Comments on: Confession & Redemption

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:39:49 +0000

Well..I can’t afford one either, if it’s any consolation (hence my covetousness)

By: Danny H.

Danny H. — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:11:59 +0000

And since their are no prices listed on the Anderson website, I’m assuming that if I have to ask then I can’t afford it ! Chris have you seen a therapist about your plane addiction yet?

By: wtpacker

wtpacker — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:04:20 +0000

Chris, you should try planing almond. Its ROEY… sort of like planing a hawser rope.
Tom

By: BoredCutter

BoredCutter — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:19:19 +0000

Wait a minute. So…… you’re saying Mr. Schwarz *didn’t* opt to use a tool with a power cord when faced with some ‘roey’ grain????? OK, give a second, I’m trying to picture this. Nope! I just can’t imagine. :•) Plane ON dear sir!

By: aaronk

aaronk — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:18:20 +0000

i had some of this nasty grain on mahogany too. I didn’t have just one name for it though (although is this the same as “interlocked grain”?), just a whole string of expletives. I ended up sanding it.

Isn’t this really what a scraper plane is for, though?

By: metalworkingdude

metalworkingdude — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:28:56 +0000

I’d like to try one of those planes, it’s amazing to look at.

I’m assuming that the shavings in the picture didn’t come from that plane, right?

By: woodrouterman

woodrouterman — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:07:49 +0000

Yes. Those planes are awesome. It really does depend on the type of wood that you are trying to work with though.

By: jacob.borkowski

jacob.borkowski — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:50:10 +0000

This reminds me of a shipwright I met in Maine who called his angle grinder with the flap wheel “the Boothbay Harbor Block Plane”

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:51:52 +0000

Sorry about the errors, this is being sent from a phone.

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:51:04 +0000

I’ve checked out Anderson’s planes and they are beautiful. My problem is that nearly everything I’ve ever made has been because I’ve needed it. I’ve yet to make something because simpl for the fun of it, though I do enjoy the building process. That being said I cannot justify spending crazy dollars on a plane because it’s cool, no matter how cool it is. Therefore I use my smoothing plane and finish with a sanding block and random orbital sander. It may not be traditional but it works.
I’m all for doing certain things traditionally, that doesn’t mean that modern methods should be completely abandoned in my opinion.