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275562 | Frank Filippone <bmwred735i@g...> | 2022‑05‑14 | Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
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275563 | Matthew Groves <grovesthegrey@g...> | 2022‑05‑14 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
Love hearing about this adventure. I have nothing but questions. I assume it was an unhandled fillester? Are you a start at the end and work your way back kinda guy? How thick were your shavings (ish) Do you have delicate hand skin? Inquiry minds want to know Matthew Groves Springfield, MO |
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275565 | Kirk Eppler | 2022‑05‑14 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
In the little bit of woodie plane work I do, I put the rear top corner into the heel of my hand. Not the soft palm, but where it's the extension of the bone with the hand as close to a right angle as it will go. Not sure if it's right or wrong. And usually start at the end and work my way backwards. Kirk in Half Moon Bay, CA On Sat, May 14, 2022, 11:39 AM Matthew Groves |
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275569 | scottg <scottg@s...> | 2022‑05‑15 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
It had occurred to me that there was a problem while I was working the wood, but I wanted to finish the job, which I did. annnnnnd................Herein lies the rub. If you play guitar for 5 hours when you are not used to it, you will bleed for 2 days. If you operate a shovel ungloved, for 5 hours first day, both your hands will have bloody blisters the size of golf balls. If I go down to the beach on the first warm day and spend 5 hours lounging in the beautiful bright sun. If you are me you will be wearing a full coat of oozy murderous blisters, which will pop, (as you are looking for anything to cut your throat with) and then you will have big hunks of skin flaking off for a month. All these things go enormously better, a bit the first day, bit more the second. Work into it giving your body a chance to catch on. If you are me you will never tan very much, but at least you quit burning. All day, day after day, working it 105 degree sun, no burning. I ended up with sporadic skin cancer but that is a different story. yours scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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275570 | gary allan may | 2022‑05‑15 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
Just happened to me, Scott, when I learned that driving 300 and 400 miles in one day is grueling if you haven't driven more than 60 miles at one time in ten years. One the bright side, the Blue Ridge Parkway is worth every kink in the lower back. best to all galoots, everywhere; gam, in OlyWA/USA If your were Einstein's father, we wouldn't have the bomb. Peggy Hill On Sunday, May 15, 2022, 10:56:20 AM PDT, scottg |
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275572 | Frank Filippone <bmwred735i@g...> | 2022‑05‑16 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
I really do appreciate all the suggestions to date, especially Scott's comments about building up the skin/muscles before doing a complete job..... but I am not so sure I have an answer yet.... how SHOULD I hold the plane? is the plane gripped with the fingers of the right hand? Or is it shoved into the palm? And maybe the answer is to use a padded palm glove.... ? Frank Filippone BMWRed735i@G... |
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275573 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2022‑05‑16 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
On 2022-05-15 9:29 p.m., Frank Filippone wrote: > And maybe the answer is to use a padded palm glove.... ? Not sure about padded palms. But I expect any decent leather work glove - with fingers removed - would probably help when getting started. Don -- God's away on business - Tom Waits "...it's just a humpty dumpty world" - Ry Cooder |
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275574 | Adam R. Maxwell | 2022‑05‑16 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
Hi Frank, > On May 15, 2022, at 20:29 , Frank Filippone |
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275575 | Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> | 2022‑05‑16 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
Frank needs answers... > On 16 May 2022, at 04:29, Frank Filippone |
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275579 | Phil Schempf <philschempf@g...> | 2022‑05‑16 | Re: Blisters.... Woodies... How to hold a plane? |
Frank - That's what I do. I had a pair of bicycling gloves, fingerless with a padded leather palm and open knit back. They worked great to protect unconditioned hands. I misplaced those and now use a pair of gloves I got at HD. I don't like them as well, but they do the trick. I use them mostly when I'm ripping planks. Seems like my tender spot is the web between my thumb and palm. Phil On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 7:29 PM Frank Filippone |
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