I gotta say this is pretty cool.  Out of all of the jigs and hand-made tools that I have made, it is my ‘Chisel Plane’ that has by far received the most attention.  The original 1.0 Chisel Plane (prototype) was made 11/2010 followed soon after by the 2.0 version.  I’m not sure why, but I am seeing more and more of them lately on LumberJocks and around the web.  And I think that’s pretty cool! 

If you’ve never seen the original prototype here it is below.  It was knocked out pretty quick in order to test the functionality.  It worked well enough to make another.  After getting the idea to use a chisel as a plane iron, I Googled “Chisel Plane” to see if anyone has ever made one before and I was amazed when I saw the Veritas  model.  So it was off to the woodshop to make one (with the Veritas model as inspiration).

This was followed by Chisel Plane 2.0 shown below.  I got rid of the screw and went with a more appropriate wedge and a longer body.

If you’d like to make your own you can watch the video build here.  I also have the dimensions here.

If you’ve made one I’d love to post a picture of it on my site.  A wall of chisel planes if you will. 

Welp, I must have been VERY good this year!  I got everything on my X-mas list plus a cool rasp.  I got a couple of cool Japanese saws that I am looking forward to using which include a Shinwa crosscut razor saw and a Shinwa Ryoba saw.  Both look very impressive!

I got my first spokeshave this year also.  A Veritas flat spokeshave.  I hope to add a little more shaped work into my portfolio and this baby should do just fine.

My sharpening stone collection use to only consist of as 1000 and a 4000-grit waterstone.  Now I can add to that collection a 8000-grit Norton water stone for that extra fine polish.

I added an additional alignment gauge to my collection with a Starrett Protractor Angle Finder.  I read some really good reviews and one on Lumberjocks which kind of sealed the deal for me.  It looks like it will be a good tool to have around the shop for angle measurements that don’t require ultra accuracy.  For those that require that extra level of accuracy I will probably still turn to my TS-Aligner Jr.

What did you guys get this year?