Benedetto Palm Plane - Flat Sole

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SKU
TL-070-036-1
$234.80
- American Hard Curly Sugar Maple construction - Flat Sole Palm Plane - Custom turned palm rest - Satin finish, brass appointments - Each plane is serialized by Bob Benedetto - Custom Ron Hock steel blade, honed by Bob and ready to use - Perfect for building flattops, solid bodies, or precision woodworking - Solid brass holding cap, crosspin, and thumb screw - Includes custom blade15/16" wide Base dimensions: 3-1/2" long x 1-7/16" wide x 1-1/4" tall (88.9mm x 36.5mm x 31.7mm) Overall length with palm rest: 4-1/2" (114.3mm) Benedetto Palm Plane Made by the master himself! A master craftsman forms a deep connection with their tools. Bob Benedetto, one of the grand masters of archtop building, approaches his tools like his instruments. They must have the perfect combination of form and function, be effortless to use, and also look beautiful. The flat bottom model is perfect for leveling and squaring edges, and fine tuning the soundboard on flat top guitars.
Thumb planes have been used by violin makers for centuries for carving the plates of their instruments. The tools have been adopted more recently by guitar makers and are very useful for many guitar making processes.

The Ibex thumb planes bring this tool into this century and the combination of the modern materials, good design and quality manufacturing. The thumb planes from Ibex will give any luthier years of enjoyable use.
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Material Brass, Chrome Vanadium, Steel, Wood
Tool Type Plane