Legacy plane

I decided to take a stab at building one of the 1" Legacy plane kits. It was definitely a learning experience. Overall I am pleased with how it turned out. The plane was ordered with Cocobolo for the infill but I ended up using rosewood instead. In hindsight I should have done less power sanding. For the final sanding I glued some sandpaper to a marble piece I use for sharpening. This took some time as the power sander was not as flat as I would have liked so it took some time to remove all the scratches and get a flat surface. I honed the blade and it produces some fine shavings.

I'm just a plain nut, not much of a plane nut type.
But, that looks like an interesting project and a job well done.
Who sells the Legacy plane kits?

The company is going out of business but they may have some 3/4" kits left.

http://legacyplanes.com/index.php

Wow, that's a sweet-looking plane. Great job.

Really great looking shoulder plane. I have been following Jameel Abraham on his blog build a Brese 875 Smoother. http://oudluthier.blogspot.com/search/label/Hand Tools It has me thinking of building Ron Brese's small smoother (which Jameel also built) later this year.
www.breseplane.com/

What did you find to be the most difficult aspect of building the infill shoulder plane?

Thanks for the feedback. I would have to say the hardest part was the last stage...sanding. Now that I have gone through the process I would do less power sanding and more by hand. Power sanding did not leave as flat a surface as I originally thought. I ended up removing more material than necessary flattening all the surfaces. The peining processes was also interesting as you always questions as to whether the joints are tight enough.

Rick Beko said:

The company is going out of business but they may have some 3/4" kits left.

http://legacyplanes.com/index.php

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Impressive prices for a kit.
I'll enjoy from a distance. Thanks.