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Re: Tools: LA block plane upgrade?
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 9/16/2015, 9:51 am
In Response To: Tools: LA block plane upgrade? (Rob)

I'm ready to spend some more $$ on a quality plane with nice adjustment.

I have two that I like from Lie Nielsen and Veritas. These are small planes that fit comfortably in your hand and will handle most strip building tasks easily

https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product/small-block-planes

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=46791&cat=1,41182,41189,46791

These actually have fewer adjustments than a Stanley, but are very nice. The Lie Nielsen just adjusts in and out, but the bed for the blade is machined to close enough tolerances that as long as you keep the blade sharpened square to the length you don't need to worry much about lateral adjustment.

The Veritas has a lateral adjustment. It is a bit bigger than the Lie Nielsen.

Neither have a throat adjustment, but so long as you don't adjust the blade too deep and aggressive, they work very well. Both companies have very nice block planes that are a bit bigger that offer throat adjustments if desired.

As with all edge tools, you want your plane to be sharp for satisfactory results. While you are at it, get a good set of sharpening stones. I'm currently using DMT diamond stones because they stay flat:

http://www.dmtonlinestore.com/8-DuoSharp-Bench-Stone-P9C23.aspx

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Tools: LA block plane upgrade?
Rob -- 9/16/2015, 7:30 am
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Yoshi -- 9/16/2015, 9:39 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/16/2015, 9:51 am
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Rob -- 9/16/2015, 12:59 pm
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Rob -- 9/17/2015, 11:43 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/17/2015, 12:01 pm
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Rob -- 9/17/2015, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2015, 10:31 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/16/2015, 11:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2015, 11:21 am
Which stanley?
Jeff Horton -- 9/16/2015, 10:52 am
Re: Which stanley?
Rob -- 9/16/2015, 12:40 pm
Re: Which stanley?
Nick Riccardi -- 9/16/2015, 2:47 pm
Re: Which stanley?
Jeff Horton -- 9/16/2015, 4:22 pm
Re: Which stanley?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/16/2015, 11:06 pm
Re: Which stanley? the new Sweetheart ones?
dave koslow -- 9/16/2015, 5:00 pm
Re: Tools: LA block plane upgrade? *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 9/16/2015, 2:40 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/16/2015, 2:43 pm
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Tom C -- 9/16/2015, 4:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2015, 4:38 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/16/2015, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2015, 7:53 pm
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jameskretz -- 9/18/2015, 11:22 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/18/2015, 12:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2015, 3:01 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/16/2015, 4:48 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/16/2015, 5:25 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/16/2015, 5:47 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/16/2015, 6:17 pm
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Robert O'Toole -- 9/16/2015, 7:17 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/16/2015, 7:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2015, 7:55 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/17/2015, 10:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/17/2015, 6:42 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/17/2015, 12:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/20/2015, 12:27 am
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Robert O'Toole -- 9/21/2015, 9:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 12:21 pm