box maker's plow plane

Lee Valley suggests that with weather being what it is throughout the US and  Canada, this time to head for the shop and do a bit of woodworking. 

The weather here is cold, and we have 3 or 4 inches of snow. But shop time is a near everyday thing for me.

Yesterday I decided to give my new Veritas Box Maker's plow planes a test, while also rethinking my simple clamping system that uses a common wood bodied hand screw.

With the plow plane I'd wondered whether I might use plane irons from my old Record Multi Plane, and learned that I could.  I used a 1/8 in radius beading cutter to make a practice run on a piece of western cedar and got perfect results. 

Turning a hand screw into an effective clamp for holding stock is relatively easy. For schools interested in converting desks to work benches, it can offer a cost effective alternative to woodworking vises that are expensive to buy and difficult to install.

Make, fix and create...