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- From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
- Subject: Re: drawknife use
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 23:20:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <19074@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- wack@ariel.ncsl.nist.gov (John Wack) writes:
-
- > He recommends buying a small drawknife (about $30) and cleaning up the
- > stiles with my drill press and a sanding drum.
-
- I agree with the use of a drawknife (or better yet--a spokeshave), but I
- disagree with "cleaning up" with a sander afterwards. Cleanly sliced wood
- looks so much nicer than scratched wood. You'd only need to consider sanding
- if the grain was wild and the spokeshave tore the wood (and even then a
- scraper might work).
-
- A spokeshave is inexpensive, reasonably available in second-hand stores and
- garage sales, and useful to have around.
-
- A drawknife is better for some things, and with enough practice, could be
- just as accurate as a spokeshave. However, are you really going to do
- spokeshave work frequently enough to build and maintain the skill required to
- use it effectively?
-
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- Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca
-