David Barron has one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl42bLPiCpA
Mother of all planes
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Last apprenticed craft cooper, according to the above. Of course there will be a number dotted around the world making wine barrels, such as :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMATR5WZF8k
Last apprenticed craft cooper, according to the above. Of course there will be a number dotted around the world making wine barrels, such as :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMATR5WZF8k
Pretty sure there are still coopers (plural) working up on Speyside, and probably elsewhere) for the whisky boys.
Was it that the Sherry barrels went to Scotland or the whisky barrels went to Jerez? Can't remember (far too much consumption) but it was bl**dy cheap to drink the stuff in the bodegas of southern Espana. Probably better known as wobbling. I do owe a debt to the coopers of the world even though it may have already been factored into the price. Sahlud.
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Bm101":nzunqg3r said:Sherry barrels for whiskey I think Mignal. (Hic!ccasion5: )
The other plane I mentioned before..... 2m plus and used I believe for the rafters it's hanging from among other stuff.
Unlikely - such a long and heavy plane has no benefit for planing rafters (or much else) and plenty of downsides.
It feels "obviously" that large planes are more powerful, but since all the power comes from you this is obviously nonsense.
Long planes (jointers) are used for their geometric accuracy, and counterintuitively, are used for fine shavings.
The coppers' jointer is (per this thread) the notable counter-example; its length is needed to provided the ergonomics of its very unusual mode of use (wood bought to the plane, not vice versa), and the length and mass cause no trouble since the plane doesn't move.
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