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Hey Folks,

After finishing a project that has left the shop, I usually try to make something that will stay in the shop. However, this time I decided to make something to go to someone else’s shop.

Every year about this time, the Phinney Neighborhood Association holds its annual fundraising dinner. The event includes a silent auction of donated items. So in order to generate interest in our community wood shop, I decided to make a James Krenov style smoothing plane and to put it up for auction.



The 1 1/2″ wide blade is a Ron Hock, O1 steel with chip breaker. The body is black cherry and the cross pin and wedge are wenge. The only finish is a couple of coats of Anarchist’s Daughter Soft Wax.


Hopefully, it will generate some interest, as an auction item but also in the wood shop as well. I’m toying with the idea of offering a class in how to build one.

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Tom, that is gorgeous! I hope it gets the bids it deserves!

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Tom, A wonderful work of art and mechanics.
Should receive lots of bids.

Duan

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Duan Packard
Kerrville, Texas

dum vivimus, vivamus

Beautiful tool, and by the looks of the shavings it works as well as it looks. In the old days they said you tell the skill of a craftsman by looking at his tools since way back when, people made their tools instead of buying them