Hey Everyone. I'm looking for recommendations on tools for carving maple: finger planes, palm planes, gouges, or other.
They will mostly be used for maple electric mando or electric guitar tops. I'm planning on hogging out most of the material with power tools then final shaping the body/scroll by hand.
I bought one of the Ibex planes probably 15+ years ago, but it must be the smallest one of the set (pic below). I'm interested to hear what size finger/palm planes y'all like (and thoughts on convex vs flat).
For those that use gouges, what's a nice brand and a good sweep for this kind of work. I'd like to get something nice that will last.
Thanks!
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