I'm quite sure I'll never be a full-on Neander, but I gotta tell ya
that there is indeed great pleasure in working with a quality handtool.

Last night in the shop, sneaking up on fitting the flush-inset drawers
of my 1st project, it was greatly satisfying to use my 1st
purchased-new handplane:

http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing01.jpg
http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing02.jpg

Thanks, Mr. Lee, for putting it in the box "ready to use." :^)

-Chris

To really sneak up on the fit, the curlies should be transparent
and have to be vacuumed off the ceiling.

You're on the slipper slope now.

You'll find neandering to be compatible with late night
woodworking - when quiet rules. The sound of a japanese
pull saw, the almost imperceptible noise a paring chisel
makes as it slices of a small shaving of wood, a shoulder
plane taking off just the skosh needed for the joint to
go together just so, a smoothing plane or scraper wooshing
over wood, leaving a shiny burnished surface behind.

In the calm of the night use a quiet and calming tool.

But when it's daylight and the noise level begins to
rise - kick on the dust collector and compressor
and fire up the table saw, miter saw, joiner and
planer!

charlie b
(who wants thought all you needed was a cabinet
saw, a jointer and a planer - ok - and a router
or two - and a few clamps - ya gotta have clamps)

On 31 Mar 2005 10:18:36 -0800, "TheNewGuy"
wrote:

Glad you're enjoying it. I have one that used to belong to my father
....and I'm old! I still use it all the time, along with a few others.
Keep it sharp and aligned, and always let the tool do the work.

Last night in the shop, sneaking up on fitting the flush-inset drawers
of my 1st project, it was greatly satisfying to use my 1st
purchased-new handplane:

http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing01.jpg
http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing02.jpg

Thanks, Mr. Lee, for putting it in the box "ready to use." :^)

charlie b wrote:
To really sneak up on the fit, the curlies should be transparent
and have to be vacuumed off the ceiling.

Haha!! Good imagery. Yeah, I'm sure mine weren't the thinnest of
shavings the world's seen. But gratifying none-the-less.

You're on the slipper slope now.

I admit - I currently have the medium shoulder plane in my "basket" at
LV :^)

You'll find neandering to be compatible with late night
woodworking - when quiet rules. The sound of a japanese
pull saw, the almost imperceptible noise a paring chisel
makes as it slices of a small shaving of wood, a shoulder
plane taking off just the skosh needed for the joint to
go together just so, a smoothing plane or scraper wooshing
over wood, leaving a shiny burnished surface behind.

And still being able to hear the chorus of frogs chriping outside.

But when it's daylight and the noise level begins to
rise - kick on the dust collector and compressor
and fire up the table saw, miter saw, joiner and
planer!

Yeeaahhh, Baby!

-Chris

Guess who wrote:
On 31 Mar 2005 10:18:36 -0800, "TheNewGuy"
wrote:

Glad you're enjoying it. I have one that used to belong to my father
...and I'm old! I still use it all the time, along with a few
others.
Keep it sharp and aligned, and always let the tool do the work.

Yup, while I was able to use it "right out the box," the next skill set
I need to acquire is sharpening! (A book each on hand planes and
sharpening are in the "basket" alongside that shoulder plane I
mentioned to Charlie above...)

Thanks,
Chris

On 31 Mar 2005 10:18:36 -0800, the inscrutable "TheNewGuy"
spake:

I'm quite sure I'll never be a full-on Neander, but I gotta tell ya
that there is indeed great pleasure in working with a quality handtool.

Last night in the shop, sneaking up on fitting the flush-inset drawers
of my 1st project, it was greatly satisfying to use my 1st
purchased-new handplane:

http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing01.jpg
http://www.compassimages.com/pub/Woo...ul_thing02.jpg

Thanks, Mr. Lee, for putting it in the box "ready to use." :^)

Goodonya, Chris. I just received one of these coffin smoothers in
bloodwood (gorgeous!) with a nice Japanese iron but haven't yet put
it to use. As you increase your Neanderdom, you'll need sources for
more planes. Besides my Stanleys, I have a stable full of Knights.
www.knight-toolworks.com/wooden.htm


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Larry Jaques wrote:
On 31 Mar 2005 10:18:36 -0800, the inscrutable "TheNewGuy"
spake:

As you increase your Neanderdom, you'll need sources for
more planes. Besides my Stanleys, I have a stable full of Knights.
www.knight-toolworks.com/wooden.htm

*sigh* Well, as Charlie B correctly pointed out in his reply to me,
"it's a slippery slope." Not only is the LV medium shoulder plane on
its way to me, but I succumbed to Knight's 50%-off sale, and now he's
finishing the ash jointer w/ D-tote for me! I've been scouring info on
tuning planes, sharpening, and technique, and can't seem to read enough
about using planes.

Crap. How did it come to this? :*) Ah, but it's a Beautiful Thing.
Hm, new planes on the way - I just might have to add to the "BT" series
of photos, eh?

-Chris

On 6 Apr 2005 15:19:36 -0700, the inscrutable "TheNewGuy"
spake:


Larry Jaques wrote:
On 31 Mar 2005 10:18:36 -0800, the inscrutable "TheNewGuy"
spake:

As you increase your Neanderdom, you'll need sources for
more planes. Besides my Stanleys, I have a stable full of Knights.
www.knight-toolworks.com/wooden.htm

*sigh* Well, as Charlie B correctly pointed out in his reply to me,
"it's a slippery slope." Not only is the LV medium shoulder plane on
its way to me, but I succumbed to Knight's 50%-off sale, and now he's
finishing the ash jointer w/ D-tote for me! I've been scouring info on
tuning planes, sharpening, and technique, and can't seem to read enough
about using planes.

Wait until you buy a can of Johnson's Wax. The slope gets faster.


Crap. How did it come to this? :*) Ah, but it's a Beautiful Thing.
Hm, new planes on the way - I just might have to add to the "BT" series
of photos, eh?

Si!

Look for the book set "Hand Tool Classics" by Taunton. One book is
Garrett Hack's "The Handplane Book" and the other is his "Classic Hand
Tools." List price is $39.95, I got them as remainders from Hamilton
Books for $15 or so. (No, they're all gone, but look around.)

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