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Re: Tools: Is your plane sharp?
By:Kevin
Date: 2/8/2013, 7:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Is your plane sharp? (Etienne Muller)

I use both methods of pulling and pushing the plane. When doing work in shaping the bow, I always like to pull the plane and look down the hull and see the fairness. I am amazed how the Japanese plane wood at 9 microns with a wood block plane, which means their wood block must be super-flat!

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Tools: Is your plane sharp?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/8/2013, 5:52 pm
Re: Tools: Is your plane sharp?
Etienne Muller -- 2/8/2013, 6:30 pm
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Kevin -- 2/8/2013, 7:01 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/8/2013, 7:42 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 2/9/2013, 1:56 am
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Etienne Muller -- 2/9/2013, 3:51 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/9/2013, 2:40 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 2/10/2013, 12:01 pm
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Jay Babina -- 2/10/2013, 12:28 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/10/2013, 3:46 pm
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 2/10/2013, 11:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/11/2013, 1:58 am
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Jay Babina -- 2/11/2013, 8:41 am
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Al Edie -- 2/11/2013, 10:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2013, 1:55 am