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Thread: Aldi micro planes
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25th June 2013, 11:26 AM #1
Aldi micro planes
Starts tomorrow these are similar to Microplanes I have two for the shed difference is they are reverse pull cut but work a treat.
ALDI - special buys from wed 26 jun - hurry, limited stocks in store*
If you have a wide area to rough then these maybe better ALDI - special buys from wed 26 jun - hurry, limited stocks in store*
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30th June 2013, 08:45 PM #2
Um, these are kitchen tools, not shed tools. My wife uses these for grating parmesan cheese and vegetables. They aren't for wood, but maybe they would be suitable for sculpting foam, or something like that...
Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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30th June 2013, 09:07 PM #3
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30th June 2013, 09:08 PM #4
Thr Grater ???.
Hi All,
Yes I bought one, & you can use them on wood, & as Wheelin said you draw them to you. Got the long one 10in.-250mm. +-. Have used them before, & found them great, but better on softer timbers.Regards,
issatree.
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30th June 2013, 09:24 PM #5
LOML bought herself a new one long fine cut which sits in a metal frame you can pop these blades out and turn them around.
I have enough of them
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30th June 2013, 11:32 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Microplanes were definitely woodwork tools until Leonard Lee (of Lee Valley) lent one to his wife for zesting an orange. After instant success, they moved the product into the kitchenware part of the catalogue. Sales went through the roof. Microplane HO then asked why is this one hardware chain was selling so many.
The rest is history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/di...pagewanted=all
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1st July 2013, 12:00 AM #7
I stand corrected. I wonder if my wife will let me try hers...
Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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1st July 2013, 02:50 AM #8
The Grater again.
Hi All,
I must see if I can change the handle on mine.
I have 2 other small ones that I use for a bit of Carving. 1 is ½in. Round, the other is ½in. Sq.
I bent the round one, so I straightened as best I could & stuck a bit of Dowel up the centre. Works OK.Regards,
issatree.
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1st July 2013, 10:27 AM #9Senior Member
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Furniture from Veggies
These tools would be excellent for making furniture out of vegetables and could start a trend utilising steak knives, meat tenderizers, skewers and spatula's and such. I can envision kitchen cabinetry and buffets etc. being crafted and, perhaps even carriages being made out of pumpkins.
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1st July 2013, 11:36 AM #10Senior Member
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It's happening as we speak.
Cindy Drozda turns a salad bowl from a Romanesco Cauliflower - YouTube
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1st July 2013, 04:34 PM #11Senior Member
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Too good
[QUOTE=michael_m;1667816]It's happening as we speak.
I give up. My irony is trumped by reality again. Being a smart arsed nark does not have the secret pleasures it did. Indeed it seems vegetables have become a new woodworking fabricating medium utilising carrot and celery sticks, potato wedges and chips, bean and pea frames, tomato trellaces and the like.
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