Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Saws, Sanders, Drill Press etc. nice to have -- must have
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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by dave d » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:05 pm

TonyinNYC wrote:Yeah....those are purty and real expensive! I have been looking for a link to another guy who makes planes. His prices were about the same but his planes were very different looking. Beautiful stuff. If I ever find it, I will post. My $9.99 used Ace Hardware plane is in a different league.
Infill planes have also been made by Spiers and Norris.

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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:21 pm

David - what IS an 'infill' plane?
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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Bob Matthews » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:27 pm

deadedith wrote:David - what IS an 'infill' plane?
Not David, but there is great description here http://www.infill-planes.com/what-is-an-infill-plane/

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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:46 pm

Undeniably, there are some beautiful tools there. Nice history as well. Thanks.
Has anyone here used one? comments?

I really hope I don't start obsessing about these things now...
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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Kyle Barbour » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:09 pm

I stopped at Woodcraft on my way home from work today. While wandering and gazing at all the cool things I could't afford I see a Wagner Safety Planer sitting by its lonesome on the shelf. Already having one that I don't use I passed by it. Then recalling this thread I thought to pick it up. If anyone is interested let me know. I'm not looking to make any money off of this, just looking out for you kind folks.
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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Bob Matthews » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:09 am

SKBarbour wrote:I stopped at Woodcraft on my way home from work today. While wandering and gazing at all the cool things I could't afford I see a Wagner Safety Planer sitting by its lonesome on the shelf. Already having one that I don't use I passed by it. Then recalling this thread I thought to pick it up. If anyone is interested let me know. I'm not looking to make any money off of this, just looking out for you kind folks.
What a very kind gesture. I have one already and although I don't use it so much these days now that I have a drum sander, I still do use it for cutting the taper on the backs of necks and also for thicknessing headstocks.

Hope someone needy takes you up on the offer :)

Bob

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Re: Festool sander as a thickness sander?

Post by Tim Benware » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:36 am

Litmus wrote:
SKBarbour wrote:I stopped at Woodcraft on my way home from work today. While wandering and gazing at all the cool things I could't afford I see a Wagner Safety Planer sitting by its lonesome on the shelf. Already having one that I don't use I passed by it. Then recalling this thread I thought to pick it up. If anyone is interested let me know. I'm not looking to make any money off of this, just looking out for you kind folks.
What a very kind gesture. I have one already and although I don't use it so much these days now that I have a drum sander, I still do use it for cutting the taper on the backs of necks and also for thicknessing headstocks.

Hope someone needy takes you up on the offer :)

Bob
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I've "Ben-Had" again!
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