Jeez Chuck, that's beautiful.  
  Say, I was just using my tiny slick with its gorgeous apple handle made years
ago by you. Best money I never spent!
   keep the faith, old friend..yr pl gam in OlyWA 


How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one
cares for none of them!
Jane Austen 

    On Sunday, April 5, 2020, 08:44:21 PM PDT, Chuck Taylor via OldTools
 wrote:
 
 Gentle Galoots,

Did someone say "boxwood"? Here is a picture of a plane I made from boxwood
during a 1-week plane-making class at http://www.insidepassage.ca">http://www.insidepassage.ca back in 2008.
It is a Krenov-style plane, the 2nd one I made that week. The first was a
smoother made from Jatoba. I posted pictures of that one at the time.

The school had a bunch of different kinds of wood available for making
additional planes, including a hunk of boxwood that looked good to me.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/38wa2ctdbmkpd8a/BoxwoodPlane.jpg?dl=0

You shouldn't have to sign in to see that photo.

Dimensions are 17" long, 2" wide, and 1-7/8" tall. The Hock iron is 1-1/4" wide.
The Krenov-trained instructor called it a jointer. It is smaller than a
traditional jointer, but works well for edge-joining components of small- to
medium-sized boxes and cabinets.

It is probably Turkish boxwood. The wood was a pleasure to work and planed like
a dream. A little pricey though.

Cheers,
Chuck Taylor
hunkered down north of Seattle USA




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