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Well at least new to me! Has anyone seen/held/worked/experienced the new violin makers plane?

That looks like a nice size...

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
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I thought I needed a Father's Day Present, so I ordered one.

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I have one of their model makers block planes, use it every day. Looks like another $100.00 out the door.

+1 on LN modelmakers plane ,it/s a gem

Aww...cuuuute
Looks like that would be a great new toy

Received mine yesterday. Nice little plane!

Is the sole flat or convex?

It looks like you all twisted my arm I'll use you all as my excuse to my wife. My wife bought me the model makers plane for Christmas a couple years back and I love it...I need one of these!

Arrrgh....TAS hits again....you guys are expensive!
Hahaaa!

this one looks like a serious injector of TAS... and i have just received my LN model maker´s plane...

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That looks really nice.

I've been considering getting an Ibex for brace shaping. This little LN looks a lot nicer but is a bit bigger.

Do those of you who shape braces with a plane think this new LN would work or is too big.

Thanks,
Kevin Looker

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.

It should work fine, I use my model makers plane every time I'm in the shop. I have their full size block plane also, but I always end up with the model makers. I was tapering some walnut back bracing yesterday, width of the blade see through shavings........fun stuff.

If I were looking for a brace shaping plane, I'd order one of Stephen Boone's little hand made planes. I have a bunch of small planes, including a couple of finger planes, but none are nearly as good for brace shaving and shaping. Stephen's plane is just amazing, and has an outstanding blade that stays sharp a long time.

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I was given the LN model maker's plane, from someone who thought it would be nice for planing the concave parts of mandolin plates. Its a lovely, well made tool, but unfortunately, I find the geometry of the sole far from optimal for this task; I would have preferred if it was "rounder" lengthwise, and "flatter" sideways, and not as long. I have several shop made wooden planes of various sizes that I use for this, the LN one just doesn't work as well. If this new plane has the same geometry, I'm not sure it will be a hit among violin makers, as violin plate archings aren't that different from mandos (that is, if their preference is anything like mine, I really have no idea about that...). Perhaps this plane isn't really aimed at the violin maker market?

BTW, as much as I like using planes, I don't use them for shaping braces on guitars; they always bump into other braces, and they don't work that well on those short spans. I do pretty much everything with a 3/4" paring chisel; faster, and better control.

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