Acoustic Guitar Construction

Brian Itzkin wrote: How long does it take you to joint a top with your plane, tony? It takes me 5 minutes at the most.

Several days usually. Plus, I get so frustrated with how hard it is to use my garbage plane that I usually smash two or three sound boards during that time. I have also broken a few other items so in addition to the time, it also costs me several hundred dollars in damages each time I try to joint a plate with my garbage, works-better-as-a-door-stop jack plane. ;o)

Or about 5 minutes. Longer if you count setting up my jalopy of a shooting board.
Now, I did take several hours one weekend to lap the sole of my jack plane to get the whole thing flat along the whole length. I know your veritas plane was true to within .005" along the length or something like that, but my jack plane was $9.99 so I expected to have to do that. Might upgrade to a Hock blade one day but for now, for the amount of use it sees each year, I am good.
My Stanley block plane was true right out of the box and cuts great. Cost me about $20 with shipping.
Brian, your planes are very nice and I bet they stay sharp almost indefinitely since you have no money left to buy wood to use them on!
Now if you will excuse me, I have to organize my backs and sides. I have too many of them now and I must get them better organized. My sound board collection is out of control too. It takes an entire shelving unit just to hold them all. But hey, enjoy your planes man! I'm sure they work well as paper weights when they are not cutting wood! My cheap planes work great for that as well, but I have so much wood that they never get used for anything but woodworking.

Just busting your chops Brian!

TonyinNYC wrote:
Just busting your chops Brian!

Likewise


But seriously if you ever get a chance to use a high quality plane you'll see that it just works better due to thicker casting and the additional weight due to the casting

TonyinNYC wrote: Several days usually. Plus, I get so frustrated with how hard it is to use my garbage plane that I usually smash two or three sound boards during that time. I have also broken a few other items so in addition to the time, it also costs me several hundred dollars in damages each time I try to joint a plate with my garbage

Jeez, I feel like you been peakin in my shop....it's quite colorful most times...and not visually. Something so cathartic about it....very different from hitting a bag. I suppose if I exercised a little self control, I could actually learn and accomplish more, but there's only so much exercise I can take....kickboxing is enough.

I've actually bent a cutaway using a hot curling iron clamped to my workbench. Worked fine, I see no more need to buy a bending machine than Tony does to buy an elitist, over-priced, high-falutin' and unnecessary hand plane. :-)

I have to agree with Brian, once you fly on Singapore Airlines, you will never go back to Aeroflot.

Kevin

I agree with him too; I just had my sarcasm hat on for a moment....

TonyinNYC wrote: Might upgrade to a Hock blade one day but for now, for the amount of use it sees each year, I am good.

Thats like putting a ferrari engine in a Pinto. ;)