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[johnnyw]

I think someone is busted

[Simmy]

I did, I had other attempts before, and I bought it part shaped, but I actually did, if i took some close up pics there are a fair few sanding marks etc, from all my sanding

you asked for bat making tools! aday before u posted this up u got them tools well fast didnt u?

if u just sanded it fair enough but thats it

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Wanted tools on Monday, made a bat on Tuesday

Someone snap the lad up. Great stuff

The craig david of the bat making world....Kez get me travisher ya (No Swearing Please)

Shamoooon

[Talisman]

I believe in you Leachy, don't listen to those bitter old men.....

[Red Ink Cricket]

Less of the old thanks!

[wilkie113]

Haha unbelievable bat making tekkers if he has turned it around in a day.

Innocent until proven guilty, proce us all wrong lad

[Talisman]

He is a God walking amongst mortals, he isn't a very naughty boy, he's the messiah.

[wilkie113]

He is a God walking amongst mortals, he isn't a very naughty boy, he's the messiah.

ahaha!

I wonder if he got the cleft delivered by Owl?

[Talisman]

I think he is more a Brian than a Harry....

[junter97]

Pics leachy please! Or admit you didn't make it. Please

[Alvaro]

This is Beach's thread; methinks it has been sullied enough. Back on topic and admire some real handiwork I say.

[Beachcricket]

This is on the blog, plus a piece I wrote about my views on Pod Shaving

From the blog:

Since I'll shortly be tackling some figured maple for the making of a hand plane, I thought it would be a good idea for me to close the mouth on a wooden plane I already made. Whilst it functions admirably, there is room for improvement. I had a couple of ebony offcuts that were tidied up on the shooting board (already worth its in Gold) and set about removing some wood from the sole.


Using the projected blade to rest the ebony block against, I mark out the area with a knife


The piece of ebony in question, all squared up.



Cleaned up and flattened.


I probably should have had the grain running down the sole, but it may prove to be a nice contrast once cleaned up.


Glued and clamped

I'll see what it looks like in the morning.

[Fezballoh]

Nice one Beachy. I need to do something like this with my home made concaving plane. You're full of good ideas! Do you work as a carpenter full time or are you a talented amatuer?

[Beachcricket]

Just an amateur who loves making stuff, I wish it was my job. It's quite common to need to do this for old wooden planes but it's the first time I've had a go. I've posted the next part of this on my blog, I'll put it here soon.

[Beachcricket]

A quick look this morning revealed that the ebony block had glued in nicely. So I set about cleaning up the sole.


A block plane worked perfectly but I went on stroke too far as can be seen by the gap. Ooops!


Some 60 grit sandpaper stuck to a piece of MDF works perfectly to quickly remove the bulk of the waste on the sole.


A few areas around the edges remain untouched but the majority is nice and flat.


A vast improvement

The small chips you can see in the blade are incredibly frustrating. I have spent hours trying to get a uniform edge but the blade continues to flake when I start to sharpen or use it. I don't have a grinder and I do my sharpening by hand so the blade has never been overheated. The grinding marks are from when I first bought the iron, so as you can see it's barely been used.


Edit: Now sorted the edge, I needed to increase the bevel angle on the tip. Thanks to Phil from Philly Planes.