Holy shit.

My wooden plane
Originally uploaded by gchpaco

I received a wooden smoothing plane from eBay the other day. I'm guessing late 1800s. Body's split a little in a couple places, wedge is fine, pretty good for something maybe a hundred and fifty years old. I notice the steel sharpens easily, and is in pretty good condition. Finally I get a chance to try it out on my bench outside, beautiful results.

Okay, so a given that it's leaving a glassy surface behind. That's the whole point of it. Just for kicks I took one of the thinner shavings in. This plane, which I adjust by hitting it with a hammer, took a shaving two and a half thousandths of an inch thick, if I am reading my caliper correctly. With a minimum of setup.

Oh, I'm keepin' this one.