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Re: S&G: First build ever
By:Alex Ferguson
Date: 11/12/2008, 3:28 am
In Response To: S&G: First build ever (Nate Lacy)

: my first question, what tools,best type of eletric sanders
: and ect.

Block plane, never needed one. Surform plane yes.
Cheap pliers, cheap sidecutters.
Clamps – a length of PVC water pipe cut to short lengths and then split (like a “C”) Maybe 30 to 40 of them. Maybe 4 “proper” G clamps too.
A panel saw (handsaw) ~$NZ10.
Battery power drill ~$NZ20 - $30
Power jigsaw ~$NZ20
Angle grinder (~$NZ20) - I had someone stay for a few days on his way home from a year at the South Pole, a very good wood worker (cabinetmaker class). When I said an angle grinder was a very good machine I needed to apply CPR. We visited a friend who has built 3 very good strip kayaks and he mentioned an angle frinder was a very good machine - CPR again!!! You only need to threaten the wood with it and it will automatically shape itself :-) It is a bit like using a chainsaw for furniture making.
Mountains of sandpaper.

I'm quoting NZ dollars which equal just over half a US dollar.

Alex

Messages In This Thread

S&G: First build ever
Nate Lacy -- 11/11/2008, 8:02 am
Re: S&G: First build ever
Mike Sloan -- 11/12/2008, 10:14 am
Re: S&G: First build ever
Alex Ferguson -- 11/12/2008, 3:28 am
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David Woodham -- 11/11/2008, 10:17 pm
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ogata -- 11/11/2008, 3:33 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/11/2008, 1:34 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/11/2008, 1:05 pm
Re: S&G: First build ever
Mike Bielski -- 11/11/2008, 12:54 pm
Re: S&G: First build ever
David Woodham -- 11/11/2008, 10:24 am
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David Woodham -- 11/11/2008, 12:25 pm