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bagarre

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Whew! :)

If you are contemplating a rabbet plane, this is a good place to stop. You can even just wedge a chisel in it, at this point, too, to make a passable rabbet plane. If you just make some saw cuts and chisel out the waste, you can be rabbetting in half hour. :)

And, yes, I see the blade isn't flat on the bed, but it's hard to hold, and I haven't done my magic trick to ensure a perfectly mated bed and blade, yet. ;) I'll do that with the blade and wedge after the plane body is done...

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They are fun. And a good way to make a little pocket change on the side. ;)

Mine is almost done. A little trimming and shaping of the body, finishing the sole and blade grind and cutting a wedge.

The wedge on mine will actually fill part of the mouth, because I caved and flipped the blade.

I also plan to make a perfectly true interface between the bed and the blade, but that has to wait for a wedge.

Another 20 minutes of work, after the glue dries. I'm in it for about an hour, so far, including scaring up the scrap wood and blade blank.

Ah, shoot. I'm probably going to embellish it a bit and through rivet the body with some copper wire. I think I'll give this to a buddy I know what makes guitars and don't build his own planes.

Careful. Planes and knives are 17x10^458900000000000000 times more addictive to make than boats. :)

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