Does the term "hand plane" strike a chord?

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Mike G.
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Dennis M. O'Connor" wrote in message
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I'm curious:
Before the wonder of powered rotating blades,
how did woodworkers do the equivalent of
milling the face of a board with a jointer and
planing to a uniform thickness with a thickness planer ?

I've thunk and thunk till my thunker was sore,
and I just can't figure how you could do it.
But there must be a way, right ?

'Course, I'd just use the big power tools,
because I love using big power tools. :-)
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Dennis M. O'Connor
But there's no woodworking function for
a skid-steer front-loader.