Originally Posted by Sitka deer
And you could start slow by making your own planes...


I have actually made some wooden planes. These are hollow and round sets that I made or getting ready to make. I did not make the set of match planes on the right, but plan on making a set sized for thicker wood.

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Of course these would be no help to the OP, but I have also made smoothers and jack planes in the past.