Spring 2 2011 Meeting Photos

[Bill Minnick]

Don McConnell brings to the meeting an 18th century molding plane with a complex profile.

 

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Don McConnell explains the bed angle on a bench plane.

Don explains why he uses an Old Street Tool 14-inch long strike-block plane in conjunction with his shooting board.

 

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Don demonstrates how a plane float levels a plane bed.

Don sharpens a molding plane iron on an oilstone.

 

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Tapping iron with a brass hammer advances cutting edge.

A mallet firmly sets the wedge.

 

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Using a marking gauge, Don adds reference line for rough planning profile.

Pencil line indicates molding profile. Scribed lines are plane reference lines.

 

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To demonstrate how to use a snipes-bill plane, Don scribes a reference line on the molding face.

Using the scribed line as a guide, Don uses a snipes-bill plane to plane out a notch in the wood face.

 

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After the snipes-bill plane, Don uses a rabbet plane to widen the cut area.

 

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To make an ogee molding, Don begins cutting profile on molding stock.

Don uses a moving fillister plane to remove large sections of wood.

 

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Don turns a small rabbet plane on its side to precisely cut to a reference line.

Don continues to plane the profile to the pencil reference line.

 

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Half the profile is finished with the bottom concave section remaining to be cut.

Don begins working on the bottom section of the profile.