Tom Bussey
02-15-2023, 5:47 PM
I ordered three planes from Lowes. I thought the little on was kind of cute. And for $15 I though I would take a chance. I liked the fit right off the bat. The way the lever cap is, it is easily lessened and tightened for blade movement. I got shavings right off the blade. Also I liked bedding on the body is machined A definite plus. I took it for a spin on my 300 diamond plate and the bottom is pretty much flat. But the bottom finish is a little course. It shouldn't take much to do the bottom. checked to see how much work it would take to get the blade flat and again it will not take real long.
I am out of shavings for building fires in the fire place. I have some lath and this plane makes shaving very easily. so it is delegated to that purpose. Since it is a nice little pocket plane I guess I will have to get another one. And it comes with an 01 blade. There is not much adjustment side to side so one will have to be carful to sharpen it straight. I highly recommend this
I can't really say much about the corner easing plane. It works as advertised. To keep from having to adjust it a lot I think I will use the cute one to knock off some of the corner first. Lowes offers a replacement blade for $19. With the replacement blade you also get a 1/8th, 3/16, and 1/4 radius cutting blades. The Lowes number is 1102074. there is on board storage for the radius cutters. I do not know how much use the radius cutters will be but there are time when they might be just the ticket. I like the plane but if $30 is a problem I would forgo this one, only because there are router bit that will cut and form the edges.
I like the low angle block. I loaned my low angle block to my son in law and I can't seem to get it back. The machined blade bedding is very very nice, better than my Stanley. It won't take much to flatten the 01 blade. I really like the way the lever cap adjusts to hold the blade. MY regular angle Stanley block the lever cap is always to tight or it comes loose and causing adjustment problems all by it self. The bottom is fairly flat. Not worth the work to take it farther.
I really like the plane and for $$35 I don't think you can go wrong with it if you don't have one, Faults are I had to file the sharp corners and it will take some work to really get the throat plate really in close for super fine shaving. For what I use a block plane for, it is not a deal killer. There is not much adjustment side to side so one will have to be carful to sharpen it straight. If you do not have a low angle block I highly recommend this one It is better than the others big box ones out there.
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I am out of shavings for building fires in the fire place. I have some lath and this plane makes shaving very easily. so it is delegated to that purpose. Since it is a nice little pocket plane I guess I will have to get another one. And it comes with an 01 blade. There is not much adjustment side to side so one will have to be carful to sharpen it straight. I highly recommend this
I can't really say much about the corner easing plane. It works as advertised. To keep from having to adjust it a lot I think I will use the cute one to knock off some of the corner first. Lowes offers a replacement blade for $19. With the replacement blade you also get a 1/8th, 3/16, and 1/4 radius cutting blades. The Lowes number is 1102074. there is on board storage for the radius cutters. I do not know how much use the radius cutters will be but there are time when they might be just the ticket. I like the plane but if $30 is a problem I would forgo this one, only because there are router bit that will cut and form the edges.
I like the low angle block. I loaned my low angle block to my son in law and I can't seem to get it back. The machined blade bedding is very very nice, better than my Stanley. It won't take much to flatten the 01 blade. I really like the way the lever cap adjusts to hold the blade. MY regular angle Stanley block the lever cap is always to tight or it comes loose and causing adjustment problems all by it self. The bottom is fairly flat. Not worth the work to take it farther.
I really like the plane and for $$35 I don't think you can go wrong with it if you don't have one, Faults are I had to file the sharp corners and it will take some work to really get the throat plate really in close for super fine shaving. For what I use a block plane for, it is not a deal killer. There is not much adjustment side to side so one will have to be carful to sharpen it straight. If you do not have a low angle block I highly recommend this one It is better than the others big box ones out there.
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