BAWA Annual Members Picnic 10th. September 2023
Twin Pines Park, Belmont
The main event
Grill Master Paul
The Planing Challenge
The Challengers
Laura
Paul waxing
Yeung using a long bronze plane he had made
Burt checking flatness
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Frank trying to exert pressure
Paul trueing up the edge
The Results
Paul, Yeung, and Laura got shavings .002" thick.
Max and Jon got shavings just under .003" thick.
Yeung got a 32" long shaving.
Paul and Jon were able to get a 20" long shaving.
Yeung got one shaving .0013" thick and 28" long.
Yeung was the only one who could get a good shaving using only one hand on the plane.
Note: This was our first ever planing challenge
We used a 3ft long piece of timber for the contest
There was a 6ft. length in reserve - maybe next year?
The Observers
Dave
Dennis
Lisa & Teresa
Mateo
Pictures and official measurements by Burt Rosensweig
