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It has been a while<\/a> since I expanded this wish list, so here goes.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Is it too much to ask for Lee, Lie, or some other great maker to come up with a modern compass plane<\/strong>? To use this tool effectively, think of the compass plane<\/a> as a light jack plane, not a smoother, for curves. As with other hand planes, I have little doubt that modern manufacturing, informed by history, will outdo vintage models<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. Speaking of tools for\u00a0curves<\/a>, a curved rasp, flat across its width<\/strong>, would be nice. Start with the idea of the “curved ironing rasps” made by Auriou (pictured above) and Liogier but make one about 6-7″ long, 1 1\/2″ wide, with a knob on the leading end and a near-vertical handle at the rear. And Santa, if you’re listening, I want the radius of the curve<\/strong> to be smaller toward the rear and larger toward the front. Medium and fine grain, thanks.<\/p>\n None<\/strong> of the following currently available tools quite fits the bill: flexible floats, the very coarse Liogier Beast, and the Surform shaver. The latter is decent when modified<\/a>, but it\u2019s rather short.<\/p>\n 3. The Pony brand 22″ hard-tooth saw<\/a> with three-bevel, Japanese-like teeth is a wonderfully useful stock breakdown tool and a great value at about $16<\/a>. It crosscuts like a demon but does not rip very well. A 26″ rip tooth version<\/strong> would be a very useful bargain.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0I still haven’t given up on advocating a higher bed angle for bevel-up bench planes<\/a>. About 22.5\u00b0 would be good. This is a large topic that has been addressed earlier on this site<\/a>\u00a0but here are some highlights.\u00a0[I should add here that this is mostly applicable to bevel-up smoothing planes.]<\/p>\n Compared to a 22.5\u00b0 bed, the 12\u00b0 bed angle<\/strong> in Lee and Lie bevel-up models may have a slight advantage in reducing the downward deflection of the blade edge but I think this is made largely moot by the excellent support of the blade close to its edge that is provided by the bevel-up design.<\/p>\n The 12\u00b0 bed creates problems with sharpening<\/strong>. For example, to get a 55\u00b0 attack angle, the blade must be sharpened to a 42.5\u00b0 secondary bevel. That makes it significantly more difficult to produce and retain a good edge.<\/p>\n Even if you don’t agree with my contention that such a blade creates a fatter wedge<\/strong> that is more difficult to drive through the wood, and that the only thing the woods “sees” is the attack angle, then why not<\/strong> use a 22.5\u00b0 bed and make edge creation and retention easier?<\/p>\n![\"Pony](\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img_1241_edited-2.jpg\")
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