Plane CAD
ThomD
>Anyone know of a source of reliable CAD drawings for planes out there on the web, or other good sources of detailed drawings? Or collections of really good pictures from profile, plan, and body views. I am looking for all wood body, English/Colonial planes, smoothers, jointers, jacks, moding planes. everything. I've been making planes of every description for about 25 years, so I don't need any how to information. I am just interested in getting the correct proportions and details for this category of planes. This is one of the few styles for which I have very little access. I only have a half dozen historic versions. There are lots of tool collectors around here, so i could probably scare some models up. Still I thought why overlook the obvious possibility that there is some good archives already out there.
I would like to see some good tote designs, since the one I currently have drawn is simple.
I think CAD makes molding plane construction a lot easier than having to draw everything with projections.
Also, what tools are used to make the relief to the top of the plane bodies? Looks like a combination of gouge and rounding plane, however the planes in my collection arent consistent as to tools used, and on some the end grain is obviously cut with a straight chisel.