What is a block plane best for?
A block plane is a small metal-bodied woodworking hand plane which typically has the blade bedded at a lower angle than other planes, with the bevel up. It is designed to cut end grain and do touchup or finish work. It is typically small enough to be used with one hand.
What is the difference between a shoulder plane and a rebate plane?
There are two major differences between a shoulder plane and a rebate (wood or metal) plane: The first different is a lower bed angle and hopefully a very fine mouth. This makes a shoulder plane great for trimming shoulders, and of course the low angle bed is hard to make in wood.
Are Axminster planes any good?
The range of Axminster Rider planes represents a great standard in traditional, quality plane manufacture and excellent value.
What plane should I buy first?
Your first purchases should be a low-angle block plane and a shoulder plane, above. Both help you put a refining touch on the less-than-perfect cuts produced by your power tools. For example, with a few strokes, a finely tuned low-angle block plane shaves burn marks or fuzz off end grain that saw blades leave behind.
Is the quangsheng low angle block plane any good?
A few weeks ago I bought the Quangsheng low angle block plane from Workshop Heaven and it’s a seriously good plane. Last week I was at another shipyard to help out with a teak deck and one of the guys there has the Lie Nielsen block plane.
What is the warranty on quangsheng planes?
Every Quangsheng plane we sell is warranted against material and manufacturing defects for the rest of the customer’s life. Please note that we are unable to ship Quangsheng products to North America due to retail exclusivity restrictions.
What is the difference between the quangsheng and the regular blades?
The Quangsheng also uses a different adjuster. The blade has 10 slots and 2 of the slots engage two tabs on the adjuster. Because the blade has 10 slots you can have the adjuster wheel stick out more at the rear which makes setting the depth a lot easier. It also has a finer thread enabling a finer and more controlled depth setting.
Are block planes worth it?
My basic view of the smaller planes called block planes is that they might occasionally prove handy but they have only limited real value in terms of general woodworking use unless you are working on smaller work at say finer levels where larger planes may perhaps be a little cumbersome or for some other specialist application.