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plain info on planes - ISO
I am looking for some plain info on hand planes. A book and/or a DVD.
I do not want to make planes. I do not want to collect planes. I do not want to admire their beauty. I do not want to bow down and worship planes. I do not want to develop some psycho-sexual relationship with planes. (Though, I must say, I have enjoyed some of the writings here of those who seemingly have done that. Tool-porn prose, that you very much.) I do not own any planes. The most I have ever done with a plane was, long ago, with my Dad's guidance, plane down the top of a swollen door. I have been drawn to the neander dark side by those of you who have come to know and love your planes -- or, it not the planes themselves, then what you can accomplish with them. And, after a trip to a recent woodworking show, both to a scraper demo and the LV booth, I seem convinced to consider manual labor in the shop. I want simple info, simply presented. If I need to clean up a tenon, I want to know what plane I should get/use (and maybe an alt. selection), how it should be set, and how it should be moved to do what I need. I want to know what size plane I should get of a given type -- the ups and downs of larger or smaller. Extra points if the book/video tells me how to sharpen my planes -- though Leonard Lee's book may be joining my library. According to Amazon.com, FWW is coming out with a book on the subject within the next week or so. I also found The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack and John Sheldon, which was well reviewed. (As for a visit to my local library, and I am a big supporter of public libraries, the pickin's are slim to none, with none in the lead.) Please suggest. TIA. -- Igor |
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