Hi all
Thought i'd share my little assembly of planes recently acquired from our very own Philly.
So, we have
- a 24" jointer, in the Razee style, with an enclosed tote. 6mm iron.
- a 15" jack, again Razee, with open handle. I have made a nice little mod to this plane, and added a brass insert at the mouth. I then asked Philly to provide me with a 4mm blade (no camber), to compliment the 3mm cambered blade he provides as standard. The brass insert was then filed so that a tight mouth was obtained with the 4mm blade inserted. This way, the plane doubles as a true jack and an over-sized smoother.
- an 8" toted smoother, with 55 degree bedding angle and 6mm iron. The keen eyed amongst you will notice that there is no blade in the plane - I asked Philly to supply the Jointer with no blade, so the smoother and Jointer share a blade.
- a Mitre plane - 38degree bedding angle (bevel down) and 6mm iron.
- finally, a couple of shoulder planes - 1" and 1/2".
All in Goncalo Alves.
As for performance - well, they have performed superbly in the several months which I have had them (got the Mitre back in October, and received the Jointer today). The blades are really easy to sharpen, and adjusting the depth of cut is a piece of cake after a little practice. .001" shavings in some really wild grained oak were no problem for the modified jack - something neither my Clifton 7 or Veritas LA Jack could do without tearout.
Those of you who read my workshop post (https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22113) will recall that I left the contents of a white wall cabinet undisclosed for the time being. Well, here it is in all its glory
Philly Planes, LN 85 scraper plane, LN 140 skew block plane, LN 102 block plane, ECE scrub plane and an assortment of japanese chisels. And a couple of small hammers/mallets (yes, a Philly mallet).
Any queries, feel free to ask.
In the interests of full disclosure, I would like to point out that I paid full price for each and every Philly plane in my "collection", and it was a pleasure to do so. The craftsmanship put into each plane is second to none.
Nice one Philly.
Cheers
Karl
Thought i'd share my little assembly of planes recently acquired from our very own Philly.
So, we have
- a 24" jointer, in the Razee style, with an enclosed tote. 6mm iron.
- a 15" jack, again Razee, with open handle. I have made a nice little mod to this plane, and added a brass insert at the mouth. I then asked Philly to provide me with a 4mm blade (no camber), to compliment the 3mm cambered blade he provides as standard. The brass insert was then filed so that a tight mouth was obtained with the 4mm blade inserted. This way, the plane doubles as a true jack and an over-sized smoother.
- an 8" toted smoother, with 55 degree bedding angle and 6mm iron. The keen eyed amongst you will notice that there is no blade in the plane - I asked Philly to supply the Jointer with no blade, so the smoother and Jointer share a blade.
- a Mitre plane - 38degree bedding angle (bevel down) and 6mm iron.
- finally, a couple of shoulder planes - 1" and 1/2".
All in Goncalo Alves.
As for performance - well, they have performed superbly in the several months which I have had them (got the Mitre back in October, and received the Jointer today). The blades are really easy to sharpen, and adjusting the depth of cut is a piece of cake after a little practice. .001" shavings in some really wild grained oak were no problem for the modified jack - something neither my Clifton 7 or Veritas LA Jack could do without tearout.
Those of you who read my workshop post (https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22113) will recall that I left the contents of a white wall cabinet undisclosed for the time being. Well, here it is in all its glory
Philly Planes, LN 85 scraper plane, LN 140 skew block plane, LN 102 block plane, ECE scrub plane and an assortment of japanese chisels. And a couple of small hammers/mallets (yes, a Philly mallet).
Any queries, feel free to ask.
In the interests of full disclosure, I would like to point out that I paid full price for each and every Philly plane in my "collection", and it was a pleasure to do so. The craftsmanship put into each plane is second to none.
Nice one Philly.
Cheers
Karl
