Last edited by glenn bradley; 08-23-2018 at 5:35 PM.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
I've used the small bevel up plane and I didn't like it. Nothing beats a bevel down plane with the cap iron set correctly to plane difficult wood.
They are getting to know one another.
I'm waiting for the detail chisels to get back in stock. Also looking for a 3/4 and 1" and those keep getting moved out.
Jessica writes:
Really? Seems to me that nearly 150 years of block plane creation and refinement state otherwise. That's the reason they were created, and also the reason that their larger cousins have found such favor today, that is their ability to plane difficult woods. Now, if you want to throw a higher angle frog into the mix, in an infill with a tight mouth, then maybe I could buy into that notion, but to say that bevel up planes are inferior to bevel down planes for planing difficult woods flies in the face of 150 years of plane development and evolution.
What leads you to come to this conclusion in your personal use of bevel up planes?
Last edited by Warren Mickley; 08-24-2018 at 10:22 AM.
Let me put it another way. Nothing beats a bevel down plane for ease of planing, at least not for me. I don't have to worry about the bevel angle or the mouth opening. I just set the cap iron correctly and off I go. Another big plus for me is that I can easily adjust the depth on the fly with one finger. These are the reasons why a bevel down plane is superior for me. I still won't like a bevel up smoother even if the whole world likes them.
Jessica,
Thanks. Was just trying to understand if it was personal preference on your part, or some difficulty in the design of BU up planes that I was not aware of. Appreciate the clarification.
It is really a personal preference thing when it comes to BD and BU. I have a #4 and the rest BUs which are also my go to planes, some fitted with a 50* blade (62* cutting angle) when needed for reverse grain wood. With well behaving wood, the BUs are used. Frankly, whether it is 45* or 62*, they are harder to push than 37*. I know someone who lives with shooting endgrain occasionally using a BD.
When I fit inset doors or chamfer edges, I prefer a block plane, or when I work with short members or inlay work.
Simon
Rob, needed a small pocket plane and was ready to get the LN violin plane and then 2 days ago saw the 40th anniversary pocket and could not resist, and because I will be using it outside the stainless Steel sealed the deal, now on its way, can't wait.
Hope it works as good as it looks.
Dennis.
Hey, Jessica does anyone make a STEEL small pocked plane the size of the 40th anniv. plane with BD.?
Dennis
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