Old Friend - Thumbwheel by Norman Repacholi
Old Friend
My old friend, the Stanley No. 5 plane can still make a pile of shavings when called into service.
You could probably get the job done in a fraction of the time using a power jointer, but there’s something special about using hand tools and ‘feeling’ your way though a task.
Taken using a 50mm macro lens in late afternoon window light.
Photos in the Old Friend set
Old Friend
Old Friend – Thumbwheel
Old Friend – No.5
Old Friend – England
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Comments
Thanks for the feature and favourite parmi, cheers!
– Norman Repacholi
I agree; and there’s great satisfaction in getting it set just right so that a long continuous smooth shaving of wood curls out of the plane with each stroke: neither ‘bitty bits’ nor ‘dig in and bind’! (I don’t often get that satisfaction :¬{ )
Lovely close-up!
Thanks Graham – may your plane shavings be long and translucent ;-)
– Norman Repacholi