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/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 [...]