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Dr.Al

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Some of you may remember that a little while ago I made a handle to make shooting stuff more comfortable:

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More info here: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7410#p122922

It works really well and has been an almost permanent attachment to my low angle jack plane. However, it has two (arguably rather minor) problems:

  1. Firstly, while it gives the gap between thumb and forefinger something comfortable to push against, it doesn't give the rest of the hand something comfortable to hold on to: you're still gripping the side of the plane.
  2. Secondly, it has to be removed if I want to put the plane away:

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I was in a machining mood yesterday so I decided to have a go at making a new version, which I finished this morning.

Here it is in bits:

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Another view:

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The body and knurled nut are brass; the handle is 303 stainless steel; the pivot screw is EN3B mild steel, the pin is EN1A mild steel (the hole in the end is tapped M2.5 to help pull it out of its hole if required). The flat strip is 1 mm thick aluminium, used to stop the grub screws from damaging the side of the plane.

Partly assembled:

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Fully assembled and fitted:

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This is what it looks like in use:

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Undoing the knurled knob allows the handle to pivot 90°...

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... which means the plane now fits on the shelf with the handle attached (and also means the handle doesn't stick out the side of the plane while I'm using the plane for non-shooting stuff):

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Well, that shows how a proper engineer solves a problem - nice one.
 
Nice job. Yours doesn’t look as much like a Penis as the commercial version, was this a deliberate design consideration?!
:text-lol:

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Woodster":3njvp14r said:
Nice job. Yours doesn’t look as much like a Penis as the commercial version, was this a deliberate design consideration?!
:text-lol:

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:text-lol:

I hadn't made that connection, but I can see what you mean!

£75 and it doesn't even rotate out the way when not in use ;)
 
Brilliant job Alan, congratulations.
I use my 5 1/2 with a folded cloth as a cushion for shooting and it still kills my hand.

John
 
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