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16th Apr 2010, 10:48 PM
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16th Apr 2010, 11:18 PM
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That's quite a fancy waste of money
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16th Apr 2010, 11:22 PM
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its only $859, buy two? 
Cool idea, pretty fancy looking tool, good find, waste of money.. |
17th Apr 2010, 08:04 AM
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Very nice. I'd probably end up making a box frame for it (with lock and key) and use my trusty Stanley block plane for the job. It would then go on display. I'd be too afraid to get any sawdust on it.  |
17th Apr 2010, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by funkychicken  That's quite a fancy waste of money | Philistine!!!
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17th Apr 2010, 03:52 PM
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I agree with FC on this one.
The most over designed bit of gear Ive seen in a while. |
17th Apr 2010, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by orraloon The most over designed bit of gear Ive seen in a while. | That's what they specialise in, ridiculously fancy gear that's plane(  ) impractical
They do have some good tools though, the Joint Maker for instance
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17th Apr 2010, 05:13 PM
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I don't see how the bed angle changes. If it is done with pivots or cams surely the stability of the blade would be compromised inducing chatter. Maybe I'm wrong but I think I am with Funky Chicken on this one. I can buy a few HNT Gordons for that money.
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17th Apr 2010, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Enfield Guy I don't see how the bed angle changes. | The bed angle doesn't change. Being bevel-up, they just alter the blade angle to get the final EP. It has a double ended blade which you end-for-end depending which EP you want. There's an animation on their site showing how it's done.
Cool looking plane (IMHO) but the price isn't quite as appealing. I sure-as-hell won't be buying one  
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17th Apr 2010, 08:04 PM
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Such a short sighted naive view. I guess you wouldn't understand the point of a zonda or a veyron either. But then again that's probably a good thing cause the BC plane will be worth a lot more than it costs today in about 15 years because so few will see it for what it is. It's a very nice piece no question.
If I had the extra cash I'd buy one for sure.
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17th Apr 2010, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by two fingers Such a short sighted naive view. I guess you wouldn't understand the point of a zonda or a veyron either. But then again that's probably a good thing cause the BC plane will be worth a lot more than it costs today in about 15 years because so few will see it for what it is. It's a very nice piece no question.
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Well said two fingers.
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17th Apr 2010, 08:54 PM
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I wonder how many would buy it if it was a quarter of the price.
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17th Apr 2010, 10:15 PM
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This reminds me of the space age. Or something that you would see in a sci-fi movie. I wonder if they have wood in space? Now that would require some fancy dust extraction.
Back to the plane. The video does say that it has the be useful and that it what they are selling after all. Something that can be used as it is intended. |
18th Apr 2010, 08:39 AM
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Wood in space? Yes.
"At the other end of the spectrum of sophistication, the Chinese have successfully used a very low-tech approach for protecting their SKW series of recoverable satellites – panels of oak. " reentry thermal protection
Very flash plane but wouldn't all that open structure snag on stuff?
And for $895 I'd want it solid. The way I look at it half of what they're charging us for is thin air!
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18th Apr 2010, 10:27 PM
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woooh, that's beautiful.
lost for words....
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