I can't make the chat tonight - ?'s for Wayne
Wendell @ Murphy, TX
>What a bummer!! I have a woodworking club meeting tonight that I won't get home from till 10PM CDT. I missed the chat with Adam because of this same conflict. I had read Chris Schwarz's profile of Wayne in the new issue Popular Woodworking. I was really looking forward to the chat and asking some questions.
Since I can't make the chat, I thought I would post some of the questions I would like to ask.
I would like to make some infill planes someday. I am going to start with a kit from Shepherd Tools for my first attempt (on order now as we speak), but eventually I want to make them from scratch. In the PW article, it mention that Wayne started by making an improve mitre plane. Do think you mitre planes are a good first project to make from scratch? I was thinking of starting with a box mitre plane with no adjuster as my first project. I noticed that Wayne offers skewed irons on some of his improved mitre plane designs. In my mind, a skewed iron box mitre plane is the ultimate shooting board plane. Is it much harder to make a plane with a skewed iron? Is the performance difference worth the effort?
To me, it seems like the biggest obstacle in making an infill plane from scratch is fabricating a lever cap and blade. Wayne, could you tell us how you make your lever caps? Do you cast them or mill them from solid stock? I really like the snecked iron on the improved mitre pictured in the PW article. Do you make these yourself? If so, how? forge or milled?
Finally, are there some reference that you would recommend to someone who wants to start making infill planes?
Hope y'all have fun at the chat tonight. I'll be sure to read the transcript when it's available.
Wendell