Violinmaking Planes » User Made Violinmaking Planes http://www.violinmaking-planes.com Violin makers planes and other small hand planes Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:41:03 +0000 en hourly 1 Sappy Cocobolo Violin Plane http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/42/sappy-cocobolo-violin-plane/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/42/sappy-cocobolo-violin-plane/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 01:47:29 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=42 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/42/sappy-cocobolo-violin-plane/feed/ 0 A tiny, yet nice and simple, violinmaker's plane made out of one piece of cocobolo. This plane has a sapwood sole which contrasts nicely with the richer, darker heart wood. Not that the softer sapwood is really going to wear out that fast anyway. Cocobolo is quite a hard, dense timber so it should hold [...] Five Fancy Engraved Violinmaker’s Planes http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:22:37 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=24 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/24/five-fancy-engraved-violinmakers-planes/feed/ 0 The swirling lines and attractive stippled background look great on these five modern violin maker's planes. Cast in gunmetal and carefully engraved by someone who obviously knows what they're doing, these violin planes bear the name "M Weston" on the side, possibly being the name of the maker himself or the owner (though we suspect [...] Beech Violin Maker’s Plane By H. R. West http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/56/beech-violin-makers-plane-by-h-r-west/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/56/beech-violin-makers-plane-by-h-r-west/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:42:44 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=1 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/56/beech-violin-makers-plane-by-h-r-west/feed/ 0 Here we have an American user-made violinmaker's plane by H.R. West. Made from beech wood and measuring only about 1 3/4" long, it has been constructed in two halves and "pinned" together with wooden dowels (possibly walnut). Though not the "traditional" method of hand plane construction, it is, nonetheless, a very valid one -- especially [...]