"the_tool_man" wrote:

Those little Veritas corner rounding planes - the ones bent from a
piece of steel with the little elliptical opening. Woodcraft sells
them for $14 apiece. They either split the grain
Yep. You have to be VERY careful about grain direction, since with no
mouth, this "plane" will split off more than you wanted pretty
quickly. And the grain direction on a corner can be tricky,
particularly when the grain on each adjacent surface is sloping in
opposite directions.

or require so much
pressure to work that my fingers get sore quite quickly.
Never noticed that. But getting the right angle can be somewhat
tricky.

Easier and
more consistent to use sandpaper or a router.

Easier yet, a block plane set for very fine cut, with very tight
mouth. Three or four passes at different angles gives you as rounded
an edge as you could ask for. (At least to these over-40 eyes, an
1/16" octagon is close enough to a 1/16" diameter circle.)
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