Ciao!

Ciao, my name is Giuliano and I am passionate about woodworking with traditional methods. I collect old tools and try to rediscover the techniques and secrets of the old carpenters. I decided to create a specular blog in english so all folks around the world will be able to access to. 

Giuliano

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Record Testa Rossa

When I decided to change this Record 4 1 / 2 into a "super" plane, immediately I associated it with a racing car and the comparison with a "Ferrari" and therefore the choice of the red color were the natural consequences.
It is equipped with an old wooden plane blade which thickness is considerably higher (ca. 4 mm) than the original one and it has a 10°back bevel* and then a 55°cutting angle, very good for "difficult" grain.

It significantly increases the performance and justifies the time spent for it. 

* Using the plane I found it very hard to push so I decided of decreasing back bevel value to 10° instead of 15°. This last is good for a narrower plane as a #4.

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