New Tote for My Veritas Small Bevel Up Smooth Plane
A few years ago, I purchased a Veritas small bevel up smooth plane to help with thinning down guitar backs and sides. I ordered two O1 steel blades and one medium toothed blade, the O1 steel blades were for smoothing and the toothed blade for reducing stock thickness. The plane worked well right out of the box and I quickly found out the with the toothed blade it excelled at removing stock! I work all of my tonewoods by hand, I don’t have the space for drum sanders, jointers, etc., nor do I have the desire to own them, hand tools are quiet and efficient for the guitars I make. As I said, this little plane worked well, but the factory made tote left much to desire, it was too thin for my hand and poorly shaped, I got a blister on my right hand after one half hour of use, something that never happened to me with a Stanley or Lie-Nielsen tote. After that planing session, I began to search the Internet for a replacement tote. On a woodworking forum, I found a reference to a one man company...
