: Power planes make for happy people. I use a power plane for the
: tapers as well, then follow up with a #4 1/2 smoother that's
: wide enough to do the entire width in one pass. The spokeshave
: only does the taper down then on half of each face.

: I want to work with a stiffer paddle. how stiff is your hollow
: shaft paddle? Does it load at the beginning of the stroke? How
: does it compare to a WRC paddle? I like Sitka and AYC, but I
: like a light paddle.

: m

If you're careful, power planes make for happy people. My fingers tingle when I even think about one, lost a bit of skin to one a number of years back, luckly lost no function in the process. I did lose an entire summer with a bandaged hand, trying to save 5 minutes of time sometimes can cost alot.

I've still got two of them, but I prefer the slow and steady work of a good sharp hand plane most of the time.

Bill H.