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21731 Colin Montoya-Lewis <colinml@r...> 1997‑07‑10 Thanks (was: scraper planes)
Thanks to everyone who responded to my scraping question. I'm currently
building a walnut dining table for a customer, and I'm faced with
flattening almost 50 sq. feet of gnarly-grained top. I'm wavering
between hauling the top (it's 1 1/2" thick and ooh so heavy) off to the
local wide belt sander guy or (gulp) buying a #112. Figures this plane
would turn into a priceless artifact just as *I* need one. As far as I
can tell, there really isn't anything else available that has a long
enough sole to make flattening wide expanses less exasperating. The LN
scraper seems a little too petite. I have a #80 that has gotten me out
of a few scrapes (yuk yuk), but I don't think this is up to the task
afore me.

Also, someone pointed out that I forgot to do my bio before asking a
question. Well, here's a quicky:

I was born.... (just kidding).

I make furniture for a living, and I work in a converted barn on our
farm south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Someone asked about my name: I
was Colin Lewis and my wife was Raquel Montoya before we got married. 
We took each other's names, so now we're both Montoya-Lewis. I'm not a
collector, but tools do seem to figure largely in my life. 
-Colin
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Montoya-Lewis Woodworks
Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.rt66.com/~colinml/index.htm



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