I never thought I would use the word cute to describe a tool, but I cannot think of a better word.....
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I never thought I would use the word cute to describe a tool, but I cannot think of a better word.....
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A lot of tools are cute.
A #2 is also useful on small work.
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Congrats! Have you sharpened her up and made some test passes yet? How'd you like it?
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Being a Lie Nielsen it was pretty sharp right out of the box, so I made a pass or two. I like the fell of it, but like many mentioned it is a 2 or 3 finger grip.
I will sharpen it up better this weekend and put it to use
America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
Alexis de Tocqueville
You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
C. S. Lewis
Member
I love mine on small work or small sections. I often leave my pinky out along the body and grip with my middle and ring finger. I feel like I am more in control of the plane that way and I don't get my fingers stuck as often.
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The woodworking instructor/publisher Chris Schwarz is devoting a year to evaluating the #2 LN bench plane as his primary smoother. When I last read something about this he was making a new rear handle that might better accommodate his hand. His research has shown that smoothers were historically shorter than the #2 and#3 Stanley model planes that we call smoothers. To my knowledge, there has been nothing added as an update recently. Should be interesting to learn what others think of this idea.
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