Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Beginners start here...! => Topic started by: verithingeoff on September 14, 2016, 10:11:20 am
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G'day guys (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif.html)
I need to thin down some timber on the boat I'm restoring. I'm happy with all the metal working tools but not upto scratch with timber. Can you recommend me a small plane to do the job, or should I just sand with 120 grit?
TIA
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Hi
Any good brand small block plane will do the job.
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I have a tiny finger plane (about 1/2" square and 2" long), it works beautifully for small timbers, for anything a bit bigger I have a couple of small old wooden planes (picked up at boot fairs)
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Depending on how much you need to remove a small "mouse" palm sander does a good job and is a usefull tool to invest in.
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its a rolson (the little one)
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David plane, had one for years, great little bit of kit.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/647104-David-Combi-Razor-Plane/dp/B000UZD1KG
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David plane, had one for years, great little bit of kit.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/647104-David-Combi-Razor-Plane/dp/B000UZD1KG (https://www.amazon.co.uk/647104-David-Combi-Razor-Plane/dp/B000UZD1KG)
Seconded. I've been using one for 15 years :-))
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Thanks guys, I've ordered a David plane from Hobby Tools (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif.html)
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:-)) That's my favourite for most of my planing! :-))
It soon got rid of those nasty overlaps on my clinker longboat! {-)
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One of these??
It's a cooperage plane! You all know what a cooper is right?
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Something to do with planing round corners ok2
More beer! {-) (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif.html)
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"You all know what a cooper is right?"
Henry or Tommy?.. :-))
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"You all know what a cooper is right?"
Henry or Tommy?.. :-))
As this is a boat forum........
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif.html)
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G-R-O-A-N......
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Quite good actually. :-)
Regards,
Ray.
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One of these??
It's a cooperage plane! You all know what a cooper is right?
well, I've drunk many a beer and wine from them that they make lol.
Jim.
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One of these??
It's a cooperage plane! You all know what a cooper is right?
Do they do Left Handed ones?.
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Do they do Left Handed ones?.
Actually, yes they do, lol.
Jim.
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That pic of the plane is a left handed one....isn't it?
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That pic of the plane is a left handed one....isn't it?
yes it is.
the frog and throat would be facing the other way on a right hand plane.
Jim.
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Now this is interesting...clearly the plane as shown is used in an a clockwise manner to shave/remove material but is termed as left handed
A propeller traveling in the same clockwise rotation is termed as right handed %)
Derek
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Now this is interesting...clearly the plane as shown is used in an a clockwise manner to shave/remove material but is termed as left handed
A propeller traveling in the same clockwise rotation is termed as right handed %)
Derek
It's left handed Derek because you push it to the left :}
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Well lets get down to handedness %)...Paul McCartney probably could push it clockwise to the right, where as John Lennon would have had difficulty {-) ....
Have you ever tried to pull a plane? >>:-(..............Derek
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Have you ever tried to pull a plane? >>:-( ..............Derek
I have, a Japanese hand plane. Wonderful bit of kit.
So has the World's Strongest Man, but that wasn't a small plane.
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"Have you ever tried to pull a plane? (http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/Smileys/Tug/tickedoff.gif)..............Derek"
No but I tried to pull a bird once...... :D ....boom,boom.
I bought a plane from a woodworking exhibition a long time ago, looked a nice bit of kit, only just starting to find a real use for it...
A Kid Plane..French, but looks like the David plane but more versatile..
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I have just found that I can get a block plane and scraper to match my little brass and cherrywood plane, so have ordered them on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201663514845?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351463308001?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151850843947?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Very nice , Nice prices too..
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G-R-O-A-N......
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Quite good actually. :-)
Regards,
Ray.
Like me very old :((
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I have just found that I can get a block plane and scraper to match my little brass and cherrywood plane, so have ordered them on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201663514845?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351463308001?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151850843947?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
You will get better results with a hand scraper.
Particularly around curves.
The handing of the plane is determined by the direction of use.
In this instance from left to right, (clockwise) so it is therefore termed as left handed. Nothing to do wether you are left or right handed.
Tradesmen pull planes and other tools left or right handed all the time. At least here in OZ.
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Amazed at the price of the David plane, mine was £3 many years ago, still going strong
Mark
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Well, what a great little tool. Easy to use and gets the job done. Thanks for the recommendation guys (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/gwa_2006/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/gwa_2006/media/Avatars%20etc/ozzhatcorks.gif.html)