Hi Dan, For decades now I have had a No. 5 plane, it is about 8 or 9 inches long and about right for straightening an edge or even knocking down high spots on a board face. I also have a block plane, it might be a little better if it had the adjustable mouth but mostly I haven't needed that feature much. The block plane is probably the most useful.
You understand that you will need something like the Worksharp 3000 to maintain the plane blade of course? or maybe a set of water stones. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A plane by any other name. Thanks gentlemen. I think I will do a bit more research but sounds like I need a small, low angle block plane, and a mid-sized jack plane to just have around the shop for occasional needs. I am not going unplugged, but there have been times when I wished I could just flatten an edge out a bit, or smooth out a rough spot. I purchased a very low end, crappy little, mostly plastic, block plane a while back, and well, you get what you pay for. Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
