Originally Posted by
Dominik Dudkiewicz
If one already has the veritas skew rebate planes, small plow with wide blade kit and dedicated dado planes plus shoulder planes, do you think one would be better off buying both dedicated tongue and groove planes from LN at less cost than this combo? Or is there some other benefit to this plane that one would miss or would make it a better choice over the no.48 and 49?
Cheers Dom
Howdy Dominik and welcome to the Creek. In your next post you mention in regards to blades, (hard to get a hold of here), which makes me wonder, where is here?
My tongue and groove work has been done with a Stanley #45. If my work used more T&G then a dedicated plane might be in order. The Veritas Combination Plane can do a lot more than T&G. The Combo Plane also has a fine adjustment on the fence to help with set up accuracy. In many situation with T&G it is helpful to run a bead along side of the joint. This helps to cover any imperfections and makes the joint more decorative. The dedicated T&G planes do not have this ability.
jtk
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