Page 45 of Fly Fishing Equipment Master Catalog Volume 6 by Golden Witch Technologies, Inc

planing tools roughing form a tool could hardly be more basic than a 2 long hardwood block with an untapered 87° groove milled into two surfaces tip butt depths our milling method assures the correct angle making rough planing a snap this is a simple tool that works well gwrf $39.95 since you never plane down to the surface level of these preliminary forms they should never wear out our prices are a great value when you consider the materials and time necessary to make these tools yourself intermediate form a 4 long hardwood block with two untapered 60° grooves milled into its surface use this as a transition between the roughing form and an adjustable planing form credit is due to wayne cattanach for suggesting this tool to us steel splice block this tool is offered for the aficionado of nodeless rods it s a big step up from our wooden simple splice block while having identical function the steel splice block offers unequaled durability for the rodmaker who makes nodeless rods on a regular basis gwif $59.95 gwfp preliminary form pair $92.95 buy both forms and save almost $7.00 stsb $109.00 japanese water stones these man-made water stones are created by compressing abrasive powder such as clay or ceramic and binding these ingredients together with an adhesive man-made stones are far more affordable than natural stones comprised of ash a worthwhile comparison is that of natural vs industrial diamonds for the purposes of rodmaking the synthetic water stones are more than sufficient and they beat the dickens out of oil stones for their ability to create sharper longer lasting honed edges thoroughly soak in water before use and keep the stones wet during use cws-800 800 grit coarse water stone mws-1200 1200 grit medium water stone fws-6000 6000 grit fine water stone ws-set water stone set all three save 10 $24.95 $26.95 $32.95 $79.95 tim abbott s ergonomic planing form jig now available either as a hardware kit drawing or as a complete tool handcrafted by tim abbott from figured cherry this jig is not merely a handsome addition to your shop it is an invaluable functional addition the jig holds the form at a slight angle rising approximately one inch per foot which makes for more natural comfortable ergonomic hand planing the jig also clamps the strip firmly in place freeing your offhand from the onerous task of holding strips in place while you plane the jig can be set up for left or right-hand planers our blank making students in the 2003 class tried planing both with and without this jig and they each opted to use the jig for their class blanks it proved such a valuable aid to comfort and ease of planing that this year we had a jig stationed on each of the three student planing benches if you already own the hardware set you can buy the furniture-grade wood base at a modest discount then attach your hardware set aepfj-h/o hardware and plans aepfj figured cherry jig $139.95 $18.95 s/h/i $694.95 crating s/h/i www.goldenwitch.com fax 717-738-4957 5

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