Right, heres the top 40 UKWorkshop'rs planes*
(*To encourage usefulness and simplify collation and this post I've deleted all obscure planes, woodies, combined several similar types into single listings and simply ignored any at will :shock: . It's simply too time consuming otherwise. If I missed your prize plane off the list - sorry. PM me, with a link to a photo and I'll add it on. Also it's not quite 40 either!)
I've tried to use a mix of pictures from different manufacturers to minimise cases of "Plane inferiority complex"!
Well, in #1 Place is a Low Angle Block plane with 28 users (Lie Nielsen #60.5 Pictured )
In 2nd place is a No 4 Smoother with 24 users (Footprint shown)
In 3rd place a Shoulder plane with 21 users (some #3110 in here too). A surprisingly higher place than I'd expected (Lie Nielsen shown)
In 4th Place with 22 users is a Standard Angle Block Plane (Veritas Shown)
In 5th place (and my personal favourite) is a No 7 Jointer (Lie Nielsen Shown) with 21 users
In 6th Place a 4.5 Smoother with 20 users (Stanley Shown)
In 7th place, is the "combination" "multiplane" plane with 15 users (Clifton Shown)
In 8th place is a 5 1/2 jack with 14 users. (Clifton Shown)
In 9th place with 13 users is a Bullnose. (Veritas shown)
In 10th place is a 60.5 Low Angle Jack with 11 users. (A very "special" Veritas :wink
Just check out the thickness of the blade - see Rob Lee's explanation here:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp? ... page=49588
In 11th place, with 10 users is a #80 Cabinet Scraper. I have to recommend Veritas for this - I can't fault my version at all. (Veritas shown)
In 12th place with 8 users is a No 6 Fore Plane (Stanley Shown)
In 13th Place is a No. 3 with 7 users (Clifton shown)
in 14th place with 7 users is a rebate plane (Record shown)
In 15th Place a Scraping Plane (#112, #85, #212 etc) (Veritas Shown)
In 16th place with 6 users is a #140 Rabbet and Block plane (Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 17th place is the humble card scraper. (5 users). (Clifton Shown)
In 18th Place is the Router plane (6 users) (#71/#271) (Stanley Shown)
In 19th Place for the strongest (or mad) is the super heavy No 8 Jointer. (4 users). (Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 20th Place is a Side Rabbet Plane (#98/#99#79(Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 21st Place is a plough plane with 5 users. (Stanley)
In 22nd Place a Carriage Makers Rebate Plane (#10 1/4). Just to keep ALF happy, here's a picture of an old one :roll:
In 23rd place is a No 9, Mitre Plane (LN Shown)
In 24th Place with 4 users a scrub plane (Woodie!). At ALF's suggestion I have included a woodie here - apparently, it's the most economical method of acquiring a scrub plane.
In 25th Place a Low Angle Smoother (2 users) (Veritas Shown)
Right folks you'll have to humour me if you think the numbers are wrong. It was quite haphazard when I collated the results, as only some of the posts specified the model numbers, so some of the planes will no doubt have been incorrectly grouped. Anyway, it's a handy summary hopefully. There is a slight bias towards LN in the pictures as they produce the widest variety of planes, and their pictures were uncluttered (mostly), and easy to find on their website. [Hopefully, at least part remedied after the helpful "nudging" of ALF, who did a quick review before I posted and made some handy suggestions and spotted some typo's and generally helped out with my somewhat lacking knowledge in this area.
Adam
IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR PLANES - PLEASE READ THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!!!!
Seen as lots of other topics are covered, I though it might be interested to see which hand planes people are using. Not brand perhaps (or even numbers of each type :roll: , as types e.g. Jointer/Smoother/Block etc. (not including spokeshaves as that will send ALF and Waterhead into overdrive!!). Having built up my collection below - I find it covers me for nearly every situation I come up against, but I'm interested if people are using other hand planes, and find them particularly useful. If you could mark up your favourite as well, (with a reason) that'd be useful. On the same theme is their any plane that doesn't get any use? I think leaving the brand out might be wise as it'll stop this turning into a gloat-fest.
I was trying to steer it away from a gloatfest as much as possible, to allow us to guage which type of planes peopled used, rather than depth of pocket (or generosity of :ho2 ). So NO Stanley/LN/Veritas references if possible!
For me...
#7 Jointer
#6 Fore
#5 Jack
#4.5 Smoother
#60.5 LA Block
#62 LA Jack
#80 Cabinet Scraper
#50 Combination plane
Block Plane
Shoulder Plane
Bullnose Plane
Side Rabbet Planes
Various curved/flat scrapers.
For me, my #7 is without doubt my No 1 used plane. For smoothing, jointing, end grain - it without doubt gets used more than any other plane I use. My least favourite is the #5 Jack. I simply never use it - it doesn't seem to be neither one thing nor the other...
PS: For those with large collections of particularly unusual or obscure planes, the purpose of the post is to assess what the average WW has in their collections, so limiting the number of categories would be handy. For example, listing each type of combination plane isn't really neccasary, - you (we) may know the subtle difference, but for the purpose of this list they are all the same :?
