Small Smoothing Plane WIP #2
I’ve done a little more work on the SSP over the last few days.
There’s a bit of work to do yet, but it looks like I may be able to get it ready for the show at Rycotewood next weekend. The priority jobs are to heat treat the iron and flatten the sole. Other jobs to finish the plane include tyding up the lever cap, shaping/sanding/finishing the infills, but if I run out of time, these can wait until after the show.
Being the most impatient man on the planet, I’ve already assembled the plane with a donor iron and lever cap, just to see if it would produce a shaving, and despite the iron being way too thin, resulting in a mouth opening of about 2mm, and not having flattened the sole yet, it performed pretty well, leaving a nice finish on Oak when going with the grain, but as would be expected, it tore out a little when going against the grain. The first shavings always give a great feeling of achievement, and I must say that i’m quite proud of what I’ve achieved so far, let’s hope i don’t screw it up as I approach the finish line.
Cheers
Aled
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