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15th April 2017, 10:16 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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If you could have only 1 plane, which plane would it be?
Simplicity (aka Matt) asked me this question a couple of months ago.
Without hesitation, I said a #4, which was the only plane I had access to when I visited my in laws in NZ. I did all I wanted with just that one plane. It was small enough for me to pack in my bag on a trip. The iron for a #4 is common and easy to get hold of.
I subsequently gave it more thoughts. The common planes that I use are #4, 5, 5 1/2, and 7. I have three 4 /12's but am never really entirely comfortable with them. They just feel a bit short with those wider blades. Of course a lot of people swear by their 4 1/2s.
So which is that only one plane if you could have one. is it a stanley # 4, 4 1/2, a block plane or some exotic plane from a premium manufacturer? and why would that be?
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15th April 2017, 10:20 PM #2Neanderthal Neophyte
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Prob my low-angle jack (assuming I can have a few blades). Can use it for flattening, jointing, and smoothing if required. It's square enough to use for shooting even without a lateral adjustment lever. All the others just make life easier; but please don't show this to my wife.
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15th April 2017, 10:21 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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This is a really horrible question. Like asking someone with a lots of children to pick one!
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15th April 2017, 10:23 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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If I had to pick only one, it would probably be one I don't currently have; The Veritas Jack Rebate plane. You could use it as a smoother, jack and small jointer as well as a rebate plane and even with a shooting board.
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15th April 2017, 10:27 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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15th April 2017, 11:52 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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My Veritas Low Angle Jack, with 25deg and 38deg blades.
Regards
Keith
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16th April 2017, 01:24 AM #7
Which One ??.
Hi All,
Not much of a Woodworker, but I have a nice Stanley No.3, that always seems to work OK for me, at what I do sometimes.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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16th April 2017, 06:19 AM #8
for me it's a toss up between a #5, #6 or #62 (low angle jack) -- it really depends on what sort of work you are most familiar with and what you use a plane for.
but, given this is a survey of sorts, my answer would have to be #62, low angle jack, with at least two blades -- one of which would be a toothed blade.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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16th April 2017, 12:48 PM #9Deceased
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#5 with a slight camber.
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16th April 2017, 01:02 PM #10
Veritas LA Smoother.......with extensions
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16th April 2017, 03:34 PM #11
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16th April 2017, 03:41 PM #12
My home made (from Tassie Blackwood) low angle 320x60 mm "Krenov style" jack.
I've used it for truing edges, for finishing cross-grain on difficult table tops, for a scrubber .... it just does everything I want in a hand plane.
When I need to plane anything by hand, 85% of the time this one will come out.
As well, it's ergonomically shaped to fit MY hands.
I really need to clean it up and give it some more oil - the spiders in the roof have been leaving visiting cards - that, and dust and grime ...
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16th April 2017, 04:45 PM #13
My Hammer A3-31
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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16th April 2017, 04:56 PM #14
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16th April 2017, 05:16 PM #15
OK, if I could only take one plane on a trip, it would be a Veritas Jack Rabbet Plane (and one extra blade) ...
This is a true Swiss Army Knife kind of plane. Review here: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolRev...bbetPlane.html
Jointing ...
Planing across the grain to flatten a board.
Smoothing …
Panel raising (and rebating) ...
Even shooting ...
Not bad, eh!
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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