Originally Posted by
Dennis Peterson
Took delivery of the Veritas Shooting Plane and the plane was out of Square by 3 1/2 thousands (.0035) at the tallest point, contacted Vertitas and they said the their tolerances for there planes was .003. I have sent it back as they wanted to inspect the plane, All my Lie Nielsen planes are at most .0015 thou out. So the 3 1/2 thou, is not acceptable to me, for a shooting plane.
So sent an email to Veritas Customer Service, and Shannon in that department sent back this reply... i quote..." In what way was it out of spec, and do you recall how far out of square was it?. We ask because some people do not realize that the plane is intentionally slightly under square so that the plane leans a tiny bit away from the shooting board up to .003" for clearance. If this is what you ran into this is normal. Tha lateral adjustment capability of the blade allows you to ensure the blade cuts your wood square." end quote.
This is not my first rodeo with a plane, but this reply is not consistent with other peoples experience and replies from Veritas, on out of speck planes.
Any body care to reply on this matter?
Thanks
dennis.
I'm sorry but I must be missing something, because I don't see anything improper with his response. It sounds like he is trying to understand the problem so he can address it.
They arent BS'ing you about the 0.003 tolerance. They have been consistently forthright about that. In fact, mine came with an insert saying that was so and to adjust the blade accordingly.
I haven't had an ounce of problem adjusting-out the .003 - have you?
Fred
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