Sneak-Peak: The easiest plane you can make. (Patreon)

It’s ugly.

I know. 

But it also works. It works surprisingly well, and I made it in about 2 hours. If you recall my last video, I made a plane iron for about $4.00. The next step is to give that iron a home. I won’t know if that cheap iron is any good until I do some actual work with it.

So I made this hideous little oaken pickle. It’s mostly based on the well-known Krenov design that’s led to thousands of banana-shaped wooden planes being cranked-out in basement workshops. 

Like the Krenov, mine is laminated. Unlike the standard Krenov design, I’ve replaced the rotating, flat-faced wooden pin with a steel rod. And I’ve replaced the wedge with a simple screw-cap made from oak and some random hardware. I’ve also simplified the building process great deal.

Krenov and his disciples have made the whole building process a little more complicated than it needs to be. The fiddly little locating pins that keep the pieces together during glue-up? Unnecessary. The pains-taking fitting of the wedge? We can skip that, too. 

I’m not claiming any huge innovations here, but I am going to present an efficient and streamlined process for making a solid, precise, and adjustable plane that actually works.

This one is the prototype. In the video, I’ll make another one and take you through it step-by-step.

Also, the new one will look a little nicer. 

Stay tuned.