Originally Posted by
ken hatch
While re-purposed metal planes can function as a scrub plane a wood stock scrub like the one from ECE is a different animal. Its form has developed over centuries for the one job it does and it does that job very well, I think easier than any metal body scrub. It is cheap < $100 USD and will last decades, just take a look at Tom's photo of his, mine is about the same age and looks about the same I just don't have any photos of it.
BTW, I agree with Andrew, there are jobs for a scrub plane in any shop even one that is mostly power.
ken
All three of my scrub planes, one #40 and two others set up as scrub planes, cost less than $65. All three of them have already lasted for decades.
jtk
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