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/38/ge-scarr-violinmakers-planes/ http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/38/ge-scarr-violinmakers-planes/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:27:50 +0000 Administrator http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/?p=38 http://www.violinmaking-planes.com/38/ge-scarr-violinmakers-planes/feed/ 0 Belonging to collector and tool seller, Jim Bode, these G.E. Scarr violin maker's planes are in near mint, and practically unused, condition and come complete with their original red japanning. Made from gunmetal, the largest plane is 2 1/8" long and has a 3/4" iron, the middle plane is 1 5/8" long with a 9/16" [...] 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 [...]