http://www.violinmaking-planes.com Violin makers planes and other small hand planes Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:41:03 +0000 en hourly 1 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 [...] http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/25/hammacher-schlemmer-co-no-1-violin-plane/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/25/hammacher-schlemmer-co-no-1-violin-plane/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:22:59 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=25 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/25/hammacher-schlemmer-co-no-1-violin-plane/feed/ 0 Here are a pair of violin making planes signed "HS & Co." which were marketed by Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. at the turn of the 20th Century. Both of these tiny little planes have a body only 1" long and an iron measuring 3/8" wide. Although they're the same model number (a No. 1 can [...]