Arbortech Turboplane Blade - A new workshop tool!

I met Axminster at Makers Central this year and I managed to get a bit of work in on the chair that they were making at the show. Using the wood carving and cutting attachment for the angle grinder, the Arbortech TurboPlane and with what could be achieved with it. Its taken my skillset a bit further forwards and im able to produce work that I wouldnt have been able to do.

You can find out more about the Arbortech from Axminster here
https://goo.gl/VM3Q66
Amxminster APF10 Face mask https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-apf-10-evolution-powered-respirator-101809
Some pics on FB https://www.facebook.com/pg/thepoultrypeople/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1561859107276437

Its a very well engineered attachment, it spins smoothly, theres no wobble that i can feel through the machine. It takes away a lot of material at a time and you can easily create curves.
Youll learn how to move and flow with the angle grinder the more you use it. Ive not had to sharpen it yet and im being pretty careful with it not to damage the exposed blades.

Youre going to approach this with caution, it can grab on occasion and run away, it grabbed on me pretty much straight away although now ive got about 5 or 6 items done with it it doesnt do that so much so im putting it down to user error in not holding the blade to the wood correctly. As well you can see that im pretty lazy and rarely clamp my wood down which is highly advisable to do. The fact that i dont clamp my work down means that it still turned out a good piece and the attachment works extremely well.

It comes with a reducing spacer so you can use it on a smaller sized arbor angle grinder which leads me onto the next bit....
Im using a Makita grinder that I bought as a combo set with the 9 inch one a few years back. Its doing well, It does get warm on the gearbox end after using it for a few hours so I do also recommend getting a decent grinder to use with the blade, i wouldnt put this attachment on a B&Q pp grinder for instance as i reckon the pressures and force would soon destroy a lesser made unit.

Amazon link to makita grinder, not a bad price for the uk at £47 https://amzn.to/2ukwaw8

Thanks for watching, crack on and make something :)

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