http://www.amazon.com/Makita-1902-4-Inch-Handheld-Planer/dp/B00074E...
Has anyone had any experience with them? I'm having mucho trouble getting the faces of my pegheads completely flat...
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A handheld planer is a pretty brutal tool really, even with a very small amount of blade projecting, it's very easy to spoil a piece..these days I tend to use mine for rough work..removing a lot of stuff form roughsawn stock.. planing doors, that sort of thing.
John
Scotty C. said:
Thanks John, all good information. I'm always concerned about powerful handheld tools that are going to be used on small areas... Exactly why I asked here first. Thanks again!
As above, you will turn your project to firewood faster than you can say #@$%^&^^&*.
One of these would do the job much better as well as many more, and you can listen to tunes while you work, never cut your fingers. They can be found at garage sales....... or flea bay has a mountain of them, or just buy a new one. The old ones are better and cost less, might just be my thinking though. They do take a little tuning up and learning how to use well but no more than any other tools. Cheers Ron.
Hey Ron, I have a bench plane and a block plane. But right now, neither gets much use, as I dont think they had ever been properly honed or sharpened. I'm supposed to be getting a honing guide in the mail today...
-sc
Mungo Park said:
As above, you will turn your project to firewood faster than you can say #@$%^&^^&*.
One of these would do the job much better
Scotty:
Lots of good info here, I will look up some specifics for you if you need them. Lots of poeople have asked how to sharpen/tune up their planes.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/forumdisplay.php?4-Neanderthal-Haven
You can e mail me at rpetley1@gmail.com.
A well tuned plane will do wonders for your build, with the 2 you have you are already half way their.
Cheers Ron.
Thanks for the advice, guys. The only thing standing in the way of having "scary sharp" planes and spokeshaves right now is the money I'd need to drop on whetstones... :-(
Update: the Robert Larson Honing Guide arrived. @ home, I have 400, 600, 800, and 1500 grit sand paper. So tonight, I'll be testing it out with a low-end spokeshave blade.
Also, I found this at one of the web sites I frequent: http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/sculpting-tools/SHB3-SS1000 ... Seems like a decent stand-in/practice stone so that I can acclimate myself before I spend decent money on a real whet stone.
Mungo Park said:
You can use sandpaper until you get stones, you can buy the high grit stone first and use sandpaper until you get another one. The stones are $$$ but they do last a really long time, your grandchildren will be using them, hopefully not for a door stop. The money you don't spend on the electric planer can be put towards stones. Cheers Ron.
Update: the Robert Larson Honing Guide arrived. @ home, I have 400, 600, 800, and 1500 grit sand paper. So tonight, I'll be testing it out with a low-end spokeshave blade.
Also, I found this at one of the web sites I frequent: http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/sculpting-tools/SHB3-SS1000 ... Seems like a decent stand-in/practice stone so that I can acclimate myself before I spend decent money on a real whet stone.
Mungo Park said:You can use sandpaper until you get stones, you can buy the high grit stone first and use sandpaper until you get another one. The stones are $$$ but they do last a really long time, your grandchildren will be using them, hopefully not for a door stop. The money you don't spend on the electric planer can be put towards stones. Cheers Ron.
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