Thread: Ploughing - Stanley 13-052

So, the Stanley 13-052 is a plastic handled plough plane, comes with metric (4, 6, 9, 12mm) and imperial (1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 1/3") blades.

Its not bad... not great... a bit rough in the finish and the blade depth adjuster could do with a lock nut as the blade will retract during use (well, maybe not if you are not a heavy handed monkey like me ). Absolutely needs a knicker/scribing blade.

Aside from these 'sins', its a goer.

Today I needed to rip out some edge strips from some boards, so instead of using a saw, the 13-052 got taken out.
A quick freehand rub on my final stone to make sure the blade is ready, set the width of the rip with the marking guage, scribe a line on the timber stock, clamp down... set the stopwatch ... 17.30 minutes later I've ripped out a 2300 x 27 x 30mm board and then jointed it with a handplane a smidge past the scribe line. 27mm is the depth of the plough cut.

Basically its scribe a line where you want the finished edge to be, set the fence on the plane to be a smidgin over that, clamp the board.
Plough, (keep the plane vertical, don't lay it over!) when the plough cut is deep enough, swap the board over and re-clamp, keep plouging, when the plough cut breaks through in places I use a gentler hand till the board breaks down the waste line.
Reclamp with the ploughed edge up and use a bench plane to take off any final waste and to joint that edge.

With a knicker/scribing blade I'd minimise the few swipes with the bench plane to take it to a good edge ready jointed state.

Cheaper than a Stanley 45 or 50... underrated because of the modern plastic handle. Works just fine... even with the 1mm+ shavings I've been taking.

Yeah I know, 17.30 mins is slow compared to a circular saw/table saw/bandsaw... but its hardwood (teak), faster and more accurate than a handsaw, less carbon credits, and thats the way we roll at my place!
Seeya!
Sorry, big pic's cause I forgot to change the camera settings.