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Here is today's work on another more thoroughly planned piece.


This shows my layout drawing and some of the different stock pieces I used for the panel (jigumi), I plan to do the leaf pattern (asa no ha) in a darker wood for contrast, maybe cherry or walnut.
 

Two pairing jigs, I now realize I need one at 22.5 degrees to to most of the leaf pattern. So I must finish that before work continues.

New tool arrived! Had to start putting it to work. Wood is Port Orford Cypress, which smells wonderful. I have more strips to thickness now, before starting to fit the internal pieces. I'm very happy with the fits so far, some careful layour and cutting on the miter box makes for really easy work once the prep is done.

My layout was a little tedious, to continue I think I need a fixture with interchangeable sawing guides for square and triangular cuts and of different pitches.  

You may have guessed that I loath consumerism. As a person that "does" things for himself, from homemade butter, bread, veggies, building most of my furniture, I usually abhor marketers and peddlers attempting to sucker people in.


However when a certain beloved tool manufacturer puts up a free shipping deal around tax return season (coincidence? methinks not), who could look upon their shopping cart and not buy the plane one has been wanting-for since it's release? Certainly not this guy. I caved and set myself up.

I plan to give customer service a call to thank them, and inquire about acquiring a second fence, so that I can swap fences rather than applied wooden fences. That seems potentially easier, though maybe wood fences with threaded inserts and machine screws would work as well.
On happy accidents... I found that with a heavier cut one can produce spills with the Veritas Skew Rabbet (Veritas Moving Fillister). I don't think they are as tight as a dedicated spill plane, but I'll be able to get a feel for them before I build one.