I’ve been playing with the idea of making a wooden plane for a while and decided to start with a small block plane to replace my vintage Millers Falls No. 57. The alternative would be to buy a Lie-Nielsen #60 1/2 but those little wonders are expensive….
I want it to be a low angle plane but making a wooden plane with a 12º bed is out of question, the body would be too thin to handle the strain, so I decided to take a different approach and instead of making a bevel up plane this will have the blade resting with the bevel down on a 37º bed.
This design should have the same cutting effect of the #60 1/2 since the angle of attack of a bevel up plane is the sum of the bed angle and the angle of the bevel of the blade (usually 12º + 25º respectively).
Pictured above is a sketch I made using SketchUp to have an idea of the dimensions. I guess it will work out fine!
The SketchUp model isn’t perfect but will give you an idea of all the parts and dimensions.
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Just looking at the veritas angle for tricky wood is 63 degrees. You could also have the bevel down and cut the bed angle at something like 63 degrees.
Hey Luis:
Like the drawering and guidance you’re giving us. The way plane numbers are thrown around you’ll have a L-Martin 6.75
Neil