Anticipation for Mouldings in Practice

If you're reading this, I think I know a few things about you. First, you're into hand tools, maybe exclusively, maybe not, but you like them. Second you're familiar with Lost Art Press, and you know who Matt Bickford is. Lastly you might be wondering what sort of anticipation I have that makes itself worthy of an entire blog post. It's planes of course!

 Staged for profile/iron assessment, marking and sharpening if they are close.

Somebody did some funkiness to this #5 Round. This iron is headed to the grinder.

Tuned up a a sash ovolo plane and now it's cutting pretty well.

And I also got a pair of #12s working fairly well, they still a little fat on one side but produced this cove and fillet pretty well. I found some holes in my sharpening needs for these shapes, I'm hoping Mouldings in Practice will help me find a good set of tools for fixing that.

Getting a bit closer on that pair of #8s I started a while ago. Iron blanks are on the way.

More Lap Desk Work

Finally back home now, I got to work installing the hinges and attempted a monogram carving in the lid, I'm happy with how it came out, but need to order some other carving tools to make the process a little easier. I could only find some #3 by 1/2 inch screws for the lid hinge leaves, now I have to nip and file them down to fit.

I also got materials to solder up the hasp, but I'm still working on the design. In the hasp drawing I think it's a bit too wide, and perhaps the slot is too far down.