http://www.handplane.com Hand planes, Stanley planes, infill planes & planemaking Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:03:48 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/archives/169 http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane/feed 0 One of the curious oddities in Australian plane making over the last 80 years has been the designs and patents of Herbert Edward Watkinson in the 1930’s. At the time H.E. Watkinson was a cabinetmaker residing in Launceston, Tasmania who had developed a plane in which the pitch, or cutting angle, of the blade could [...] http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-infill-block-plane-review http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-infill-block-plane-review#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:56:03 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=24 http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-infill-block-plane-review/feed 0 Ashby Low-Angle Block Plane Reviewed by Bob Howard The inspiration for this tool is the legendary Norris plane. With that as his guide, Phil Ashby, a longtime Adelaide-based woodworker, has set out to make a plane which has, as he puts it, “the excellence of old”. In recognition of the demands of the modern market, he has also [...] http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:40:59 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=15 http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under/feed 0 After several years of development H.N.T Gordon and Co sold their first classic hand planes in 1995. Since then the business has concentrated on making a range of high quality hand crafted woodworking planes at an affordable price which have now sold to woodworkers and craftspeople all over the world. Located in Alstonville in northern [...] http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:40:03 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=26 http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes/feed 0 The following text was taken from a three-page promotional leaflet which was acquired in 1992. Originally there were no pictures with the leaflet and the ones here were sourced from the magazine “Australian Wood Review”. While it is understood that the company no longer produces planes on a full-time basis, they may still have finished hand [...] http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:32:10 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=25 http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets/feed 0 These advertising pamphlets are from the Australian maker of dovetailed infill planes, C. R. Miller Planes. The first is from around 1996 and features original “old style engraved” illustrations of some of C. R. Miller’s range on one side, with a background on the maker and plane specification information on the reverse side. The second pamphlet, [...] http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:09:07 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=27 http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane/feed 0 NOTE: The following text and scans are taken from a brochure released by the Ashby Tool Company sometime in early 1996. I’ve included it on this site because it’s always nice to have brochures, catalogs, advertisements and other historical documents from the manufacturers themselves, as they help to provide part of the overall picture of [...]