Dear Woodworker,
Manufacturing is a scale based process; the more you make, the lower the price. What I am about to share doesn’t happen to us very often but when it does it creates a great opportunity for our customers.
We recently received a large custom order of our HP-8 Mini-Block Plane with depth skids to be made from aluminum and it has to be delivered the first week in December. Here is a pic;
The ability to use depth skids gives handwork, particularly precision hand work a completely new meaning. Case in point, my sculpture, “Fog of War” would simply not be possible without this ability. You can see how here.
At my last class at Marc Adams School of Woodworking, I brought the stainless version of the HP-8 and it lasted on my workbench about 3 minutes. The impression this tool makes for small scale work is undeniable, it simply works fantastic. Think about this; imagine planing several hundred small sticks all within one thousandth of an inch… it is incredible.
If you already own the brass/stainless version you don’t need this version… unless you are sick in the head with that crazy Bridge City disease… which we happen to love. But check this out, The HP-8 Aluminum with Depth Skids will retail this run ONLY for $249.00 (Founder’s Circle members will save and additional 10%) and will ship the first week in December.
Lastly, if you are a JMP owner, this is a must have tool. The pre-order email announcement should go out this week.
-John
PS:If you aren’t doing anything important and think it might be fun to visit Seattle, I will be here on October 30th – should be fun!
You bastard! Just when my wallet was enjoying a breather, you come out with this!
I’d love to know who put in a large custom order. Did Rutager finally stop buying the tools one-by-one?
Nice!
— Peter
We have several corporations that buy our tools in quantities for gifts. And that is all I am going to say about that.
-John
I can guarantee you it’s not my corporation. Their gift to me is to let me pay my own electricity in my office…
— Peter
P.S. Like truth, both time and velocity are relative concepts.
That is about as much fun as receiving underwear for a birthday gift.
—John
Oh baby, that is one sexy little plane. Yes, I’ll be calling in my order in the next couple minutes.
rutager, please don’t do it. you will crash the website and then john will have to come up with another “i’m sorry” tool and he may not make his deadline.
What are the dimensions of the block plane? Thanks.
Steve
It is in the description of the HP-8 here
Synopsis below;
The HP-8 Low Angle Mini features a bevel-up iron bedded at 12 degrees creating an attack angle of 42 degrees. Both faces of the A2 tool steel are optically lapped, and the hardness is 60-62 Rc. Overall plane length is 4.21″. Width is 1.298″. Blade width is .94″.
John
John,
Just looked at flights to Seattle and Portland from MN and they were only around $300, almost half of what I normally see, so a few questions:
1. How close to the museum is the airport?
2. Are you driving and do you have any extra seats?
3. Any special tickets or invitations needed for the 30th?
4. Is the 30th a special event date, since I see it actually opens on the 10th?
5. Anyone else planning on going?
6. Will there be bacon? Sushi?
Thanks,
Rutager
Okay, one more question, but this about the plane. Is that an orange anodized clamp pad I see peeking out? I think that might look cool.
Hey Rutager,
John’s running in and out of the office today so let me help you with your questions.
1) It’s about 22 miles (at least 37 minutes away). I would recommend taking uber (it’s better and cheaper than cabs in Seattle) https://www.uber.com/cities/seattle
2) John and Diane are taking their dogs with them, so extra seats are taken.
3-4) No special tickets or invitations, I believe you can RSVP on the link he provided to the event. They are celebrating all fall exhibitions on that date.
5) I haven’t heard of anyone else coming. Chris Wong @ Flairwoodworks would have loved to come, however he will be in Costa Mesa that weekend.
6) I’m sure there are many bacon/sushi places nearby, too! Seattle’s great to visit in the fall.
If you haven’t tried using airbnb, you can check out this place that’s barely a block away from the museum itself: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3333352?s=i-sz
Take care,
Consuelo
Oh, man! October 30 is the day I have to cook bacon and smores for the goblins in our local park. No way I can get out of that!
yes
John,
I know I should have been paying more attention when you’ve been talking about using gauge pins to set the depths on these planes, but alas I wasn’t. Can you point me (us) in the right direction to finds a decent set?
Thanks,
Mike
Mike;
Amazon is your friend.
-John