.

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I forgot to say that the reason there are two MDF templates of the side is because I made up a wooden version first to see how it might work, or not. I drew the templates in Lightburn and cut them on the laser engraver.
 
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Pete Maddex said:
The thread is a 12/20, I have a tap and die for it, I also have some Frog screws that are the same pitch if thats the right length.

Pete
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Thanks Pete I have a box full of various parts from various planes and nothing is the right size. Isn't 12/20 an American thread? I have loads of old taps probably not that but I'll look and the other option is I cut down a knob threaded rod and turn a shorter cap which is easy enough on the little Cowells lathe. I could even re tap the body but then it can't revert back to a standard plane.
 
Very nice job, much more sophisticated than my only attempt at making something similar, which just had a wooden wedge.

For Record threads, this site confirms what Pete said. Record copied Stanley very closely!

 
That's fantastic & I'd put that at a substantial step above anything I've done. You definitely shouldn't be shy about posting your metalwork efforts!
 
Lons said:
Thanks Pete I have a box full of various parts from various planes and nothing is the right size. Isn't 12/20 an American thread? I have loads of old taps probably not that but I'll look and the other option is I cut down a knob threaded rod and turn a shorter cap which is easy enough on the little Cowells lathe. I could even re tap the body but then it can't revert back to a standard plane.
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You can drill and tap it to an m6 thread.

Pete
 
Dr.Al said:
That's fantastic & I'd put that at a substantial step above anything I've done. You definitely shouldn't be shy about posting your metalwork efforts!
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Thanks Al much appreciated but I'd disagree about it being anywhere near your projects.
 
Nice to see the wee Cowell getting covered in metal chips; it's a beauty.
Great work on the plane, Bob. I have a smaller one than the 73, about 10/12mm wide, looks approximately same dimensions as yours, fits in the hand well, and I find it indispensable for rounding small corners and so forth. Have fun with your 'homebake'.

Sam
 
A three legged oak stool.

Only two legs on display! ...

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Octagonal tapered legs which I planed on a simple jig ...

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Slightly dished seat ...

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Probably should have made the tenons a bit thinner ...

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I could have oriented the legs a bit better as the oak had some lovely medullary rays which are inward facing on two of the legs ...

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AndyP said:
Welcome Paul,
Nice design, looks like the front boards can be lifted out?
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Thanks AndyP. Yes, that's correct. Theres a little spacer nailed to the bottom of each board to keep it looking neat and tidy :)
 
Woodbloke said:
@Paul_Munford - Nice bins and that Cedar will take a very long time to rot.

I thought so too Andy. Very handy if they do! - Rob
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Thank you! I hope that Cedar will last well. It's screwed together with Stainless steel screws, so I'm a little worried that wood movement might fight with the screws and cause things to split or break apart... but we'll see. It'sa learnig experience!
 
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A three legged oak stool.

Only two legs on display! ...

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Octagonal tapered legs which I planed on a simple jig ...

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Slightly dished seat ...

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Probably should have made the tenons a bit thinner ...

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I could have oriented the legs a bit better as the oak had some lovely medullary rays which are inward facing on two of the legs ...

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The dished seat is a lovely touch :)
 
Some time ago I acquired 'free n'gratis' a bog standard, plastic handled Record No.4 with a view to fully fettling (and upgrading) it at a later date....like now :ROFLMAO:

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The sole was flattened and the frog was properly bedded into the plane casing; the frog surface contacting the blade was also flattened.

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The hideous plastic handle/tote were consigned to the bin and some new ones made from English Walnut. I also upgraded the original cutter/chipbreaker combo to a Quangsheg set from Workshop Heaven, together with a new steel 'Y' lever due to the increase thickness of the blade as well as stainless steel lever cap. It works a treat and takes rather nice, wispy shavings;

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.... from Pine (not much of a test) and Doussie (which is). The plane isn't needed and will be up for sale so I can recoup part of the cost of the upgraded components - Rob
 
Nice job Rob. It can't be easy selling newly made Cliftons for hundreds when there are so many good old Records around, just needing some TLC like this.
 
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Nice job Rob. It can't be easy selling newly made Cliftons for hundreds when there are so many good old Records around, just needing some TLC like this.
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Thanks Andy, but I wouldn't by a new Cliffie as the old green ones were IMO better...so I bought a couple of 'old skool' ones from CHT 😁 - Rob

Edit - this No.4 though would be great for a newbie to the forum who needed a decent smoother at a respectable price point
 
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