"Maxwell Lol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of these:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64300&cat=1,230,41182
>
> A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>
> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
>
>
Ahhhhhh..., how cute.
I like the little box it comes in. It almost looks like a jewelery box.
Where do you see using this?
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> Somebody Wrote:
>
>> I never thought I'd own a cute tool.
>
> Really?
You have to wait for the ladies to tell you it's cute, or it doesn't
count.
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Maxwell Lol wrote:
>
>> I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of these:
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64300&cat=1,230,41182
>>
>> A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>>
>> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
>> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
>
> Cool! I want one. I can certainly see where this could be useful
> cleaning up or adjusting narrow dadoes and other places where a full-size
> shoulder plane just won't fit.
>
That was my first thought after seeing it. Tight spaces.
Maxwell Lol wrote:
> I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of
> these:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64300&cat=1,230,41182
>
> A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>
> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
Nice. You'll love it, I'm sure.
On Dec 29, 5:27=A0pm, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of these:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=3D1&p=3D64300&cat=3D1,230,41182
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>
> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
NIce tool - and nice drive-by with the Shaptons!
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:11:16 -0800, the infamous "CW"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Maxwell Lol wrote:
>>
>>> I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of these:
>>>
>>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64300&cat=1,230,41182
>>>
>>> A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>>>
>>> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
>>> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
>>
>> Cool! I want one. I can certainly see where this could be useful
>> cleaning up or adjusting narrow dadoes and other places where a full-size
>> shoulder plane just won't fit.
>>
>That was my first thought after seeing it. Tight spaces.
They also have miniature spokeshaves (got a set) and luthier planes.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32681&cat=1,50230
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32680&cat=1,41182
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=50232&cat=1,41182
I've used a small scrap of sheet steel as a scraper in a tight situ.
--
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
-- Garrison Keillor
Maxwell Lol wrote:
> I never thought I'd own a cute tool. But my wife bought me one of these:
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64300&cat=1,230,41182
>
> A 2 1/2" shoulder plane!
>
> Well, I sharpened it up with some Shapton glasstones, and the plane
> now cuts shavings so thin, I can see through it. This is awesome!
Cool! I want one. I can certainly see where this could be useful
cleaning up or adjusting narrow dadoes and other places where a full-size
shoulder plane just won't fit.
--
There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage
Rob Leatham