Brent Beach wrote:
> 
> Someone at ECE is doing some serious experimentation with plane design.
> Another example, a recently acquired jack has metal bits at the top of the
> bed with the result that the blade rests on these two and on the wood at
> the back of the throat and nowhere else. This is quite an innovation.
> 
> I wonder if they are testing these planes to prove their new designs, or we
> are all involuntary beta testers?
> 
> The Jack does work pretty well.

Interesting. It sounds like there's a technological
arms race going on in Germany. Ulmia came out with a
multi-purpose, configurable plane last year.

http://www.wwforum.com/cgi-bin/forum_main_old/htarchive_wait.cgi?read=39214
(that link will die when Wayne archives the page; here the text

> I have noticed on the following link, that ULMIA have a 'new' plane! 
> http://www.werkzeugforum.de/artikel/artikel_weiterleiten.cfm?id=302 
> Seems unconventional.... time will tell! 

> rgrds, g. 

	BugBear