Compass Plane
Amongst many projects I'm making a rocking horse on bow rockers and would like to track down a compass (or circular) hand plane.
I found a Stanley #113 some years back but it's incomplete, the knob that controls the curvature of the base is missing. It has a LH thread on the outside and a RH thread internally. To add to the pain the cast section it screws into has been broken and bronze welded so the thread may need cleaning up which means determining the thread and organsing a LH tap. Mine is also missing the palm rest behind the blade.
I found a knob on Ebay which after adding freight etc. comes to over $60. I'm just trying to convince myself that a $60 knob is worthwhile especially as the thread may still need re-tapping.
The outside of the curve I can probably do with a conventional hand plane, the inside with spokeshaves. Neither will be easy to get an even curve.
Any other ideas how to finish plane a large curved piece of timber ?
Colin
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