Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
new member in the plane family #9 *LINK*
Rolf Schmid
>This time the metalworking of my ninth plane is done.
A 245mm long block plane. I weights 2,5 kg
only the wooden totes are to be built.
As usual it is milled from solid steel and grinded on a sureface grinder.
regards
Rolf
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Re: new member in the plane family #9
steve knight
>looks good. but you do have deep pockets (G)
Re: new member in the plane family #9
Rick Hoppe (Los Angeles)
>Rolf, do you mean to say that you milled the body out of one solid block of steel? (as opposed to dovetailing or welding the sides to the sole)
Re: new member in the plane family #9
Murray in Palo Alto
>Rolf,
Looks great. What steel do you use for this? What type of heat treatment?
Thanks,
Murray
Re: new member in the plane family #9
Rolf Schmid
>the plane is milled of one solid block of mild steel, the german standard is ST 37 or S275.
the body of the plane has no heat treatment.
the HSS blade got his heattreatment by an profesional and is kryo treated
regards
rolf