From the Workshop

September 28, 2010

Window to my workshop 45

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For some time I have been looking for a simple copying lathe just to turn the buns on my No 98 series planes.  I have not been able to find anything suitable.  So I decided to buy a standard lathe and purchased a second hand Wadkin BZL woodturning lathe.  I then tried to find a copying attachment, which just led to more dead ends. 

 As it happened my brother made one of his visits from France and he is always looking for a little job in my workshop.  So it seemed to be a good idea set him with the task of making this tool.

 Until this lathe came along all my wood working was done on my Harrison M250 engineering lathe.  Which is a bit drastic just for turning wood.  Up until I got this lathe all my buns were turned from scratch with just a template reference, so I was getting desperate for a system of repeatability.

 Harrison M250 lathe
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September 22, 2010

Knobs

Just a few more pictures of buns before I move on to the next subject.  As you see I can work both the rosewood and the polymer side by side.

Pictures only, no text needed.

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September 20, 2010

Window to my workshop 44

 

A few more pictures to conclude the subject of polymer.  Feel free to comment on whether it is worth it when you have seen the finished product. 

Hopefully this plane will be on exhibition at the WIA conference next month with The Best Things.

As you can see the polymer is worked in the same way as wood and the shaping is all done by hand.

Another view showing the fixing recess.
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September 15, 2010

Window to my workshop 43

What about polymer?

 

It is workable.
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