Thread: Micro Planes

Try Shapers. They sell stuff for surfboards and Microplanes are good for shaping the foam cores

If price is a concern, you could make some, it should be relatively easy. Using a laminated construction with a 4 mm rod for the cross bar. And you can used recycle old plane blades, cut in half.

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Thanks Jeremy they are the ones

Thumbsucker TY baby planes great stuff not quite what I am after. More like a greater for food especially Nutmeg.

Thank you both

Ohhh those microplanes, I was going to offer to make you one like Thumsuckers

On the subject of microplanes,

Check out Peter (Lightwood's) microplanes....

http://www.petermcbride.com/miniature/


Actually I have a few of the other razor microplanes, The flat one kinked and broke, but
the round and square are holding up pretty well. I seem to remember buying them on-line from here.

http://www.sculpt.com/catalog_98/fil...planeindex.htm

If I could afford it I would prefer Auriou rasps, but I only have one of those, and they are still hard to source,
although the factory is evidently starting up again. If you can get the right ones, they are better than the razor microplanes. IMHO.

http://www.classichandtools.com/acat...-rifflers.html

Regards
Ray

Lee Valley stock most of the available range - they even hold a patent for a food accessory to fit the original Microplane which they still supply.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...=2,40733,44734

see also
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...17&cat=1,42524
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...49&cat=1,42524
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...29&cat=1,42524

As Microplanes are quite light to postage should not be too high.

Thanks fella's still only 2 Aussie dealers

FC nice thought TY now where's the photo's of that new Lathe ya got

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Thanks fella's still only 2 Aussie dealers

FC nice thought TY now where's the photo's of that new Lathe ya got

I'm picking it up in a few weeks time, first weekend in November

I got a set of 3 chinese ones on ebay for about $35 delivered.

Luthier suppliers sell them and pilgrims projects on ebay has been the cheapest I've seen the ibex ones.

Don't know about local suppliers as I've just about given up on buying local.

Carba-Tec is an evil den of temptation
Made our 1st visit today kept saying this is just a window shopping exercise

After strolling around a bit things kept jumping off the shelves

3 Micro planes sadly they don't have the medium size