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David Miller from Iowa

>Sorry to be a postaholic today � stuck in Chicago while LOML attends some classes to renew her medical license. Not much to do until the stores open up. Want to take her to the Maxwell Street Market tomorrow, but she�s not big on crowds and junky flea markets. We�ll see.

I read Mike L�s post under weekend projects that he was using a handplane to surface an insert for his table saw. Wondered if anyone else can cite power vs. handtool paradoxes? Like�

Using a thickness planer to flatten the bottom of transitional planes (I�ve done this)

Hand planing board edges for glue up, then using a biscuit joiner (my brother does this, although that recent post that Norm has forsaken biscuits sent him reeling)

Orbital sanding after scraping (I just made this one up � has this ever happened?)

Flattening boards with a plane, then cleaning the shavings away with a blast from the air compressor (guilty).

Anyone?

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>I admit to folding the Radial Arm back out of the way and using the table for a "up high" workbench. Using hand tools of course.JR

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Jonathan Peck - N.Y.

>I use my lectric' jointer bed for lapping long hand planes....eh, like jointer planes

Regards

Jonathan

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The other direction...

Paul M. in San Diego

>I've done this in the other direction.. I've used hand tools and and old woodie plough plane to make a small plywood tote to contain the electrical stuff for my vacuum pump for vacuum veneering. This needed a switch and a starter capacitor, and I didn't want the wires being uncontained. Plough planes suck on apple-ply, but I had just got the plough and wanted to try it out.

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Bob Rozaieski

>Using tablesaw/bandsaw/etc. to make wooden planes.

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