Yeh me too. Cordless even better I find my corded to powerful and heavy now even though I resisted for as long as possible.Razor wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:42 amI was brought up believing that proper hand planing was an art form and they acquired almost mystical status for me. I had smoothing and jack planes of several sizes.dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:33 am We had one at school that no one got to use it was so coveted by the teacher. When I finally had a go on it, it was bloody useless and took ages to form a moulding. It was crucial to keep it level, which I could not do, and the result was shite. Move forward 10 years it is totally eclipsed by cheap routers that became available the only person to have one still is possibly Grendle
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And then I used a power plane for the first time. Apart from a block plane and surform I haven't used a hand plane in about 20 years lol...
I used to grind metal into profiles when I was in a workshop if we had a bespoke bit of moulding needed matching. Dangerous game sometimes if not tightened up enough in the cutter block in the spindle.