Thread: LV Bevel Up Jointer Plane/Veritas Jointer Fence - Reviewed

Originally Posted by derekcohen

The following Link will take you to WKFineTools.com site and the above reviews.

http://www.wkfinetools.com/contribut...nter/index.asp

In the Jointer review, the LV BU Jointer was compared with a Type 11 Stanley #7, while in the Jointer Fence review, a comparison was made with the Stanley #386.

Owing to a lack of self control – but mainly the inclusion of many pictures – the article is extra long and so has been divided into two pages. It takes about a minute to load on my dial-up connection.

As always, please offer your comments since one of the aims is to generate discussion about tools and techniques.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Another detailed but easily read review...great.....have a greeny from me.

Kev M

Originally Posted by KevM

Another detailed but easily read review...great.....have a greeny from me.

Kev M

Derek,
Looks like i have to spread a bit more loving around before I can give you another greeny.

Kev M

Well done Derek, your usual high standard. I did like the touch of "Olde Englifh" it seemed like Driver was in there.
The revue does support your advice regarding a companion to the LA smoother and this is my next plane instead of an LA jack.
Thank you, once again, for the time and effort you put into these revues. They certainly help when deciding whether to spend the hard earned or not.

I enjoyed reading your review.

It was very informative and well written - thankyou for the effort and hard work sharing your passion with us.

Just had a look, fascinating reading Derek. Now all I need is some spare money?!?!

I don't own a plane of any kind. Maybe I should buy one and learn to use it. Excellent review though most of the terms used are swahili to me.

Well done Derek. And the wikipedia woodworking section still awaits your contributions.

Another well written review, in two parts. Did the website pay your for this as it is of alot better quality than is found in some WW mags.

Did the website pay your for this as it is of alot better quality than is found in some WW mags.

Thanks for the compliment Pat. But, no, I don't get paid. The only thing I get out of it is a plane from LV which, if I took into account the amount of time it takes to prepare and write these articles and spent it instead in my private practice, would be pay for several planes! No, I just do it for fun.

But there is an interesting issue about reviews and magazines. There is a thread on another forum that is calling for reviews to be completed by website (where there can be discussion) rather than mags (where they are frequently chopped up to fit space).

Regards from Perth

Derek

Excellent review(s), Derek, and I like the table too.

I own a mixture of low- and standard angle planes, but no high angle ones, such as the Gordons. Have you any reviews targetted at HNTG?

Oh, and one more thing. On my browser two of the photos came out as big black rectangles (???).

Hi Zenwood

A couple of others have also brought my attention to black rectangles. I am looking into it - not my website, and the articles are posted there on my behalf. MikeW will be organising the article for my usual wenspace, but he is snowed under with work at present.

Regarding HNTG planes, I did touch on the Smoother in my article on the LV BU Smoother: http://members.iinet.net.au/~derekco...bus/index.html

If I get time ....

Regards from Perth

Derek

Zenwood, all pics showed on mine, IE6

Just read your review Derek, I enjoyed it and very well done.

Just a comment - there are very few modern items that remain close to the original models in terms of design and performance as wood planes.

Whilst the top of the line modern LV planes you test did out perform your older ones (but in my reading, not by a huge margin) compare this to other technology, ie engines, optics, pharmaceuticals, motors etc. 2005 re 1910.

I guess it really made me think how good were the Stanley engineers back in the early 1900's.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

I don't own a plane of any kind. Maybe I should buy one and learn to use it. Excellent review though most of the terms used are swahili to me.

Indeed - this poses an interesting question. Think back to when you first attempted to sharpen and then use a handplane - for serious use, that is, not whipping a mill off the top of the dunny door at the shack with the #4 - and remember your results. Mine were rubbish, anyway, and put me off.
Had I taken deliivery of the LV LA Jack just then, I don't think that I would have stopped planing for a week! Starting with one of these and then 'learning backwards' for sharpening/tuning the older planes would seem to be very efficient!

Well done DC BTW, greenie for you. Now I NEED the BUJ!