DavidE
Established Member
Hi there,
For various reasons I am being drawn further down the slope of flat woodworking (rather than making wood dizzy! )
Anyhow I am going to need to joint some boards soon. I haven't got the space for a planer at the moment. So my current plan is to use a router on a table then finish off with a quality No. 7 Jointer Plane. This is where the dilemma lies. My current rationale is (picking from Axminster):
Stanley - not quite there
Clifton - Just right (Or from another supplier Veritas similar quality?)
LN - I can't justify the price for what I am going to do.
Then reading the posts by BryonBlack (and others) about the secondhand route. I was looking at the oldtools.co.uk site and there are some reasonable looking planes there.
So can anyone offer some tips? I'd like a good quality plane that will be set up right out of the box so that when I hone/maintain it I know what is "good" from day one. My worry with a second hand one is my tuning knowledge is not at a good enough level to get it right.
Thanks
David
For various reasons I am being drawn further down the slope of flat woodworking (rather than making wood dizzy! )
Anyhow I am going to need to joint some boards soon. I haven't got the space for a planer at the moment. So my current plan is to use a router on a table then finish off with a quality No. 7 Jointer Plane. This is where the dilemma lies. My current rationale is (picking from Axminster):
Stanley - not quite there
Clifton - Just right (Or from another supplier Veritas similar quality?)
LN - I can't justify the price for what I am going to do.
Then reading the posts by BryonBlack (and others) about the secondhand route. I was looking at the oldtools.co.uk site and there are some reasonable looking planes there.
So can anyone offer some tips? I'd like a good quality plane that will be set up right out of the box so that when I hone/maintain it I know what is "good" from day one. My worry with a second hand one is my tuning knowledge is not at a good enough level to get it right.
Thanks
David