No 982 smoothing plane in the making – 3
Lever caps
Tamping down lever cap bar (CZ112) for surfacing the lever caps in the mill before cutting them up individually.
The face cutter in action
Removing some unwanted metal for lever cap shape
Using a bullnose cutter to cut the retention groove
The final shape with a radius cutter
Boring hole for the lever cap screw after cutting the bar up into individual pieces
Tapping for the thumb screw – 7/16” 14tpi square thread as traditional
Milling to form the boss area
Boss now complete
Before any further milling it makes sense to do all the polishing on the top area.
Regardless of a comment there is rather a considerable overhang here but with bronze alloys it works quite well. Trust me Mr D. O, I know what I am doing.
Profile now complete
No 982 lever cap now complete.
Note new logo on all the No 98 series.