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virginiatoolworks.com
| | boat.karlnelson.net
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| | For now, at least, I'm using hand planes to shape the spars. Pretty much every how-to video you'll see on spars shows the use of a power plane (perhaps after a band saw has roughed out the shape.) Well, I don't have a power plane (although one could be had at the tool library), but I also rather like the notion of shaping these pieces by hand. Hand planes are quiet.
| | theapartmentwoodworker.com
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| | *Editors note: This is James' first attempt at a long-form woodworking article. He is aware it is a departure from his usual format and tone. There is an idiom, often attributed to either Benjamin Franklin or the anonymous Shaker craftsman, that goes, "A place for everything, [and] everything in its place". I doubt Old Richard...
| | www.timetestedtools.net
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| | Sharpening - With My Own Hands - How To Restore a Vintage Hand Plane for Woodworking. Flattening and polishing the back of the blade is extremely important if you want to get the blade sharp. Free Hand Sharpening
| | www.themertailor.com
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