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Miketobey
PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:06 am 
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I'm not on Lee Valley's payroll, though I have done a pre-sales evaluation of one of their honing items. Lee Valley is offering a pair of miniaturized tools that have value for the luthier. One is a tiny, but fully functional shoulder plane. The other is a very small dual- wheel marking gauge. I have used a wheel gauge as a gramil and the shoulder plane at 1/4" blade width can be a nice clean up tool for binding ledges. There is no compromise in quality here. Robin Lee notes that these two tools were made to test some of the limits of their manufacturing assets. There is an introductory offer. I'll try to link, but I got the word because I am a regular(put mildly) customer. So I don't know how they have handled it on their web site, standing alone from the email subscriber list.MThttp://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=64300&cat=1,41182 I could not get a link on the marking gauge. Sorry.
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Now is that a cool tool, or what!
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I love it! These guys are going to put me out of the mini-plane business at this rate. I will be ordering one straight away.

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That is a great little plane! And at only $30 I'm likely to buy one soon. I'll have a look at it next time I'm in the store. Might even be Monday...

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I've been looking for one of those like forever!!! I ordered it as soon as I saw this post last night.

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Link to both items-combo price.http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,42936,64321&p=64321
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what applications? what will you use this for?
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Gadgets! Gadgets!
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Ya, Me sure they are the highest quality gadgets that do what ever it is they do.

And you bettchya there be a few duders out there that can really lay down the bucks to do it.

Butchyaknow, in the last analysis, those that can, gonna do, with or without the gadget.

But they sure are nice gadgets.


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I use these and like them:

http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/11571

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