Veritas new Small Plow Plane

[Rob Lee]

Hi -

If someone wants to try the plane, and report back to the board, I'd be glad to send out a loaner...

Just post "ME ME ME!" in this thread.... *

Cheers -

Rob

*(in North America pls!)

[Andrew Nemeth]

Alright, I'll bite. ME ME ME! I'm a newer to the neander way but would be happy to post an honest report!

[Rob Lee]

Alright, I'll bite. ME ME ME! I'm a newer to the neander way but would be happy to post an honest report!

Hi Andrew -

Brave guy....

Shoot me your shipping address at rlee@leevalley.com , and I'll have a plane sent out to you!

Cheers -

Rob

[Rob Lee]

PS - don't forget to mention RH or LH!!!

[Andrew Nemeth]

I didn't even think about including RH while I was sending you my mailing address!

Thanks again!!!

[Hilton Ralphs]

If someone wants to try the plane, and report back to the board, I'd be glad to send out a loaner...

*(in North America pls!)

Us third world guys cannot be trusted

[john zulu]

Hi -

If someone wants to try the plane, and report back to the board, I'd be glad to send out a loaner...

Just post "ME ME ME!" in this thread.... *

Cheers -

Rob

*(in North America pls!)

Aha. Poor poor Malaysian woodworker.....

[Nick Stokes]

I just received the small plough with cutters. I did not get the wide conversion kit/beading setup because it wasn't available yet. I had been waiting a few months to get the plough ever since the first teaser that Rob gave us to "wait a bit before ordering the small plough".

I have used it in it's regular duties to cut a groove for a simple drawer bottom. I had in the past used an old stanley 45, that worked fine, but never was convenient to use... I did alot of research and all of you recommended the LV small plough.

Oh my, I am in love with this thing. You simply can't compare the efficiency and feel of this tool, to the old ones. Now, the wood probably does not know the difference... But, I Love the perfection I felt when I was using this tool.

About the new depth stop, I have no experience with the old one, but the plane I have now, that sucker tightens down fine. I tried a test board where I cut a groove to depth, then I purposefully attempted to see if it would slip by attempting to be rougher with the passes, and attempting to lean into the depth stop just a bit. Not crazy, but rougher than I would be with it in normal use... and, no problems.

I don't know how scientific that test was or whatever, and I am not near as experienced as you guys on this board, but that was my experience with the tool.

I currently use a flat head screw through a block of wood as my "beading" tool... I would like to eventually add this capacity, but haven't taken that leap yet.

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While I'm here, I wanted to ask this. I watched a Paul Sellers video (he loves the LV Small Plough) and saw him put a board in a vise with it's long edge up. He pinched the board together with a scrap piece of pine for additional support/backing. Then, he setup the LV Small Plough to cut a groove like normal; half in the workpiece, half in the pine. The result was actually cutting a long grain rabbet in the workpiece. I thought this was brilliant. Can anyone else expand on this technique, or can say they have used it with success? I had never seen it before.

[Jim Koepke]

While I'm here, I wanted to ask this. I watched a Paul Sellers video (he loves the LV Small Plough) and saw him put a board in a vise with it's long edge up. He pinched the board together with a scrap piece of pine for additional support/backing. Then, he setup the LV Small Plough to cut a groove like normal; half in the workpiece, half in the pine. The result was actually cutting a long grain rabbet in the workpiece. I thought this was brilliant. Can anyone else expand on this technique, or can say they have used it with success? I had never seen it before.

Nick,

There will always be people who find uses for a tool or other device the maker may not have considered.

I am not familiar with the mechanics of the Veritas Small Plow plane. Someone beat me to Rob Lee's offer of a test drive. Currently I have plenty of different planes able to do plowing or rabbeting.

with the Stanley #45 the fence can be set so the blade is above its top side. This allows a wide blade to be used to cut a rabbet of any size without needing a sacraficial spacer as Paul Sellers used.

Another method may be to attach a piece of wood to the fence. Cut a slot to allow the blade to ride inside the fence so a rabbet can be cut with the blade being wider than the work.

jtk

[Rob Lee]

Nick,

(snip) Someone beat me to Rob Lee's offer of a test drive. Currently I have plenty of different planes able to do plowing or rabbeting.

(snip)

Hi Jim -

I'll ask Andrew to send it to you, when he's done trying it.... if you like...

Cheers -

Rob

[John Schtrumpf]

...While I'm here, I wanted to ask this. I watched a Paul Sellers video (he loves the LV Small Plough) and saw him put a board in a vise with it's long edge up. He pinched the board together with a scrap piece of pine for additional support/backing. Then, he setup the LV Small Plough to cut a groove like normal; half in the workpiece, half in the pine. The result was actually cutting a long grain rabbet in the workpiece. I thought this was brilliant. Can anyone else expand on this technique, or can say they have used it with success? I had never seen it before.

I never tried that technique, I might try it for an endgrain rabbet (I have plowed grooves on endgrain). I do use my LV Small Plow to do long grain rabbets. As I read Derek Cohen's inthewoodshop.com , I use some of his tricks. He added a larger fence board with a notch for the blade, it made sense so I did it. He also clamps his boards with the edge flush to the edge of the bench for better registration of the fence, I do too, the depth stop then works by riding on the face of the board when doing a rabbet (same as with a groove).

[Andrew Nemeth]

I'll be happy to send it along after a test drive. It's the least I can do!!!

[Jim Koepke]

Thanks Rob and Andrew.

jtk

[Augusto Orosco]

I think someone in this thread (or another related one?) feared getting the plane back after sending it would take a while. So, FYI, I ordered the new blades and the replacement kit as soon as it was advertised online (I think I read it on the Pop Woodworking blog; a few weeks earlier than my official letter, which arrived in the mail last week). I got the blades shortly after ordering and then got the mailing kit for the body of the plane. Today I got it back with the modifications done (including the improved depth stop), and certainly much cleaner than how I sent it to them.

That was some quick turnaround, but again, Lee Valley always raises the bar for other retailers on this matter. Good stuff!

[Brian Loran]

Thanks for the info Augusto. I sent mine in on March 5th and am eagerly waiting its return. I was wondering about how long it would take (I assume return mail is the longest leg of the trip).