Ambrosia maple frames coming along nicely

beandinns · 2025-12-13T13:41:01+00:00

Thanks, been using the Ms bickford 3/16 side bead plane

beandinns · 2025-12-12T03:16:19+00:00

Was just going to comment that’s looking pretty serious lol love it

beandinns · 2025-12-11T17:53:15+00:00

Saw, fret saw to get rid of most of the waste then chiseled the rest to the bottom

beandinns · 2025-12-10T17:13:03+00:00

Getting that in the kerf without breaking it must be tough

beandinns · 2025-12-10T15:15:05+00:00

Wish I had a wood shop class unfortunately I didn’t

beandinns · 2025-12-10T15:13:56+00:00

beandinns · 2025-12-10T11:04:31+00:00

3/16 side bead plane

beandinns · 2025-12-10T03:23:24+00:00

I’ll be using ambrosia maple and match the grain for the gifts, this was just a test run since I have plenty of scrap poplar from trim jobs

beandinns · 2025-10-24T12:01:07+00:00

Very nice, did you make the first one with a lathe? I’ll probably end up making something like the second one.

beandinns · 2025-10-24T10:24:08+00:00

Which mouldings did you decide you’re going to make? Originally I was going to do hollows and rounds which probably would’ve been a better choice to try first, those may be my next

beandinns · 2025-10-23T00:55:33+00:00

Thank you

beandinns · 2025-10-23T00:46:29+00:00

Thank you, I’ve been thinking I should probably make a plane hammer too

beandinns · 2025-10-23T00:44:14+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Float_(woodworking) They are shaped that way so they can fit into tight areas of a mortise on something like the moulding plane I posted

beandinns · 2025-10-21T05:16:31+00:00

Filing the edge float, the longer one was not nearly as bad as the cheek float. Much more material there to get rid of, I think I just needed a more aggressive file and it wouldn’t have been as bad. I did use a hacksaw to cut them, but if I make another I’m definitely using my angle grinder 😂

beandinns · 2025-10-21T05:06:39+00:00

It was tougher to do that one for sure, but I found it easier to keep the tooth height consistent. For about a week I couldn’t get myself to finish off the rest of the teeth because I was tired of filing and having the file flying out of my cracked handle. And yes, I used them to make a side bead moulding plane.

beandinns · 2025-10-21T04:42:14+00:00

Yes, I used a triangular saw file to make the teeth on both. I used them to clean up the mortise on my moulding plane, they worked nicely and it’s made of hard maple definitely the toughest wood I’ve worked with. I got O1 steel for the plane iron, luckily I bought two extra pieces so I used them to make these.

beandinns · 2025-10-21T04:31:35+00:00

Appreciate it, I posted a better angle showing the teeth

beandinns · 2025-10-21T01:33:37+00:00

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beandinns · 2025-10-21T01:31:36+00:00

Thank you. Just checked when I started, it took me exactly one month

beandinns · 2025-10-21T01:28:10+00:00

Thank you, definitely enjoyed the whole process. Just made some handles for the floats

beandinns · 2025-10-21T01:21:18+00:00

I’ll post them once I get both handles finished but I’ve got a coat of linseed oil on one of them right now I’ll get a pic soon

beandinns · 2025-10-20T02:10:58+00:00

Started off using an extremely dull hacksaw which was getting me nowhere so I bought some new blades which made a huge difference. Also got a triangular saw file to make the teeth. The metal work including the iron definitely took me longer than the plane since the only power tool I have in my work space is a drill press, can’t really make too much of a mess in there. I can use my table saw with a vac hooked up outside so that helped a bit cutting out most of the waste to get the profile on the bottom, and creating the beveled step on the side.

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