I recall reading a post a while back about a product made by a company called microplane. Basically they seem to make replacement surform blades. Anyway i went to their website and became intrigued after reading and checking it out so i bought a couple to test out and they work super well. They cut almost as fast as a surform blade but they leave a super smooth surface and even work really well on the end grain of the stringer. I know you are supposed to use a planer for everything if you want to be ‘the man’ but sometimes a surform just works really well and with these blades it is like a totally different and better tool. Just figured that i would let anyone out there know that if they are at all interested then they should give it a try since they are pretty cheap too. happy shaping, trev
hey, thanks for the info. I asked about them a while back. Where did you get them? I’ve looked all over for them and e-mailed microplane for distributors a couple of times with no reply and pretty much gave up. I can find everything but the sureform replacements. please tell me where… thanks JR
hey, thanks for the info. I asked about them a while back. Where did you > get them? I’ve looked all over for them and e-mailed microplane for > distributors a couple of times with no reply and pretty much gave up. I > can find everything but the sureform replacements. please tell me where…>>> thanks>>> JR I got mine at a wood working place called Lee Valley. I think they might only have stores in Canada but i know their web site has all sorts of ordering stuff from the States. The catch is that I had to make a special order for the surform blades providing them with a description and the part number from the microplane website. lee valley also carries some other cool configurations like the blade attached to a file handle and other blade shapes as well. I actually added a rigid flat blade to a block of wood to make a ‘fred’ like in shaping 101 and it works way better. anyway that would probably be my best suggestion for a place to start. Check out lee valley’s online catalogue in the woodworking and then shaping section. happy shaping, trev http://www.leevalley.com
sorry i seem to keep screwing up with the urls. anyway the website is www.leevalley.com http://www.leevalley.com