Planes - Homemade and Modified

 Most of my planes are used.  

I have purchased some new ones: a Veritas small plow plane and a Lie Nielsen large router plane.  They have the benefit of over a hundred years of prior art.  They have small differences that make them function just as well and "feel" a bit better to use.

I've made planes too.  The 1st one I made is "The poor man's rebate plane" following Paul Seller's video.  It makes a rebate as well as the plow plane would IMO.  It's just limited to rebates. 

Rex Krueger has a video building one also. 

They both have videos to make a router plane as well.   I followed the Stumpy Nubs video to try it out.

The 3rd one I made  is a scrub plane.  It works fantastic!

It's a laminated plane from oak I rived.  The blade is from an old block plane with a heavy radius.  The cross pin is a 1/4" bolt.  The wedge is also oak.

The only real problem I have is that the blade pops out after using it for awhile. 

I think the problem is either the hardwood wedge or using a bolt instead of a wood pin ala Krenov planes.

I bought a cheap #4 from Harbor Freight & just radiused the blade.

It's easier to adjust than my wooden one.

The blade is junk & doesn't keep an edge.  I purchased a pack of 5 Calialstro blades for $30.  They tested well in James Wright's epic plane blade test.  They can't be worse.

It's not as fun as the wooden plane but I'm no longer interrupted to reassemble things.