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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Honeybee" data-source="post: 1869384" data-attributes="member: 3655">No you can't rent one but forget the plane, lots of work for not a lot to show for it.Get a cheap belt sander from a pawn shop and clamp it upside down in a vise, use it for doing a lot of your shaping and thinning.find a good sharp rasp to finish getting it into shape and then sandpaper... 80, 100, 180, 220 then stain it.If you want an authentic color use a dark red stain like red mahogany or dark cherry.Finish with thin coats of Poly,,,Wipe on-wipe off, do not build it up thick just lots of coats.</blockquote>