Hi Will. It is getting harder and harder to tell just who has the problem <G>
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
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From: William Truitt
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 3:54 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Chisel Planes and Tool Junkies
To the list:
Since I started installing soundboards in my shop, I have been slowing upgrading and adding to my tools. I am finding that to be a bottomless pit to drop my sheckels into. There's always the Next Great Tool. Indeed, it is the perfect occupation for the incorrigible tool junkie. Since I started using Jude Reveley as a supplier, I have visited his shop with some regularity, always experiencing some measure of Tool Lust when I am there. Jude's a Tool Junkie, one of the worst I've seen. He's in denial, though - he doesn't think he has a problem, and won't go into rehab. I don't know if it's affecting his family income, but the other day I saw a couple of shivering waifs who look a lot like him selling matches on the street .
J (Your turn, Jude!)
Anyway, I am now looking to purchase a chisel plane or a tool that will accomplish the same sort of tasks. Since I set bearing on the bridges with the board glued in, this means that I have to work around the closeness of the rim in the low bass and high treble. I know that piano makers use chisel planes for such tasks, so I am researching them with the intent of purchasing something to use on my present project.
Lie-Nielsen bronze 6 ½" chisel plane for $140.00 (part no. 07024) http://www.woodcraft.com/product.aspx?ProductID=07O24&FamilyID=555 $140.00
Kunz Bullnose plane #75 #581-0075 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/2_568 $34.95
Stop Rabbet (Chisel) Plane by E.C. Emmerich #535-5858 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/products_id/1719 $54.95
Other tools to look at are a miniature chisel plane (07P15.05) , at http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=50232&cat=1,41182 $19.50
Curved palm plane, at http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=57205&cat=1,41182 $52.50
Veritas Bullnose plane, at http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=49709&cat=1,41182,48945 $175.00
No. 90 Bullnose Rabbet Plane by Stanley UK 265-112090 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/2_568/products_id/3319
$89.95
These are some the tools I am considering. The Lie-Nielsen and Veritas tools are Cadillac tools. I am particularly attracted to the E. C. Emmerich stop rabbet plane because it looks like it would fit very nicely into your hand, has a good blade (61 on the Rockwell C scale), and is priced decently at $54.95
I included the curved palm plane on the list because it might be a good tool to scoop the bridge out to set bearing.
If anyone on the list has experience with any of these tools, I'd love to hear it. Or if you have something that does the task better, I'd love to hear about it too.
Will Truitt
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