Geoff Entwistle planes

[Stephen Carré]

Anyone seen or used these? Not that I'm planning on buying one, but I was
curious as to what makes them so special that they can attract a 2 grand
price tag?

[Steve Turner]

<the smooth and refined sound of coffee coming out of my nose>

[Stephen Carré]

Is that a snort of shock at the 2 grand price tag, or a snort of shock that
I need to ask about Enwistle planes?!?

"Steve Turner" <bbqb...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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[Steve Turner]

I can't imagine anyone that hangs out in the wreck being brave enough to
admit that they'd bought a $2000 hand plane for the purpose of actually
USING it. They'd do well to put on their flame-retardant underthingies
first... :-)

So I certainly wasn't snorting at your question; it was the price,
definitely. I might be inclined to ask the same question, but with a
few exclamation points and "WTF's?" peppered in there... :-)

[Stephen Carre]

Ahh! I think the 2 grand is pounds, in fact! I saw something on the web in
the US (best things for, or something like that) where they sold 2 Entwistle
models, one at $1999 and one at $2999 (or something similar).

I seem to recall seeing a TV program where they went to see Geoff and watch
him make one of these, and certainly remember the price was around 2k
pounds.

As I say, I have no intention of buying one - happy furtling around with my
Stanley and Records at the mo, with possible future upgrade to LN or
Clifton.

Anyway - curious about them. Specially if there's nothing that special
about em, in which case I may learn how to make dovetailed infill planes, so
I can flog em for that price too!

"Steve Turner" <bbqb...@netscape.net> wrote in message

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[Dan]

Well, you got my attention. :-) No coffee out the nose but the same
reaction otherwise.

Seems like somebody who made $2,000 planes would produce something on
Google but I come up three hits on "Geoff Entwistle" and none of them
say anything about planes.

It IS wood planes, right? Not airplanes or sailplanes or any other kind?
Where'd you find this guy?

Dan

[Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A.]

Depleted uranium 238 infill, probably. Cuts smoother than smooth.

[Rick Stein]

<snip>

>
> Well, you got my attention. :-) No coffee out the nose but the same
> reaction otherwise.
>
> Seems like somebody who made $2,000 planes would produce something on
> Google but I come up three hits on "Geoff Entwistle" and none of them
> say anything about planes.
>
> It IS wood planes, right? Not airplanes or sailplanes or any other kind?
> Where'd you find this guy?
>
> Dan
>

These are downright bargains compared to some of Karl Holtey's models.

R.

[malcolm]

Dan <s...@charter.net> wrote in message news:<b9gmfe$isp$1...@news.doit.wisc.edu>...

Here is a link to Entwistle planes and others.
http://home.pacifier.com/~davewe/modern.htm

[Andy Dingley]

They're cheap knock-offs of the Holteys 8-)

I think I did handle one a while ago (if not a Geoff Entwistle, then
some similar maker). The damn thing had square edges all over it, so
that not only was it unusable, but it was seemingly deliberately
finished so that any attempt to use it would cause obvious wear, thus
making it no longer pristine.

Makes my Norris look positively utilitarian. Come to think of it, my
Norris _is_ utilitarian. It works fine, and there's no concession on
it to anything that isn't work-related. I know which I'd prefer.

[Stephen Carré]

Here's the link I was on about:

http://www.thebestthings.com/newtools/entwistle.htm

<shrugs> look pretty ugly to me, but there you go!

"Dan" <s...@charter.net> wrote in message
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[Andrew Barss]

Rick Stein <ste...@swbell.net> wrote:
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:>

: These are downright bargains compared to some of Karl Holtey's models.

: R.

Viewable at:

http://www.holteyplanes.com/

Well worth the browse.

-- Andy Barss