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Bill Carter – 100 Miniature Boxwood Planes

Well, 100 miniature boxwood planes, plus a couple of dozen more for good measure. The extras aren’t just made from boxwood though as there are one or two made from other woods, such as lignum vitae. Bill Carter is a master planemaker who has been making all kinds of planes for the past 25 years [...]

Violin Maker’s Planes By Christopher Martyn

These violin maker’s planes in cherry, elder, boxwood, lignum vitae and other exotic woods have all been made by Christopher Martyn of Winchester, Hampshire. Using his own designs and imagination, Christopher decided to make miniature planes as he needed them, being an avid maker of both violins and guitars. The planes are constructed using the [...]

Beech Violin Maker’s Plane By H. R. West

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 [...]