OldTools Archive

Recent Bios FAQ

263056 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2017‑08‑23 Re: Are the cheap luthier planes worth it?
Matthew Groves wrote:
> Ed Minch and porch dwellers everywhere,
>
> Guitar-making question.
>
> I’ve got a buddy making an arch-top, and he’s borrowing a few gouges of mine.
(I woodwork vicariously through others) He’s made a few acoustics and scads of
solid bodied guitars. Even patented his own saddle-less bridge, too.
(rayrossbass.com <http://rayrossbass.com/">http://rayrossbass.com/>)
>
> I thought for the underside of the top, what he might need is one of those
convex bottomed luthier planes with the palm-knob, but I’m no luthier. I’m going
to obtain one for him if further research indicates that’s the way to go.
>
> So, here’s my question:
>
> On ebay there are scads of them. Surely not made well. They span from $19 on
up.
>
> Are these little planes an area where even cheap ones do the job 95% like a
“nice” one? Or am I foolish to go the low-quality route in this instance?
>
> Any thoughts?

At that price, even considered as a kit, they should be fine. They're likely to
need work,
but it cannot be laborious, at that scale.

I'd be inclined to try a couple, they're so cheap.

  BugBear

Recent Bios FAQ