Rob Cosman and Veritas Handplanes?

[Bill Yacey]

I think it's bunk. If 4s were made for kids, and 4 1/2s made for adults, then why are there so few 4 1/2s? I mean once all the schools had an army of 4s, there would not need to be anymore produced. Ergo, there would be 10 4 1/2s to every 4 you see in the wild.

In actuality, you see 100 4s before you see a single 4 1/2. Perhaps all the 150# adults with medium to large hands loved them so much that they were buried with them when they passed. (that's Cosman logic there).

In the violin making world, using a larger plane than necessary is akin to driving brads with a sledge hammer. You size the tool to the job at hand.

If Cosman is only familiar with planing construction lumber, he wouldn't understand this.

[Jim Koepke]

There was a link to a youtube video posted where he claims the number 4 was a elementary school kids tool. And the 4-1/2 is a mans tool.

But normally yes, he pushes the 5-1/2

Wouldn't the same users of the bigger smoother and jack want a larger jointer like a #8?

It doesn't look like Woodriver makes a #8.

My #5-1/2 doesn't see as much use as my #6.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

I do not need multi planes.
Here is a sample of what is available nearby.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lowe...hrome&ie=UTF-8

[mike stenson]

None of those are hand tools, or the ones that are... generally aren't worth the effort to try and make work.. then there's the lack of joinery tools

[Jim Koepke]

I do not need multi planes.
Here is a sample of what is available nearby.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lowe...hrome&ie=UTF-8

The first few links were for power planers. Finally found this:

Planes at Lowes.png

It is unlikely any of those would be my choice over an old Stanley.

jtk

[Frederick Skelly]

When I need a tool, I go to the big box store, fondle the tools, and buy the one that pleases me.

Lowell, if I remember right, weren't you a homebuilder Sir? When you suggested the big box store, were you thinking of homebuilding or furniture making? (Or were you just teasing to rile us up? )

[James Pallas]

All marketing. You wouldn’t want to compete with a #4. If the 41/2 was better the people that used them everyday would have used them. A bit like 8 ft. Pickups replacing 6 ft. Bed pickups. Now if you have a 6 ft. It’s a cool thing, “sport truck”. Didn’t go that way for the 4 1/2.

[lowell holmes]

I was a builder, I have not built a house in many years. I was gifted 20 lots in a local subdivision by my father-in-law that I built out.
I am 10 minutes from a Lowes and a Home Depot. They both have lumber and building supplies. There are three lumber yards within 30 minutes of my house. If I need a tool, I just go get one.

[Richard Hutchings]

I'm tired of cleaning up old tools, I wood try one of those if I couldn't find an old Stanley all cleaned up for me.