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I was referring to smoothers...

HC Sakman

>...and alike, not moulding planes, which are plentiful in good condition.

Chico...

Re: I was referring to smoothers...

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I was talking smoothers, badgers, jacks, and jointers. $25 is a lot of money for a single molding plane.

Pam

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Wolfgang Jordan, Munich (Germany)

>Chad,

I'm happy to see a new maker of moulding planes. The last one in Central Europe (Lachappelle in Switzerland) went out of business four years ago. And there are not many moulding planes on ebay in Germany.

One suggestion: you should consider to get your html code rewritten by someone who knows html. At least 90 percent of the current coding is rubbish. I don't know Microsoft Publisher, but it produces terrible coding. And some errors, like pictures obscuring text etc.

Wolfgang

How do you both feel about...

Bob Hackett

>transitionals?

These are going for next to nothing and I know both of you have the skills needed to make a new block.

They have all the whiz-bang adjustment functions of an iron plane so...

If you`re interested I can point you to a couple auctions where you could pick up close to 1/2 dozen for close to that same $25,maybe even less.Contact offline if you want the info.

Mainely,Bob-Who really likes his transitionals.

Trade-out?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Chad,

Maybe you could find someone who is good at HTML coding who will work for planes.

(I am ten years out of date, but perhaps another reader will contact you by email)

Re: I was referring to smoothers...

Todd Hughes

>Well both Chad and me were plainly talking about molding planes so don't understand that.... No doubt that vintage wooden bench planes in excellent condition are harder to find then molding planes, probably because they saw more use and abuse.Still I see a good many nice ones though if you think you need a real tight mouth on your plane you might have to put a patch in the sole.Somthing that shouldn't be to hard for most people to do esp. when otherwise nice planes are pretty common and cheap.Other then a too wide mouth I don't think bench planes in excellent condition could be considered really "Rare".....If as Pam says $25 for a molding plane is kind of high then how could a modern maker hope to get 3 times that?.....Todd

Re: I was referring to smoothers...

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>$25 is high for a plane on ebay that may or may not work, that can't be examined prior to purchase. I still follow Kingshott's advice about pricing moulding planes: there are piles of them out there, don't pay more than 7 GBP for one, which these days translates to about $13.

As to a modern maker getting $75 for one, that's a different issue. The maker would have to have a great reputation, like C&W to appeal to those a lot richer than I. The competition, like Tony Murland, is selling sets of them for $8 to $10 each, harlequin sets of hollows and rounds that are preselected for goodness, for $23 each. He stands behind his stock.

An alternative, while not all that appealing, is the tailed router, much cheaper. Another alternative is scratching, much cheaper than even the router.

One of the main problems for the modern maker is obtaining enough air dried (for at least two years, preferably 5), quality hard wood. Ask Larry Williams about beech some time.

So I suspect that Chad may have great success with the odd custom made moulding plane that I can't get anywhere else, and that keeping his day job is a good idea for the moment.

Pam