Hand planes
I bought a few planes for when the kids and I go on beach hikes, great deals, cheers.
(took checking in all day for the site to eventually let me in, hopefully cos he's getting a lot of traffic)
Unreal. I've been using a new plastic one from him the last week. Splitting time on the beach and a beefy little rock ledge. This afternoon while the kids were doing clubbie training I used one of his metal ones for the first time. Not sure about it, think I prefer the thickness and area of the plastic one.
Hadn't used planes in ages, thought they were too much for my shoulders, but these are smaller area than my last one so I've been enjoying it.
great you're enjoying, I mucked around with one on a camping trip once where there were more people than boards. Looking forward to some weird fun with portability factor - we're a 10km bike ride from the beach and love 3-day coast hikes.
Handplanes are the best. My local beachie is a bit fickle so handplane gives another option. Awesome for fitness and i find it gives the full range of motion when swimming which is good for the shoulders.
Mentioned it in another thread, but been having a blast making handplanes with the groms out of 12mm marine ply.
Hydro Ray Gill handplanes are unreal to use... no load while swimming super deep concave small and compact.
Fraser G wrote:
Hydro Ray Gill handplanes are unreal to use... no load while swimming super deep concave small and compact.
They look good, and also not unlike the metal Ecto handplane. Wasn't sure about it at first, was used to handplanes with a bigger surface area, but I'm really enjoying it now. Much freer to swim under waves or make sudden adjustments. Like those hydros it's got bulk concave, maybe half an inch, and the outline is not much bigger than your hand. Made from 1mm thick metal.
Have had a pod one for many years, first wave was a barrel, out of it, into another barrel, out of that too, into the closeout barrel. Really should use it more these days.
Which one should I get (out of the Ecto metal range), it all looks the same to me. V2 is I guess an upgrade on V1?
I'm not too sure on the differences, Flollo. Not even sure it's an upgrade, just a different shape.
After using a big hand plane for years I wasn't sure about the worth of a small one, but it's working really well.
great sale atm, but the site is SO slow and often doesn't let you in...
https://ectohandplanes.com/collections/workshop-clearance-sale
(if you get to the homepage, great visuals, while you wait 2 mins for the page you click on to load)
basesix wrote:
great sale atm, but the site is SO slow and often doesn't let you in...
https://ectohandplanes.com/collections/workshop-clearance-sale
(if you get to the homepage, great visuals, while you wait 2 mins for the page you click on to load)
Bought two from Chris the other day. Waived the shipping, went and picked them up myself, champion fella.
^ hope the young fellers love 'em. having the three planes I bought (foam/wood/metal) from ecto has really changed things for me. makes a long coast walk or a half-hour beach visit suddenly have a wavey engagement aspect that feels lively and spontaneous
basesix wrote:
^ hope the young fellers love 'em. having the three planes I bought (foam/wood/metal) from ecto has really changed things for me. makes a long coast walk or a half-hour beach visit suddenly have a wavey engagement aspect that feels lively and spontaneous
Cheers, B. Was a surprise for them, so feelings written upon the face and all that.
Bought a bunch of poscas so identical twins could set their identical handplanes apart.
Also, same as you, I look at waves differently if I know I've got a handplane in the armoury. Sometimes even prefer it more than other equipment.
Fella down my way runs Ecto Handplanes and he's having a warehouse clean out. Grab yourself a bargain.
Got myself a metal and a plastic plane, both ride unreal.
Selling quick...
https://ectohandplanes.com/collections/workshop-clearance-sale?page=1