Been watch a Chinese set of vids lately.The fellow in these has some SERIOUS chisel skills. While some of his videos do have Closed Captioning, most do not. Sometimes, you just turn the sound off, and just sit and watch. First in a series of three on building a Jack Plane

The one bench he uses makes my rearend hurt.The "Hammer" he uses is very nice. He does start the swings BEFORE the chisel is set, sometimes, and still hits the mark.

Got a piece of Oak, all marked up, and awaiting MY poor chisels. I'll just use my "Normal" hammer for mine.

A look at the iron, and a side view of the blank. Irons sit in the rear third of the body, on these.

Top view. Lots of lines to cut at. The triangle area is the escapement area, with the two "eyes".

Not all that big a plane, either.Still have to make a through mortise for the crossbar "handle" to go through.

Now, I think Arlin is lusting after this chunk of wood

11/4 by 11/4 by 22" long. Yep, it is a green colour. Know of any use for it???

Know of any use for it???

how hard is it?

Yea I do know a use for it... In my stash LOL

Last night, BEFORE I left for work, did a little sawing

 

Well it might not be a Frame saw. Also did a little chisel type stuff

 

One of several used with that strange hammer. Managed to get a hole through the stock

 

While leaving the lines to pare to. Still need to chop a bit more, before this thing will fit in

Ya think???

Looks like it will work fine

Got a little more chopping done

 

a little more sawing done

Made a wedge out of walnut (for now) and added a "handle"

 

then off to the carving stuff, again.Added an oil finish

 

 

on that old oak. Waiting on the finish to dry awhile, then the fettle can begin.

Iron needs a camber ground into it, so it can be a Jack plane

 

 

still had some scrap under the plane, as it is flat on the sole. Lot of work...

Nice hand tool project brought up from the archives.