Dragon List wrote:
c'mon, greg. you're such a tease. pictures?
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> Thanks for the nudge, Bill. Here be a few pics:
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10202/RosewoodPlane1.JPG
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10202/RosewoodPlane2.JPG
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10202/RosewoodPlane3.jpg
Many moons ago, Kirk Eppler gifted me with two tiny plane irons, like maybe
a five-sixteenths or three-eighths wide. One is regular straight, and the
other is toothed. So I built this plane around the blades, Krenov style,
out of four little pieces of rosewood and a brass rod. It is not an
everyday tool, but when you need to do some really fine trimming, like
flush-planning some very thin strips of binding on a guitar body, it works
pretty darn well. I've made several tools that kinda suck, so the fact that
this one actually works makes it a real favorite!
Greg Isola
Alameda, CA
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