Around ten years ago I picked up an old router plane for $3.00 at a flea market, not really knowing what it was for, if it was any good, and thinking it would make me look more like a woodworker having one around. Well, I saw a blurb recently on using this tool to clean up tenons and such and tried it, and what a wonderful tool its proven to be. I'm using it for tenons and mortising in hinges. Can't imagine life without it. On top of that it's much more quiet and far less stressful than trying to use an electric router for these tasks. Probably my only tool gloat, just $3.00. The reason I remember the $3.00, is it's written in marker on the base, but it's finally starting to rub off from use.