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Re: Tools: wood planes *Pic*
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 12/8/2002, 7:31 pm
In Response To: Tools: wood planes (Ron Jenkins)

Hi Ron. I think you mean "hand plane". A wood plane would be like something below (a plane made from wood) or what the Wright Bros flew :D Start out with one of the inexpensive block planes mentioned earlier - in the $50 range: Stanley (UK), Record, Lee Valley, Kunz will all be made to a decent spec. You may eventually upgrade but the cheaper tool will still be useful. Spokeshaves are good too. Also, a shoulder plane is indespensible for mortice/tenon work. I haven't built a SOF but I think the deckbeams are sometimes morticed into the sides. A shoulder plane will let you work on the tenon shoulder since the blade extends right to the edge of the tool... a shoulder plane is more expensive but it can also be used as your low angle block plane.

- Chip
http://www.nwlink.com/~chips

Messages In This Thread

Tools: wood planes
Ron Jenkins -- 12/7/2002, 8:08 pm
Re: Tools: wood planes
Brian Nystrom -- 12/9/2002, 3:02 pm
Re: Tools: wood planes
Rob P -- 12/10/2002, 10:31 am
Re: Tools: wood planes *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 12/8/2002, 7:31 pm
Re: Tools: wood planes
Randy Oswald -- 12/9/2002, 5:09 pm
Re: Tools: wood planes
Mike Scarborough -- 12/8/2002, 8:28 am
Re: Tools: wood planes *LINK*
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 12/7/2002, 10:45 pm
Re: Tools: Sharpening
Chris -- 12/7/2002, 11:09 pm
Re: Tools: Sharpening
Chip Sandresky -- 12/11/2002, 2:07 pm
Link to Scary Sharp *LINK*
Rick Allnutt -- 12/10/2002, 8:43 am
One Scary Sharp caveat
Brian Nystrom -- 12/10/2002, 1:04 pm
Re: Tools: Sharpening
Jay Babina -- 12/9/2002, 9:06 am
Re: Tools: Sharpening
Rehd -- 12/9/2002, 9:40 pm
Re: Tools: Sharpening
Rick Allnutt -- 12/10/2002, 8:16 am
Re: Tools: More on Sharpening
Rehd -- 12/10/2002, 4:14 pm
Re: My Set Up... Cheap, but Affective *Pic*
Rehd -- 12/12/2002, 1:41 pm
Re: My Set Up... Cheap, but Affective
Ken Sutherland -- 12/13/2002, 12:53 am
Re: Special Delivery
Rehd -- 12/13/2002, 2:57 am
Jigs *Pic*
Bill Price -- 12/11/2002, 12:46 pm
Thanks Rehd! Great post! *NM*
Rick Allnutt -- 12/11/2002, 8:01 am
Re: Tools: Scary-Sharp
KenC -- 12/9/2002, 11:32 pm