I just pick up a power planer ;
http://www.greatplanes.com/accys/gpmr4030.html
I wasn't really expecting much, but this thing works like a charm.
I'm building a CA Sloper right now, and it has a basswwood LE and
ply sheeting.
I was able to plan the LE right down to the sheeting, then had VERY
little to hand sand.
Dave Hauch
www.git-r-built.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ed Berris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Soaring" <soaring@airage.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: [RCSE] What is your favorite tool for building?
Ed,
I don't think its a shameless plug at all. The Davis is a great tool I
have
a Davis plane and use it quite often. There are areas where I use it.
Its
simply not as comfortable in my hand (I do a lot of regular woodworking)
And I hone my Stanley sharper than the razor blades on the Davis which
dull
far faster. But I use both, side by side. the Davis is the backup. Plus
it
has angles, which I can't get with the STanley - designed for straight and
flat.The Davis is more universal and less expensive.
Both are great. Stanley first , Davis second. Its hard to do without
both
tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Berris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:46 PM
To: Tom Moore
Subject: Re: [RCSE] What is your favorite tool for building?
Tom, you and I are on the same wave length. My favorite tool is a David
Razor Plane. It's one of those tools that just feels right in your hand.
But it also cuts through balsa, basswood, spruce like butter. I've tried
all the small planes from England, Germany, Switzerland and the USA but
this
import made me get rid of all the others. I've used one for years.
I liked it so well that I now import them myself. I operate
www.skykingrcproducts.com and have them listed on my web site.
Now I know what you may be thinking. This reply is just a shameless plug
to
sell something. It's not. I do have one other tool that I'm sure
everyone
reading this thread has at least one of and maybe two or three. My Dremel
tool gets used every day I'm in my shop. I have one set up in a Bishop
Cochran plunge base. I have another set up for use with my Perecman servo
cut-out tool, another one is set up with a shaft drive and the last one is
just plain. I should own some Dremel stock.
I have several other tools that I really like but my number one choice
goes
to the David Plane. It's a gem.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soaring" <soaring@airage.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: [RCSE] What is your favorite tool for building?
Thought its time for a new thread since it is building season
I'll start.
My favorite tool for building/ working with wood is a Stanley 60 1/2 low
angle block plane. It gets more use than the sanding blocks, able to
take
off super thin shavings. I use it for shaping, trimming. Set it on edge
against a shooting block and you can square and true balsa, plywood,
etc.
Its designed to trim end grain for regular wood projects, but for
modeling
its small enough to cover a wider range of uses when working with the
size
of wood we use in building.
What is your favorite tool??
good lift,
Tom
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe"
and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note
that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format
with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and
AOL are generally NOT in text format
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and
"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe
messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email
such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
