Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Planning curly birch
John Edwards
>All,
A few days ago there was a post on what Garret Hack considered the most diffcult wood to plane.
His answer was curly birch
The picture attached is a Sauer & Steiner 22 1/2" jointer. .0035 mouth bedded at 47.5* Nice thin shavings and no tearout on curly birch.
A happy customer.
Re: Planning curly birch
Jim in Burlington On
>Okay send the plane to me and I'll try it out and get it right back to you:) Very nice stealth gloat.
Re: Planning curly birch
Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.
>I believe that I was the one posting Hack's comment. If I recall properly I mentioned crotch white birch, not curly (which would still be a challenge, mind you).
How much did that plane set you back, if I can be nosy?
DC
Re: Planning curly birch
John Clifford in Chicago.
>And what's that other plane in the background, another Sauer and Steiner?
Re: Planning curly birch
I'm Dave Too
>It's over $3,000 CDN
Re: Planning curly birch
Norman (Metcalfe, Ont.)
>That's a little less than what my whole plane collection is worth :))
Norman
Ummm John...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>Plane and simple, YOU SUCK!
Nice drive by...:^)
Re: Ummm John...
John Edwards
>Let`s just say that it is well more then two unisaws @ 1500 each. MUCH closer to 3 uni`s.
Re: Planning curly birch
John Edwards
>Carter A1 Jointer. 28 1/2" long. Cupid bow dovetails joining the sides to the sole. Rosewood infill
Now John...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>You get the double "YOU SUCK" award...
Those sure are lovely. Could you give me (us) lowly plane users a comparison between the two? Do you like one better than the other?
Is that a Jet bench?
tommy kipling
>Kind of ironic that you're running billion dollar planes on a Jet bench. I didn't realize that they could cast wood in Taiwan too. Neat.
Re: Planning curly birch
Todd Stock
>Makes sense...curly birch is pretty tame stuff from what I've seen... nice and cheap here in the MD-VA area, too.