Do you know what this is?
Do you know what this is?
I do now; I just ran across it in traditionalwoodworker catalog.
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Re: Do you know what this is?
An adjustable radiused planer?
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Re: Do you know what this is?
It's a compass plane...
Commonly used for making wooden chair seats, and similarly bowl shaped objects.
Could be handy if you want to make your own radius dishes, but man.. making those things with power tools sucks bad enough... :p
Commonly used for making wooden chair seats, and similarly bowl shaped objects.
Could be handy if you want to make your own radius dishes, but man.. making those things with power tools sucks bad enough... :p
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Re: Do you know what this is?
Right - called a radius plane or circular ship's plane or compass plane. It does concave or convex radii.
My first thought was - radius dish!! - but like you said, hard enough with power tools -
I don't need this plane, but I want it nonetheless. However I can't afford it, and I KNOW Santa won't be bringing it 'cause she is looking at the picture and the price and laughing..
My first thought was - radius dish!! - but like you said, hard enough with power tools -
I don't need this plane, but I want it nonetheless. However I can't afford it, and I KNOW Santa won't be bringing it 'cause she is looking at the picture and the price and laughing..
Re: Do you know what this is?
In one of Sloane's books he has details for a small convex plane made out of a chunk of wood and a scraper blade. I used it to carve a few Les Paul's with surprising success -- I gave it to my wood carving father in law who has since passed away -- but he had used it lot too.
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Re: Do you know what this is?
John Bogdanovich uses a home made compass plane to scoop out the dome in the solera he uses on his video series.
I believe he may be selling a kit to make one at some point.
I believe he may be selling a kit to make one at some point.
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Re: Do you know what this is?
Brian - those are some impressive old planes. Especially that chute plane - I've never seen one but I could find uses for that.
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