Gene Collison
10-24-2005, 1:46 PM
I have numerous wood planes and metal planes. I guess I just like and enjoy planes. These are woodies made by Steve Knight, the small pocket plane and the Razee jack are my most recent additions. I know many of you guys and gals already have them but for those that don't Steve is really doing a great job in his plane building. The Razee jack is made from padouk with an ipe sole. The small pocket plane is bubinga, the coffin smoother is purpleheart. Steve to my knowledge is making the only wooden jack planes with an adjustable mouth. In fact I think all of his planes now have an adjustable mouth. I ordered this and the small pocket plane with his new screw cap instead of the wedge. It makes them a bit easier to adjust but also stays tight between uses as compared to a wedge which is often loosened by mother nature. The planes work beautifully, I did have a momentary problem with the jack sniping at the end of the board. I checked it with a straightedge and found that it was sitting proud at the toe and heel, probably caused by the change in environment. A few careful strokes toe to heel with LV jointer flattened it perfectly, the sniping stopped. Highly recommended.
Gene
Gene