~  -----Original Message-----
~  From: owner-oldtools@l...
~  [mailto:owner-oldtools@l...]On Behalf Of Rodney
~  Myrvaagnes
~  Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 2:47 PM
~  To: OldTools Mail list (E-mail)
~  Subject: RE: Inverse shooting board (NNJP) interim design summary
~
~  Lute making involves a form of cooperage with extremely
~  thin staves (1 to 1.5 mm thick). They must be planed on the
~  edges to lie in a plane, just like barrel staves.
~
~  This is done with a bench plane flush mounted upside down
~  in a table top. I don't see a non-galootish way of doing
~  it. The work is too delicate.

I think that Rodney has identified the principle value of this kind of
plane, ie for shooting the edges of curved surfaces.

I've turned my jack plane upside down for planing the edges of curve
laminae used for making small boxes.

This is the kind of job for which a really wide gadget would be
useful, rather than a long one.

Jeff