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   EdHarrison | Apr 16, 2006 05:06pm | #1

   I think that ebay is a pretty good deal for wooden molding planes (the rounds that you were mentioning).  Shop and enjoy the good deals, but it is still a crap shoot to some extent.  Every once in a while you will get a bad tool.  I've bought a bunch of molding planes off of there and many great ones but the last dado plane I bought was warped to a banana shape.  I guess in this case the digital photography made it look straight.  Naturally the seller said she ddidn't know anything about this "old wooden tool-thingie."  I was underwhelmed but will probably use it for parts in making another plane.  Or if I ever need to cut a curved dado with a fourteen foot radius, I'm there.

   For plows, I like the Stanley 50.  You can get one cheap and make your own cutters if you don't want to spend a lot of dough.

   If you do want to spend a lot of dough, I like the wooden plow planes available from reputable tool dealer sites. 

   Good luck, Ed

    

     

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   user-1119410568 | Apr 18, 2006 04:50am | #3

   Appreciate your advice. I'll checkout e-bay. Not every picture tells a story I guess, but then maybe some are just mysteries! I'm a little e-bay shy but got to make the jump sometime!

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   pzgren | Apr 17, 2006 09:28pm | #2

   Japan Woodworker has some Chinese-style hollow and round planes; nice set of 18 in matching pairs, or you can buy them separately.

    

    

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   user-1119410568 | Apr 18, 2006 04:52am | #4

   Good suggestion - I'll check their website.

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   mvflaim | May 01, 2006 09:20pm | #5

   Ebay is awesome.. I was intimitdated at first but once you realize that 99% of the Ebay people out there are honest it's a really good time. You can find some really good deals on tools and you can pay with credit card through a broker type service called PayPal or you can send the seller a check or money order. Either way, the seller doesn't get ahold of any of your personal info at all. I've bought and sold over 200 tools and have not had a bad experience yet.

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   Troy | May 02, 2006 01:29am | #6

   I just got a set of the 1/4 round and plow planes that are Chinese made that they sell at the Japan wood worker. And they work well. I spent a little time flating the back of the blade and honed the edge on a water stone and it cut really well.

   Have Fun

   Troy

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   SteveSchoene | May 02, 2006 05:10am | #7

   Clark and Williams makes hollows and rounds, and while I wouldn't call them cheap they do probably reprepresent good value, because they are the very top quality.