I have bought a few planes at garage sales, tuned and sharpened them, and
played with them; but never actually used one.
As dedicated followers of my posts know, I am building bat houses. I did a
great job of roughing the surface up with an angle grinder; but when it came
time to assemble them, I found a roughed up surface doesn't make a very good
glue surface. What to do...
Pulled out my #5 and restored a flat smooth surface to the outside inch. (if
everything planed like cedar, I might get attached to them)
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Pulled out my #5 and restored a flat smooth surface to the outside inch.
>> (if everything planed like cedar, I might get attached to them)
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> Much as I like my power tools, there is something very satisfying using a
> plane to shape or smooth the wood. My favorite is the Lee Valley low
> angle block plane.
>
mine, a piper cub.......
Be careful, learning to like planing is a slippery slope! You'll need
new and better planes, extra blades, a shooting board, a new honing
guide, ......
DAMHIK.
But long, wispy curls of sweet wood and a glassy surface are really
neat!
Regards.
Tom
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:15:00 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Pulled out my #5 and restored a flat smooth surface to the outside inch. (if
>everything planed like cedar, I might get attached to them)
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"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Pulled out my #5 and restored a flat smooth surface to the outside inch.
> (if everything planed like cedar, I might get attached to them)
Much as I like my power tools, there is something very satisfying using a
plane to shape or smooth the wood. My favorite is the Lee Valley low angle
block plane.