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My dad swore by a 4 inch block plane for years, and I finally saw why
He gave me his old Stanley No. 9 when I started my own shop. Always said it was the only tool for fitting tricky doors. I argued for my power planer every time. Last week, a client's oak door in a 1920s house was binding. The power tool just chewed it up. Grabbed the block plane, shaved a whisper off the hinge side. Perfect fit on the third pass. Anyone else have an old hand tool that just works when the modern stuff fails?
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campbell.logan4d ago
Got my grandpa's old drawknife. Modern rasps and sanders just make a mess on green wood sometimes. That old blade peels off a perfect curl in one smooth pull, leaves the surface almost ready for finish. It just feels right in your hands.
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the_jennifer4d ago
How sharp is that old blade, @campbell.logan?
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