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Title: Help find a tool
Post by: Bill Little on December 24, 2006, 08:51:05 AM: Hi All,

I once had a razor plane made by Solingen which used double edge razor blades.

In the great "Shop Clean-up" it disappeared!

Anyone know where these are available??

(I already have a Master products plane, the Solingen was MUCH sharper and capable of thinner cuts)

Thanks!
Bill <><
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Ward Van Duzer on December 24, 2006, 08:58:22 AM: Bill,

Go to the HOBBY LOBBY! n~

Ward
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: RC Storick on December 24, 2006, 08:58:33 AM: Quote from: Bill Little on December 24, 2006, 08:51:05 AM
Hi All,

I once had a razor plane made by Solingen which used double edge razor blades.

In the great "Shop Clean-up" it disappeared!

Anyone know where these are available??

(I already have a Master products plane, the Solingen was MUCH sharper and capable of thinner cuts)

Thanks!
Bill <><

I want one of the old ones too!
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Randy Powell on December 24, 2006, 09:57:54 AM: I have no idea what my is. No manufacturer marks on it, but I've had it for 30 years.

These look pretty cool though.
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: RC Storick on December 24, 2006, 10:03:48 AM: Thats it!
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Ward Van Duzer on December 24, 2006, 10:16:31 AM: Got this one from the Hobby Lobby 20 + yrs. ago. Also takes double edge SS blades. Will end plane 1/16th sheet!
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Bill Little on December 24, 2006, 11:01:30 AM: Quote from: Ward Van Duzer on December 24, 2006, 10:16:31 AM
Got this one from the Hobby Lobby 20 + yrs. ago. Also takes double edge SS blades. Will end plane 1/16th sheet!

Hi Ward, That's it!

Hobby Lobby carries those now?

Thanks
Bill <><
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: George on December 24, 2006, 12:19:30 PM: I think my razor plane was marketed under the name "Little Giant".

George
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Randy Powell on December 24, 2006, 01:11:50 PM: Robert,

Well, there you go. Marketed by Martor tools. See Steve Helmick's thread on Martor tools.
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Keith Spriggs on December 24, 2006, 10:02:13 PM: Quote from: Ward Van Duzer on December 24, 2006, 08:58:22 AM
Bill,

Go to the HOBBY LOBBY! n~

Ward

Here is a link to The Hobby Lobby balsa plane.
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/planer.htm
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Ralph Wenzel (d) on December 25, 2006, 01:50:49 AM: Got one. It's good, but does not compare to the "FIX" sold back in the '80s. The Balsa Stripper, however, is the best I've ever used! I even bought a big box of blades for the stripper.
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Steve Helmick on December 25, 2006, 01:52:08 AM: Quote from: Randy on December 24, 2006, 01:11:50 PM
Robert,

Well, there you go. Marketed by Martor tools. See Steve Helmick's thread on Martor tools.

I did a little more poking around with Google and found a source for Martor products in Wisconsin or that vicinity. There might be a dealer listing on the site, but I haven't found it. I can see where our tool buyer got them, after the holiday. http://www.martorusa.com/site/index.html

Hobby Lobby has some cool stuff! If you are looking for one of those fancy prop balancers, Kavan makes one, and it's cheaper than the Dubro produced one. I can't knock Dubro products, but I have to think the Kavan unit might just be a notch better, for less money. Very nice pilot figures, too! Take a look:
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/balancer.htm
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/pilots.htm

:! Steve
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Ward Van Duzer on December 25, 2006, 01:36:45 PM: Yup, the Kavan balancer may be less bucks, but it's wheels are plastic (I think), DuBros are steel. But if you haven't tried the Top Flite Power Point magnetic balancer, you haven't balanced a prop, a spinner, a flywheel, or anything that rotates!
Title: Re: Help find a tool
Post by: Bill Little on December 25, 2006, 05:30:43 PM: Quote from: Keith on December 24, 2006, 10:02:13 PM
Here is a link to The Hobby Lobby balsa plane.
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/planer.htm

Thanks, Keith!

I will definitely order another. y1

Bill <><