Veritas low angle block plane

[AAvK]

I just got mine, and this plane is really well made and designed! It is heavy and prescision machined to no fault. Everything is nice and thick. Do I detect mini magnets screwed into the sides? The keep the blade centered right at the mouth.

I have a block of soft wood and tried it out, don't know what the wood is but looks like a medium dark red mahogany.

I set the blade two hairs out and the mouth four hairs open. This plane jointed the wood of previous inaccuracies left by a fettled and sharpened Bailey #5! In any case, I am superlatively impressed by the quality and can only say, the price is entirely worth it! Buying more in the future!

[David]

Welcome to the club! Love my 3 Veritas planes.

David

AAvK wrote:

[AAvK]

Thanks. Which ones do you have?

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Last week I wanted to put a nice edge on about 8 feet of edging. I was trying to decide on a roundover bit or a bevel bit on the router. Then I spotted the LV plane and put a nice edge with a few passes of the plane. It is just so sweet to glide along making a thin swirl of wood shaving. Much quieter and cleaner than using a router.

Enjoy the plane. Every shop should have one.

[Mark & Juanita]

Yep, I find myself going tail-less more and more also. A low-angle block plane to break the edges instead of using a sander or router. I may actually have made the break-through to using a smoothing plane, a scraper plane, and a scraper instead of the ROS for final finish prep. It's actually faster and quieter than stepping through 5 grits of sandpaper. The only part that is giving me some grief is the transition from rail to stile -- trying to keep that joint area smooth for each of the grain directions is giving me a bit of a problem.

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[Lowell Holmes]

latest tool I have is a less than $20 tool, the 3 in 1 marking gauge. If you haven't paid attention to it, you should. :-)

[Swingman]

Great plane for tweaking drawers and cabinet doors. I've been so impressed with mine that I won't take it out of the shop ... anything that needs tweaking comes to it.

[max]

I bought a Lee Nielson low angle many years ago and it does the bulk of hand planing in my shop. max

[AAvK]

the LV plane and put a nice edge with a few

wood shaving. Much quieter and cleaner than using

Just awesome quality!

[AAvK]

haven't paid attention to it, you should. :-)

Oh zhees I had seen that in the latest catalog and forgot about it, I coulda had them toss one in the box easily! Oh well, next time.

[AAvK]

I get it... the plane gives you this special feeling that it is precious! But I will take it to adult ed. and use it, and show it off... he he

[AAvK]

Nice for you I bet. But for me, the Veritas is at the level of only saving up for one.

[Ba r r y]

Me too. I now have the LA block, medium shoulder, large shoulder, bullnose / chisel, cabinet scraper, and curved spoke shave. My shoulder planes and the block are true workhorses and a joy to own.

I've got some old Stanley's like a #4 and some #5's with Hock irons, but don't use them enough to justify replacing them with Veritas. I used the #4 to put a final smoothing on some glue-ups yesterday, and it still sings to me. I rarely use the #5's, doing most of what I'd use them for with machines.

Barry

[Ba r r y]

Try the Saddle Square, it's surprisingly useful. I keep it in the apron, 'cause the marks are rarely where they meet the blade.

Barry

[David]

The medium shoulder plane, low angle smoother, and the scraper plane. The scraper plane is AWESOME. In fact, all of them are fabulous tools that work beautifully. Once I got ONE Veritas plane, I knew I'd be getting more. Lucky for me, I got them as gifts!

Dave

AAvK wrote:

[David]

What Barry said.

David

Ba r r y wrote:

[Silvan]

You suck.

[David]

Hey, you gotta tell 'em what you want for Christmas when the family asks! Otherwise you'll be getting ties, slippers, and junk. :)

Dave

Silvan wrote:

[rcook5]

This Christmas my wife and I presented my parents with the Lee Valley Christmas catalog with the items we wanted circled -- red for me, green for her.

We are both very satisfied with what we got.

--RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr.

[AAvK]

beautifully. Once I got ONE Veritas plane, I

Oh... you lucky blessed DOG!

Alex