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HemeolaMan

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From: Chicago

what planes to use

What planes should i be buying... to avoid this.....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 26 2008 19:09:30

sam_m

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Joined: Nov. 24 2008
From: St.Helens, England

RE: what planes to use (in reply to HemeolaMan)

1. Enjoying a Christmas tipple are we?

2. The snakes are on the timber, not the plane.

Hope this helps.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 26 2008 19:14:35

Anders Eliasson

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RE: what planes to use (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Hi Hemeolaman

It depends on you and what you like.

I will say 3 planes that I cant live without

1) A metal jointer plane for the assembly of the top and the back. I bought a relatively cheap Anant (Stanley copy from India) and its doing its job absolutely perfect.

2) A Irvin Sloane thumb Plane. Its in use on all the interior work.

3) My favorite (see photo) A Macassar Ebony relatively small Chineese wooden plane which can be used both pull and push. Fantastic general purpose plane. I dont like heavy metal planes for the majority of works when building guitars. They are for doing larger works

Last Some good stones, guides and knowing how to sharpen and setting up the plane is far more important than having a fancy tool.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 27 2008 1:04:08

HemeolaMan

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RE: what planes to use (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

thank you anders. i have a stanley as well.

the sloane thumb plane i've been putting off for a while now, but i guess unless im going to use a knife on the inside i should get one!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 27 2008 21:33:55

Anders Eliasson

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RE: what planes to use (in reply to HemeolaMan)

You can trim braces with a chisel, but........ Its a very important part of balancing an instrument. Buy that thumb plane. Its cute as well.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 28 2008 1:21:57

Armando

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Joined: May 27 2005
From: Zürich, Switzerland

RE: what planes to use (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Hi

Until recently i've used a stanley jointers plane, but the result was no longer satisfactorly as it was hard to set up the plane for a fine and well quartered cut.
I asked one of my friends which is a carpenter how to solve the problem and he brought me a handmade japanese plane to check out. The plane works on pull rather than on push and the cut is very, very fine. A couple of pull-cuts with this plane and i had a perfectly straight, well-matching joint. And while i've lost a couple of mm's while planing with the stanley plane, i've lost less than a mm with the japanese plane. This experience convinced me to leave european planes aside and to use a japanese jointers plane for this job as from now on.
Good japanese tools are somewhat pricy, but they are worthwhile the investment as you'll have to buy one only for your lifetime and they save you a lot of hassle.

http://www.fine-tools.com/G310800.htm

http://www.fine-tools.com/G310470.htm

best regards

Armando

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