Ken Bennett Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Ready to start carving the inside of the top of our new archtop. The larger Lie-Nielsen Palm Plane came in today. Here it is next to little Ibex Finger Plane that I bought for the violin. We'll see how the somewhat less expensive yet fully stress-relieved Ductile Iron bodied Lie-Nielsen compares with the all brass Ibex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Both are great planes. That said, for larger hogging work I prefer the ibex cello maker's 90mm convex soled plane. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thats kind of big the Lie-Nielsen. But you didnt say what size the Ibex was so its hard to reference the two together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Bennett Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thats kind of big the Lie-Nielsen. But you didnt say what size the Ibex was so its hard to reference the two together? The sole of the Lie-Nielsen is about 3 1/2", the Ibex about 1 3/8". One more in between those two would be nice. Have any of you tried making wood bodied planes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Bennett Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Both are great planes. That said, for larger hogging work I prefer the ibex cello maker's 90mm convex soled plane. Chris I was thinking that this Lie-Nielsen is about the same size as the Ibex 90mm. 90mm = 3.54" My Ibex must be a 36mm. 36mm = 1.4" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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