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Pro tip: I swore by my old hand plane for years until a job in Boise changed my mind
Honestly, I was doing a big custom kitchen last month and the client wanted these crazy long walnut countertops. I was set to flatten the glue-ups with my trusty No. 7, like I always did. The guy I was working with, Mark, just handed me his cordless electric planer and said 'try it, you'll save a day.' Ngl, I thought it was cheating. But after getting the first 8-foot section dead flat in about 20 minutes, I had to admit he was right. Has anyone else made the switch and found a specific job where it just made sense?
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angelam805mo ago
Watched my dad do the same thing with his old push mower... he fought that thing for years, said the new ones were for lazy people. Then he tried my brother's self-propelled model one hot Saturday and just went quiet. Sometimes the right tool for the big job just makes sense, even if it feels like you're giving up a piece of the old way.
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dianam195mo ago
Yeah, that "save a day" thing is so real. I mean, I was doing a big glue-up for a tabletop last year and my old plane just kept catching. I borrowed a buddy's electric one and idk, it just powered through all the little high spots in a few passes. It felt weird at first, but it got the job done.
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