Thread: First Plane?
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Morris Dovey
 
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Default First Plane?

DonkeyHody (in )
said:

| Question is, what should I buy, seeing as how I'm still a virgin
| (plane-wise). I'd rather not buy something from the BORG that I'll
| outgrow in a year. I don't yet have the skills to really
| appreciate a fine piece of equipment, but I'm willing to fork over
| the dough and grow into it. I just don't want to blunder into some
| specialty item that's not versitile enough.

I'd suggest a low-angle block plane. If you can afford two, get the LV
low-angle smoothing plane, too. I've got about a dozen planes and
these are the two most used.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
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