Michael Kellough
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I don't have one but I like the looks of this Abrasive Curve planer.
A new type of tool
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Looks like a power version of the Stanley #113 compass plane. I have the handplane, but one with a powered carbide blade would be really nice.
BTW, the price doesn't seem so bad when the Kunz brand hand plane now sells for $299 US....
BTW, the price doesn't seem so bad when the Kunz brand hand plane now sells for $299 US....
The really cool tool there is the lipping planer.
It's like a router on edge with using a flush trimming bit w/ a 4" bearing.
Set up correctly you can flush trim solid next to laminate-perfectly- I mean I used to build tables w/ plastic lam centers and a 2.5"-3" solid edge and it would
take hours with a scraper to do the job a lipping planner did in 3 minuets- of course you still had the corners.
Tom
It's like a router on edge with using a flush trimming bit w/ a 4" bearing.
Set up correctly you can flush trim solid next to laminate-perfectly- I mean I used to build tables w/ plastic lam centers and a 2.5"-3" solid edge and it would
take hours with a scraper to do the job a lipping planner did in 3 minuets- of course you still had the corners.
Tom
I had seen the curved planer a few years back, and my dad told me then they have been around for a long time. The abrasive part was new to me, saw the video last week, when I was cleaning up my IE favorites list for dead links.
link to video
If you click on spanish, there are videos for more tools, some look pretty inventive.
link to video
If you click on spanish, there are videos for more tools, some look pretty inventive.
tvogel400 said:
I've got the Virutex Lipping planer and it is a pretty nifty little tool. I believe Hoffman has one also. I got mine about 3 years ago and screwed up a couple Oak-edged laminate table tops pretty quick. After that, I shelved it for quite a while. I'm starting to pull it out more and more but I'm still a little gun-shy. As for the corners, I just walk it around those. Depending on the width of the hardwood, you might have to do it in a couple passes but no big deal really.
