Jointer plane LN 7 v 7 1/2

[Phil Pascoe]

4,600 grammes :shock :shock: Hell! I weighed my old Stanley No.8 - 1,300 grammes. One big difference.

This is of course nonsense.

 

[D_W]

The Stanley 8 should be 10 pounds, but the 7 less by a considerable amount.

I had a 607 bedrock and it was about the same as my 7s of the bailey type. The temptation to make a heavy plane must be too strong these days.

 

[G S Haydon]

It's an interesting point Philip. If just just used for shooting and edge now and again the weight would be of little issue. Use it to take boards from the rough sawn state to finish planed in any volume........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5A-vz8ptNU......

 

[Phil Pascoe]

My measurement was wrong. The (my) Stanley No8 is 8lb 2oz. My Marples No.7 is a shade over 8lb. (that's me and metric- can't estimate. ) So not much difference.

 

[G S Haydon]

Ha! I have the same issue . Even my feeble arms might cope with that!

 

[AJB Temple]

Thanks. I had never come across Inter Tools before. £239 plus VAT. Interestingly all of the Clifton bench planes are much the same price, irrespective of size. I presume they all need much the same work and finishing and the variable cost of different size soles in minimal.