On use:
Lie Nielsen 60 1/2 Block Plane
Lie Nielsen 62 Jack Plane (two different blades, two additional blades coming soon)
At reserve:
Two cheap Stanleys, one block plane and one no. 4
On use:
Lie Nielsen 60 1/2 Block Plane
Lie Nielsen 62 Jack Plane (two different blades, two additional blades coming soon)
At reserve:
Two cheap Stanleys, one block plane and one no. 4
All the best.
Osvaldo.
Long workbench! Lovely to have all your tools laid out for easy reach, the drawers under the bench must be empty
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
Many years I had just a Jack and a Block plane, did not stop me building furniture!
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
Something more than 30, but I hope less than 40. Well maybe around 40 or so if we counted ones waiting restoration. All users, nothing a particularly valuable representation of its breed. All with the original iron, well at least the one that came with the plane when I got it, or an iron that came in a similar plane that fit.
Sizes 3-8 for bench -lots of 3s 4s 4 1/2s and 5s, a bunch of block planes, router plane, compass plane, some rabbit planes, scrub planes, and some specialty ones. A WWII vintage #3 is my favorite, and a #6 & #78 from my great grandfather my most sentimental. I still have the original Sweetheart box for the #78. It is probably worth more than the plane itself
Just starting out with hand tools and just got my first proper bench but so far I have the following planes
LN 60 1/2
LN 4 1/2 Bronze
LN 62 Jack
LN #7
LN 041 small shoulder
LN 042 medium shoulder
LN 073 large shoulder
I think next on my list is a LN 071 router plane
All I can says is, "a bunch". That includes 2 half sets of hollows and rounds, a passel of profile molders and snipe bills, and of course all of my bench and joinery planes. Don't even ask about spokeshaves. I'm not sure and I haven't, counted but it is at least 16 or 18. I made the body for another one Sunday as I was teaching a class on how to make a spokeshave for our NH guild.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
Just the basics:
Record #5 Jack Plane
Stanley-Bailey #4 Smoother
Stanley-Bailey #7 Jointer
Stanley #40 Scrub Plane
Stanley #113 Circular Plane
Stanley #78 Rabbet Plane
Stanley Low-Angle Block Plane
Stanley #7½ Router Plane
Stanley #12 Scraper Plane
Stanley #80 Cabinet Scraper
Stanley Spokeshave
Kunz Spokeshave
I just thought I have a bunch of planes.
Stanley Bench planes 3, 4, 5, 5 1/4, 8, 10 1/2 rabbet, 40 scrub, 62 low angle
Stanley 112 scraper plane, 113 compass plane, 71 1/2 router
Veritas rabbet, English bullnose rabbet
Stanley 45, 55, Siegley combination plane, Record 50
Stanley 98, 99 side rabbets
stanley block planes 140, 65 and ohio tool low angle
Ohio Tool Co razee
Stanley 33 transitional with jointer fence
mixed half set of hollows and rounds
Ohio Tool moving fillister plane
Sandusky panel raising plane
tailed thumb plane
set of wooden side rabbets
set of wooden beading planes
adjustable sash molding plane
veneering plane
Stanley 78 duplex plane
Stanley 95 edge plane
radi-plane
50 molding planes with various profiles.
Mike
I have a lot of handplanes - more than any sane person needs. I have a lot more curiosity than sanity. Nevertheless, when I am building, I tend to stick to a core and use just those.
The jack plane of choice is a woodie I built 10 years ago (the far left in the photo). It is dedicated to removal of waste with a 10" camber. (I do have another jack, a Stanley #605, which has two blades, and it generally goes with me to wood shows since it is more versatile).
The jointer of choice is a Veritas Custom #7 (far right). This has a 40 degree frog and is useful for not only end grain, but tearout-free face- and edge grain with the chipbreaker closed down. For short boards with narrow edges, the HNT Gordon Trying Plane excels. This has a 60 degree bed. Alternately, I may pull out a vintage Stanley #62, because it is extraordinarily light.
I have a couple of smoothers ready to go. It is generally a toss up between a Veritas Custom #4 (42 degree frog) and a LN #3 (45 degree frog), both using PM-V11 blades. I may pull out a Veritas BU Smoother (62 degree cutting angle) if needing a very fine shaving, as it excels in this.
I have a bunch of block planes. They are a little like using spokeshaves or chisels to me - fine tuning edges, chamfers, end grain ... The Veritas NX60 is an amazing plane to use and to hold. The new small pocket plane is very useful for tiny areas.
The plane that means the most to me - and I would grab first in a fire - is a rather nondescript smoother in Hornbeam (centre left), which was built by Jim Krenov.
Regards from Perth
Derek
I see the names Siegley and Ohio Tool and I think, cool, now there's not your run of the mill assortment. I'd trade even my Stanley's for some of the Ohio Tool Co metal planes I've missed out on over the years. They appear of superior quality.
Elegant set. Beautiful!
I have just the right amount, except for that last one I need to pick up.
I just bought my Ohio Tool Co low angle block plane (sorry don't know the number) and fell so in love with it after tuning it up, I sold my Stanley 60 1/2. Ohio Tool Co made some seriously nice planes. If people knew how well they were made, they would be more valuable than Stanleys'.
Mike
I would have to say probably about 20, doing this from memory while at work.
4 Block planes:
LN 601/2 Low Angle
Veritas NX60
Veritas Standard
LN Rabbet Block Plane
Bench Planes:
Veritas BU Jointer, Jack and LA Smoother
Veritas Custom #4, Custom #5(?) (I'm typing this at work while I wait for a job to finish up.)
LN #3
Record #4
Stanley #7 (modern - I think I sold this..., if not, I will.)
vintage #6C that needs refurbishing
LN Scrub plane
Joinery/Specialty
Veritas Large & Medium Shoulder Planes
Veritas Router Plane
Veritas LH & RH Skew Rabbet Planes
Veritas Small Plow Plane
Record #78(?)
Veritas Side Rabbet Plane (this thing is HANDY.)
Veritas Shooting Plane (pricey, but schwweeeeeet)
Yes, it's true. I probably paid for a semester of college for one of the Lee kids.
I'm probably going to send the Veritas Block plane on down the road, possibly the Record #4. I'd like to get the Veritas Combination plane, and the Walken-Moore router plane looks pretty nifty. Rust hunting has no real appeal to me, which is why there's few vintage planes. I had several that I sold about a year or so ago. I actually have gotten more VALUE out of the joinery and specialty planes than the bench planes.
It came to pass...
"Curiosity is the ultimate power tool." - Roy Underhill
The road IS the destination.