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My Planes

Finished planes I’ve built.

Brass Infill Rabbet Plane

Brass Infill Rabbet Plane

A.W. Gibbs 2025

Mini infill rabbet plane with dovetailed brass/steel and rosewood infill. Created as an exercise in replicating a particular antique plane. The original had a cast shell; this one is dovetailed. Other than that, and the choice of metal for the sides of this iteration, it is as dimensionally close to the original as could be achieved.

No. 4 Molding Plane Pair

No. 4 Molding Plane Pair

A.W. Gibbs 2022

Matched pair of No. 4 hollow and round molding planes built in beech.

S-06 Smoothing Plane

S-06 Smoothing Plane

A.W. Gibbs 2026

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.