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   oldbeachbum | May 22, 2009 11:40pm | #1

   don't cut yourself.....

    

    

   the guys at KNOTS are really into those......threads, & threads & threads

    

   I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

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   habilis | May 22, 2009 11:59pm | #3

   Ha ha, think it's time you get out of the sun.

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   oldbeachbum | May 23, 2009 12:33am | #5

   "got it", he says, shuffling off................................ 

   I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

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   habilis | May 23, 2009 12:41am | #6

   Aw, don't go away. I just thought you might need some shade.

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   jc21 | May 22, 2009 11:47pm | #2

   For electric hand planes ...... Makita N1900B- been around for ages and hard to kill. For doors the recently discontinued Porter Cable 9118/126. For non electric, Lie Nielsen and as as OBB said go visit Knots.

   "There can be no doubt that Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state…Socialism is in its essence an attack not only on British enterprise, but upon the right of ordinary men and women to breathe freely without having a harsh, clammy, clumsy tyrannical hand clasped across their mouth and nostrils"  -Winston Churchill

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   habilis | May 23, 2009 12:03am | #4

   If I mention planes on knots they'll go on for weeks, actually I think there are a couple threads running now.
   No, I was thinking electric hand plane.
   Thanks to you and obb.

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   [email protected] | May 24, 2009 05:41pm | #27

   Might be interesting to post a thread over there on hand held power planes. You'd certainly know who were the Neanders, and who were Normites before the day was out.

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   habilis | May 24, 2009 08:07pm | #28

   Done.

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   Dan612 | May 23, 2009 12:59am | #7

   I have had the bosch for five years.  I would recommend it, but if you try to take off too much material the dust chute clogs much faster than the makita or dewalt.  Other than that, it has been worked hard.  I mostly use it in timberframing, so I am always trying to take the maximum depth of cut in green hemlock.  But, it still works great doing fine finish work.

   I meditate, I burn candles, I drink green tea, and still I want to smack someone.

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   dovetail97128 | May 23, 2009 05:30am | #15

   With the Makita you can remove the depth adjusting screw at the front and grind it a little shorter and then re-install it again, picks up a bit more depth of cut for you.
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   DanH | May 23, 2009 01:12am | #8

   After you're done using one, count your fingers.

   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz
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   habilis | May 23, 2009 01:50am | #9

   Are you saying the vibration is so bad I wouldn't notice?

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   Sphere | May 23, 2009 01:50am | #10

   Ionically, thats how the Foot Adze aquired it's name. Ideally one strikes just under the boot toe, this holds the chip. If the chip sticks to the cutting edge, the next swipe will skip off the wood, and often just high enough to trim a toe. Or worse, a shin bone/ankle.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   DanH | May 23, 2009 01:55am | #11

   And then when he brings it up to check the blood on the edge, he overshoots and it swings over his head had hits him in the adze.
   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz

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   Shep | May 23, 2009 03:27am | #12

   I like my Bosch. The one where you can adjust the chip deflector to throw them to either side.

   But keep the cord out of the way of the blades. You lose a lot of time trying to unwind it once its gotten tangled in there..

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   popawheelie | May 23, 2009 05:29am | #14

   I've pined for a cordless one but never sprung for one. I have a corded Elu."There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."Will Rogers

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   jayzog | May 23, 2009 03:41am | #13

   I have several planers, my favorite is the 18 volt bosch. It throws the chips where directed and not having a cord hanging ya up is priceless.

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   Henley | May 23, 2009 02:08pm | #16

   Another vote for the Bosch.

   The extra depth is a god send when roughing in crooked beams.

   Directional chip chute is sweet
   (who are we kidding they ALL clog up).

   Just recently I've started finding uses for the edge guide that
   comes with it. Actually a nice attachment that functions well.

   The case is frackin huge!
   Taking up precious space in the vehicle.

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   Taigert | May 23, 2009 03:00pm | #17

   Take a look at Festools planer.

   Taigert

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   Henley | May 23, 2009 03:24pm | #18

   Are you buying? Cool I'll take two!

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   FatRoman | May 23, 2009 03:28pm | #19

   They do have a smaller planer that you can use one-handed now.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   Sphere | May 23, 2009 03:37pm | #20

   I bought one of them 50 buck Task-Force  skinny , power block planes. Amazing how often I use it instead of a wider power plane. Handy lil sucker.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   Henley | May 23, 2009 03:49pm | #21

   Have you found blades for it yet? They didn't carry them when I looked at that one.

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   Sphere | May 23, 2009 04:00pm | #22

   It had a backup Pr. with it, and the origs. are two sided..so I been good so far.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   FatRoman | May 23, 2009 04:10pm | #23

   I watched Gary Katz use a neat Porter Cable planer at JLC to shave down some doors. It was pretty skinny, and had a lever on the front so you could really manipulate the depth while running.Think it was this one...http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/toolguide/product-finder/Porter-Cable-126-power-planer.aspx?nterms=65624'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   Sphere | May 23, 2009 05:17pm | #24

   I have that one as well, the spiral cutter is sweet. I just got it last year, from Doodabug here at BT.

   AFIK, that was the original "porta-planer" and the first of the kind.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   AitchKay | May 23, 2009 09:32pm | #25

   That's one sweet tool, but I found it's got about a 2" depth-of-cut if it gets aholt of your finger. We kissed and made up, though.AitchKay

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   Jer | May 24, 2009 03:12am | #26

   I've had a Makita for over 20 years, (took off the end of a few fingers once), and it's a swell tool.

   Handplane? Buy an old Stanley on E-Bay that's in relatively good shape & learn to tune it. Get a Bedrock if you can. It's the workhorse of planes.

   Lei Neilsons are great but they are very expensive.

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   oldbeachbum | May 26, 2009 10:56am | #29

   Hi again,

   try this from KNOTS for a little more opinion.............46811.1

    

   I'm not flippin' you off.........just counting cubits

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   habilis | May 31, 2009 08:40pm | #30

   Hi,
   actually it was that discussion that led me here. Thought there might be more folks using them on this forum.
   Thanks.Pete