The list is made and I've got three-dozen gifts to make in the next 5 weeks. One of the gifts my son Carter and I have been working on is turned cheese planes. Shown below is a very basic PIP for this project. Craft Supplies did have some very rudimentary instructions on their site, but I cannot find the download this morning. The key is the correct size of rabbeted tenon for the metal ferrule. I used scrap figured maple for the handles.
Drilling the hole for the tang (above). The tape works as a depth stop for the hole.
Shaping the headstock (above).
Mearsuring the outside diameter of the female end of the turning. I think this was a 9/16" wrench (above). A good fit of the ferrule on the rabbeted tenon is crucial.
Carter sanding the handle smooth (above).
Carter applying the finish (above).
The first three completed cheese planes.
Marlen @ WOOD
