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This is my first build (of a boat that is) so perhaps offering advice to this group is a little presumptuous of me, but I was never one to be shy about such things. I have built a bit of odd furniture, so I have some favorite tools I use for shaping and finishing. One is the card scraper that is well covered in the how-to vidoes. Another is the spokeshave. When shaping the chines on a stitch-and-glue, the suggestions are usually about using a a block plane. Certainly a good tool, and if the blade is sharp, will get the job done. The block plane is really designed as a smoothing tool, while the spokeshave is more of a sculpting tool. Using one to round off the chines and shape the bow and stern makes the job quite fast and is very precise. Anyone else use one?
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RE: Easing the hard edges
» Submitted by 2xthejoy - Fri, 7/29/16 » 12:36 PM
Marton,
I used a spokeshave for the first time last year when I carved my Greenland paddle, and absolutely fell in love with how it worked! I probably used it as much as my block plane while building my Shearwater Sport shortly thereafter.
I have now added a convex shaped foot(?) to my tool collection to get in some tighter radii. I find that one a bit trickier to use though.
Dave