Thanks a lot to Andrew for helping me in the plane self-making.

@David, a good advice indeed. Hope I could find any sympathetic builder around here... However, I'll give a look at Fortepiano.com, Marc Vogel, Hubbard, Zuckermann and TPW, maybe they would be willing to sell ready-done mouldings.

I'll try with the moulding plane as well, though.

Best!
Domenico



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Pickett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Micro-router for mouldings


> At 12:07 10-02-16, Domenico Statuto wrote:
> 
> >I see most (or all?) of the professionals here use a heavy duty
> >spindler router on a table, with custom cutters. However, the total
> >expense for a table, a heavy duty spindler router, plus a two or three
> >custom cutters seems too high for the expected output of an amateur
> >maker. I don't expect to make more than two or three harpsichords more.
> 
> If you are talking about mouldings to go around the top and bottom of 
> the sides of an Italian, why not ask a sympathetic builder to make 
> enough for three instruments for you?  They dont take up much space 
> in storage and I believe that Ruckers and others used to buy in 
> certain items from specialists.
> 
> David 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Bernard 
  To: Domenico Statuto ; Harpsichords and Related Topics 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: Micro-router for mouldings


  Hello Domenico,


  Yes indeed. Fine Woodworking magazine, a wonderful source of technique and inspiration, Issue 37 1982 (I just happened to look this up just now!) has a good article on making moulding planes, or molding planes as the Americans call them. I can send it to you if you like.


  I am sure there are dozens of articles on this topic in the other woodworking magazines also, such as Popular Woodworking, and so on.


  Andrew






  On 10 February 2016 at 22:17:20, Domenico Statuto ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

    (any advice for making custom hand planes?) 

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