: I can't think of any good reason to use a power plane on a kayak. The amount
: of wood that you remove during fairing is small and the wood is soft.
: There is not any physical effort involved; it is much more of an
: eyeballing process. I would think that a power plane would make it too
: easy to take off too much, which is much worse than not taking off enough
: and having to make a second pass.
Surfboard shapers use them but there is a lot less curves and they do a LOT of boards per week and remove alot more foam than wood. Besides that when you are using the block plane it is so great to do. You are smoothing not shapeing.
Don