Moulding Plane - Woodworking Talk

hands made for wood · 10-15-2009, 08:00 PM

So... having taken on a refinising job for an antique oak dresser there were a couple mouldings I had to replace but I didn't have the router bits to make another... Anyways after a buying a grinder I decided to make a custom molding plane here's a few pics of the end product. Having not have had any maple I made the plane out of ceder.

firehawkmph · 10-15-2009, 08:25 PM

Pretty cool Levi,
Nice job. Does it work well? What did you start out with to make the plane iron?
Mike Hawkins

hands made for wood · 10-15-2009, 08:54 PM

yeah it was just a piece of welding iron, speaking of the blade do you have any advice as to what type of metal to use for plane blades? yeah it works pretty good I need to make a little bigger space for the shavings to run through but other than that I am quite pleased with it.

ihackwood · 10-17-2009, 01:30 PM

tool steel is what i would of got,

woodman42 · 10-18-2009, 11:55 AM

Now thats creative. You have more patience than I do. I would have bought a router bit.

red · 10-19-2009, 09:20 AM

That's using your head. Very nice work.

Red

Gerry KIERNAN · 10-19-2009, 09:32 AM

Nice looking moulding plane. Spring steel would probably work well if you can find a piece thick enough. Another thing you could try would be old blades from a band saw mill.

Gerry