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HemeolaMan -> what planes to use (Dec. 26 2008 19:09:30)
What planes should i be buying... to avoid this..... . . . . . . Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

sam_m -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 26 2008 19:14:35)
1. Enjoying a Christmas tipple are we? 2. The snakes are on the timber, not the plane. Hope this helps. [;)]

Anders Eliasson -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 27 2008 1:04:08)
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. Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

HemeolaMan -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 27 2008 21:33:55)
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!

Anders Eliasson -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 28 2008 1:21:57)
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.

Armando -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 30 2008 11:56:51)
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

HemeolaMan -> RE: what planes to use (Dec. 31 2008 1:00:20)
them are certainly expensive dontcha know

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