S-06 Smoothing Plane

Materials

Sole
A36 / mild steel
Sides
A36 / mild steel
Lever cap
303 stainless
Screw
303 stainless

Specifications

Type
Coffin smoother
Length
7.4"
Iron width
2.375"
Bed angle
45°

This was my first effort at a curved-side infill smoothing plane. It is modeled closely on an old Spiers infill smoother in my collection. Many hours went into closely measuring the plane and modeling the metal parts in CAD so I could outsource rough cutting of the metal to a laser to jump start my process. Some modifications were made intentionally: the lever cap pin is removable (and thus has visible screw heads instead a pin peened flush) and I used a single 3/16" O1 iron rather than the double-iron arrangement on the original. Many other deviations I'm sure were introduced unintentionally.

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