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Rabbet Plane From a Pine Block and a 1 in Chisel (Boy Mechanic, 1915)
W. H. Young needed a rabbet plane in a hurry and made one "in less time than it would have taken to go out and borrow one" (The Boy Mechanic, Book 2, 1915): a foot of 2 by 4 in pine, a 1 in chisel for the bit and a long wood screw to hold it.
Beginner
About 1 hour
Instructions
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His sizes in centimetres
His sizes in centimetres
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Read The Boy Mechanic, Book 2
Read The Boy Mechanic, Book 2
"The body of the plane was made of a piece of 2 by 4-in. pine, 1 ft. long. A 1-in. chisel was used for the bit."
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Bore the throat
Bore the throat
Cut a 1 ft length of 2 by 4 in pine. Mark on one side where the chisel will lie, and bore a 1 in hole right through the narrow way so that one edge of the bit position cuts through the bottom, making a slit for the chisel edge.
Materials for this step:
Pine Board1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Brace and Bit
Pencil
Tape Measure4
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Bed the chisel
Bed the chisel
Cut a groove for the chisel blade, lay a 1 in chisel in it with its edge through the slit, and turn in a long wood screw, as in his figure, to hold the chisel in place.
Materials for this step:
Wood Screws1 pieceTools needed:
Chisels
Hand Drill5
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Rabbet plane troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From "How to Make a Rabbet Plane" by W. H. Young, Thompson, Ga., in **The Boy Mechanic, Book 2**, Popular Mechanics, 1915 (Project Gutenberg 44585; checked on the archive.org scan boymechanicbook200chic2, pp. 152-153). He gives no bit angle or screw size: follow his figure. The tools and metric figures are ours.
Materials
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