Low angle jack plane

**Philip Davies** · Mar 20, 2020, 04:18 AM

I see that a low angle jack plane will cost at least £115, although superior versions cost double.
This is very much an inferior version. But it works. I am glad to be able to use a Stanley Bailey 5 1/2 body, which I salvaged. All the parts had been removed, but the only fault I could find was a slight crack near the mouth.

I ground off the the part of the casting for fitting the frog, as best I could, lacking milling facilities, and made up a cherry infill wedge, of two parts,. The larger piece has the handle screwed to it and is secured to the base by screws through the sole. The smaller wedge, behind the mouth, is epoxied..

So, crude, but fairly effective.

**DIYer** · Mar 20, 2020, 05:18 AM

Thanks Philip Davies! We've added your Jack Plane to our Planes category,
as well as to your builder page: Philip Davies's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Jack Plane by Philip Davies

tags: plane

**toeless joe** · Mar 20, 2020, 11:17 PM

Great idea! What did you use for an iron and what angle is it ground?

**Philip Davies** · Mar 21, 2020, 04:11 AM

Thanks, Joe. I used a thick Sorby iron, salvaged from a wormy jack plane. I am afraid I did not pay much attention to the bevel, I simply honed it. It is probably around 25 degrees.