(*To encourage usefulness and simplify collation and this post I've deleted all obscure planes, woodies, combined several similar types into single listings and simply ignored any at will :shock: . It's simply too time consuming otherwise. If I missed your prize plane off the list - sorry. PM me, with a link to a photo and I'll add it on. Also it's not quite 40 either!)
I've tried to use a mix of pictures from different manufacturers to minimise cases of "Plane inferiority complex"!
Well, in #1 Place is a Low Angle Block plane with 28 users (Lie Nielsen #60.5 Pictured )
In 2nd place is a No 4 Smoother with 24 users (Footprint shown)
In 3rd place a Shoulder plane with 21 users (some #3110 in here too). A surprisingly higher place than I'd expected (Lie Nielsen shown)
In 4th Place with 22 users is a Standard Angle Block Plane (Veritas Shown)
In 5th place (and my personal favourite) is a No 7 Jointer (Lie Nielsen Shown) with 21 users
In 6th Place a 4.5 Smoother with 20 users (Stanley Shown)
In 7th place, is the "combination" "multiplane" plane with 15 users (Clifton Shown)
In 8th place is a 5 1/2 jack with 14 users. (Clifton Shown)
In 9th place with 13 users is a Bullnose. (Veritas shown)
In 10th place is a 60.5 Low Angle Jack with 11 users. (A very "special" Veritas :wink
Just check out the thickness of the blade - see Rob Lee's explanation here:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp? ... page=49588
In 11th place, with 10 users is a #80 Cabinet Scraper. I have to recommend Veritas for this - I can't fault my version at all. (Veritas shown)
In 12th place with 8 users is a No 6 Fore Plane (Stanley Shown)
In 13th Place is a No. 3 with 7 users (Clifton shown)
in 14th place with 7 users is a rebate plane (Record shown)
In 15th Place a Scraping Plane (#112, #85, #212 etc) (Veritas Shown)
In 16th place with 6 users is a #140 Rabbet and Block plane (Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 17th place is the humble card scraper. (5 users). (Clifton Shown)
In 18th Place is the Router plane (6 users) (#71/#271) (Stanley Shown)
In 19th Place for the strongest (or mad) is the super heavy No 8 Jointer. (4 users). (Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 20th Place is a Side Rabbet Plane (#98/#99#79(Lie Nielsen Shown)
In 21st Place is a plough plane with 5 users. (Stanley)
In 22nd Place a Carriage Makers Rebate Plane (#10 1/4). Just to keep ALF happy, here's a picture of an old one :roll:
In 23rd place is a No 9, Mitre Plane (LN Shown)
In 24th Place with 4 users a scrub plane (Woodie!). At ALF's suggestion I have included a woodie here - apparently, it's the most economical method of acquiring a scrub plane.
In 25th Place a Low Angle Smoother (2 users) (Veritas Shown)
Right folks you'll have to humour me if you think the numbers are wrong. It was quite haphazard when I collated the results, as only some of the posts specified the model numbers, so some of the planes will no doubt have been incorrectly grouped. Anyway, it's a handy summary hopefully. There is a slight bias towards LN in the pictures as they produce the widest variety of planes, and their pictures were uncluttered (mostly), and easy to find on their website. [Hopefully, at least part remedied after the helpful "nudging" of ALF, who did a quick review before I posted and made some handy suggestions and spotted some typo's and generally helped out with my somewhat lacking knowledge in this area.
Adam
IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR PLANES - PLEASE READ THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!!!!
Seen as lots of other topics are covered, I though it might be interested to see which hand planes people are using. Not brand perhaps (or even numbers of each type :roll: , as types e.g. Jointer/Smoother/Block etc. (not including spokeshaves as that will send ALF and Waterhead into overdrive!!). Having built up my collection below - I find it covers me for nearly every situation I come up against, but I'm interested if people are using other hand planes, and find them particularly useful. If you could mark up your favourite as well, (with a reason) that'd be useful. On the same theme is their any plane that doesn't get any use? I think leaving the brand out might be wise as it'll stop this turning into a gloat-fest.
I was trying to steer it away from a gloatfest as much as possible, to allow us to guage which type of planes peopled used, rather than depth of pocket (or generosity of :ho2 ). So NO Stanley/LN/Veritas references if possible!
For me...
#7 Jointer
#6 Fore
#5 Jack
#4.5 Smoother
#60.5 LA Block
#62 LA Jack
#80 Cabinet Scraper
#50 Combination plane
Block Plane
Shoulder Plane
Bullnose Plane
Side Rabbet Planes
Various curved/flat scrapers.
For me, my #7 is without doubt my No 1 used plane. For smoothing, jointing, end grain - it without doubt gets used more than any other plane I use. My least favourite is the #5 Jack. I simply never use it - it doesn't seem to be neither one thing nor the other...
PS: For those with large collections of particularly unusual or obscure planes, the purpose of the post is to assess what the average WW has in their collections, so limiting the number of categories would be handy. For example, listing each type of combination plane isn't really neccasary, - you (we) may know the subtle difference, but for the purpose of this list they are all the same :?
