Thread: New Veritas Shoulder Plane

Derek, you are a bad influence . . . I had to look and then look at more . . .

Very bad influence... Thanks!

Thanks Derek.
It seems so tiny. How wide is the blade?
What is it used for?
Cheers
SG

If I could beg forgiveness of Alice Frampton, this picture is from her site:
She has listed others as well
Musings from the Workbench

Hi Tom

This mini shoulder plane is a real plane: stainless steel body, 1/4" wide A2 blade. While the mouth (on mine at least) is not tiny, it is really easy to hone and adjust, and it can be used for serious work. Mine will live on a shelf within easy reach. I think of it as a tool for detail work - cleaning up inside grooves or dados or even shoulders, places where you can not go with another plane (especially when you also want the registration that a plane like this offers over, say, a chisel).

There are other tools coming up. I must say that my favourite is the mini marking gauge. Double-ended. This is a SERIOUS marking gauge.



Regards from Perth

Derek

That's a big ipod Derek, looks like you'd need a brief case to carry it about. At least it wouldn't end up in the washing machine like my kids devices.

Nice bit of kit though. Thanks for sharing
JM

I couldn't help myself, I had to get the kit, then the Skew Chisels and a book. I stopped myself from getting the Veritas Detail chisels . . .

How much is Rob Lee paying you to corrupt us?

Derek
thanks for the tool
Can you send it over, I've a couple of grooves that need cleaning and my no 92 is a smidgen too wide (now there's an excuse to get a another plane ). In hindsight I'm sorry I got the 92 - would have been a lot happier with a Lie Nielson or a Veritas

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

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How wide is the blade?
What is it used for?
Cheers
SG

Hi SG -

Blade is A2, 1/4" wide....

What's it used for? Well...you can use it almost anywhere that you'd use a 1/4" chisel.... it's really the "pocketknife" of planes...

For me - it's just a delightful tool, you want to pick it up and use it... as my desk can attest....

Cheers -

Rob

Looks nice. Any particular reason it couldn't be taller and longer? My hands struggle with really small fiddly planes.

The marking gauge looks the goods

To answer Scribbly Gum's "what is it used for?", the other day I was using a 1/4" cutter in a router plane to smooth a groove for a panel, I think a plane would have been easier to use because of the depth (10mm). That said, the router plane still did the job.

Originally Posted by Groggy

Looks nice. Any particular reason it couldn't be taller and longer? My hands struggle with really small fiddly planes.

The marking gauge looks the goods

Hi Groggy -

We do have a set of (what we're calling) detail rebate planes coming sometime Dec/January...

They'll be 6mm, 8mm, 10mm - or 1/4", 5/16", 3/8" (or individually, of course) ...

Those will be the skinny tailed planes I think you're asking for....!

Cheers -

Rob

Originally Posted by Rob Lee

We do have a set of (what we're calling) detail rebate planes coming sometime Dec/January......

Just in time for my birthday

Originally Posted by Rob Lee

For me - it's just a delightful tool, you want to pick it up and use it... as my desk can attest....

Thats funny. The exact same thing happened when i got my C12, i have holes all down the leg of my desk

Originally Posted by Rob Lee

Hi Groggy -

We do have a set of (what we're calling) detail rebate planes coming sometime Dec/January...

They'll be 6mm, 8mm, 10mm - or 1/4", 5/16", 3/8" (or individually, of course) ...

Those will be the skinny tailed planes I think you're asking for....!

Cheers -

Rob

I'll Look forward to seeing these also Rob.

Please keep us posted.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Rob Lee

Hi SG -

Blade is A2, 1/4" wide....

What's it used for? Well...you can use it almost anywhere that you'd use a 1/4" chisel.... it's really the "pocketknife" of planes...

For me - it's just a delightful tool, you want to pick it up and use it... as my desk can attest....

Cheers -

Rob

So you've got a bunch of 1/4" wide tracks all over your desk?

When mine gets here I'm gonna use it as a key chain. And for shaving down those annoying BCC's every Queenslander gets on their noses and foreheads.