“Planes in a tool chest drawer” Oil painting on canvas

Oil on canvas, 2010, 400mm by 520mm. This portray exhibits a plane by the most wonderful plane maker all over Bill Carter. It also exhibits a smaller violin aircraft and a no 2 sized english sample smoother I designed myself (the original can bee found in my good tools established). In conditions of the oil… Continue reading “Planes in a tool chest drawer” Oil painting on canvas

“Crown dovetailed Skewed Mitre Plane Crafted by Hand”

This content describes the construction and features of a large mitre plane made of brass and steel. The plane has a skew mouth and an adjustable toe section that allows the mouth to be adjusted. The brass bridge pivots on a pin and the front handle or tote is removable to access the nut that… Continue reading “Crown dovetailed Skewed Mitre Plane Crafted by Hand”

small shoulder plane small

A tiny shoulder aircraft in brass and steel. The wood is ebony. I built it to consider an aged report shoulder aircraft blade, so it employs the identical procedure with a nut which operates in a slot in the blade as the adjuster. It functions properly but the wedge is styled a bit additional for… Continue reading small shoulder plane small

Oil on canvas “Boxwood handled chisels”

Oil on canvas, Boxwood taken care of paring chisels. This is a nevertheless daily life of my assortment of London sample, octagonal dealt with chisels demonstrated as they sit organized in the drawer of my instrument chest. The various colours of the handles present the unique ages of the chisels. The yellowest 1 is rather… Continue reading Oil on canvas “Boxwood handled chisels”

Leather carving chisel roll

The old, antique environmentally friendly baize and hessian tool roll which utilized to hold my carving chisels really substantially fell apart, unfortunately. So I made this leather-based substitution. It works rather properly and appears to be fantastic. It retains the chisels a great deal greater than the outdated a single far too for the reason… Continue reading Leather carving chisel roll