Veritas Planing Stop - finally, a really good use of extruded aluminum!

[Prashun Patel]

Does yours have a sliding Chanel on the bottom? That's the obvious little trick on theirs that I find clever.

[Pat Barry]

I'll be the contrarian I guess. Why spend the $ on something like this that you can make yourself (out of wood)- Is this a good idea, sure. Is it worth the money? Maybe for the guy who has everything and wants to have another thing. To each his own I guess.

[Jack Curtis]

Does yours have a sliding Chanel on the bottom? That's the obvious little trick on theirs that I find clever.

No, and why would it, you'd only need such a thing if you're making them for a multitude of benches.

[glenn bradley]

Darn, another million lost

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The adjustable post width on theirs is pretty cool and makes it more versatile for the mass market. I just spin the posts off mine and toss it in the dog/stop drawer. I used this to plane the drawer slips on a recent chest of drawers project.

[Chuck Nickerson]

For the guy who wants a wood skin to prevent dings, just glue veneer to the top.

[Prashun Patel]

I have 2 benches, and the dogs are not equally spaced. Also, I have parallel rows of dog holes on one bench and would sometimes like to position the stop parallel to the vice jaws, and sometimes perpendicular to it (for longer planing). Anyway, I'm just as frugal (read WAY MORE CHEAP) than the next guy, but for whatever reason, this little thing speaks to me.

[Jack Curtis]

Prashun, your setup is made for this device. Buy and enjoy.

[rick carpenter]

The problem I'd see with this is it's made of metal. One swipe too far with a plane would be trouble. To accommodate unevenly spaced dogholes, you could make it out of wood with one of the dowels fixed and the beam sliding on the other loose single dowel. You could even route a dovetail into the beam just like the metal to mate with a tail in the loose dowel. Barring all that, if I had this one I'd glue a strip of plastic onto the beam to protect errant chisel blades.

[Prashun Patel]

Bought. Love the free shipping.

[Bill Houghton]

I...would wish for a wood skin, as I expect I might get some unintended dings otherwise.

Matt

Generally, aluminum is softer than steel. You'd probably damage the stop first, before damaging the steel.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Bought. Love the free shipping.

Mine arrived today with my new set of chisels and some ring pulls. Have not tried the stop yet. I did try the new chisels and the new marking knives.