Practical Woodworking plane reviews

[Philly]

Hi All,
I was reading the latest copy of Practical Woodworking (UK issue) whilst moping around WH Smith today-they have a review of high end hand planes.
They reviewed a bunch of smoothers from Lie-Nielsen, Clifton, Veritas, Holtey, amongst others. Had a lot to moan about most of them-even the Lie-Nielsen bronze #4 which thay reckoned had a curved sole. Interesting read though (although not enough to make me want to buy it!! :twisted: :roll: )
Oh, the Holtey was perfect of course, bar the price.......
Worth a look next time your in WH Smith, anyway.
regards
Philly

 

[ike]

Which raises a question in my mind - how high are manufacturers expected to jump?. Certain manufacturers have clearly raised the bar in the quality stakes in a few short years. How 'good' does a LN or a LV or whatever, need to be anyway? Surely no one but a tiny, tiny proportion of consumate professionals can fault these fine tools?. Quite a few of us part timers need to practise just to do them justice I would say.

Sounds more like some nitpicking anorak padding out some empty magazine space. :evil:

Ike (gripe drive now disengaged for today 8) )

 

[Philly]

Yeah, nice to see a "quality" ww mag like PW slagging off high-end tools. They do come in useful when making their projects-you know, treated timber stuff, mdf stuff, etc...............
cheers
Philly :twisted:

 

[Pete W]

Yeah, nice to see a "quality" ww mag like PW slagging off high-end tools.

I'm not sure they were 'slagging off' Lie-Nielsen, just pointing out that the review model was a tiny bit short of the standards expected at that price. As Ian Dalziel's thread on LV spokeshaves showed, even the best manufacturers have the odd quality-control glitch.

I agree with Ike's point... just upholding the finest British traditions of seeing both sides

 

[Anonymous]

Which raises a question in my mind - how high are manufacturers expected to jump?. Certain manufacturers have clearly raised the bar in the quality stakes in a few short years. How 'good' does a LN or a LV or whatever, need to be anyway? Surely no one but a tiny, tiny proportion of consumate professionals can fault these fine tools?. Quite a few of us part timers need to practise just to do them justice I would say.

Couldn't agree more Ike., LN and veritas already hide my lack of skill

 

[Bean]

I dont have any LN's or LV's what can I hide behind


Bean

 

[Vormulac]

I hide behind an enormous pile of badly planed wood with nails sticking out all over...

 

[Anonymous]

i am not bothered what they say about the planes when i win the lottery i will buy a full set of hotley one of everything he makes and just look at them all day.

 

[Les Mahon]

Ben Russel who wrote the article would not let MDF within a mile of his workshop!

I've done a couple of woodcarving courses with him and he is defintely a handtool man.

I on the other hand am quite fond of the tailed demons - more due to my lack of skill!

 

[Midnight]

would not let MDF within a mile of his workshop!

neither would I.... but the day I turn my nose up at my L-N's is the day the screw the lid down on my coffin.!!!!!

 

[Les Mahon]

Fair point! I guess if you get them all free to test you can be more circumspect!

I'd be happy with a bank balance that could justify anything from L-N, and then of course the skills to use it!

 

[Keith Smith]

I had better break this to you gently......

I'm testing bench planes for a review at the moment.


And my workshop is full of MDF...£300 worth to be exact :twisted:


And I'm going out tomorrow to get a new anorak
:lol:

Keith

 

[Midnight]

best add a bobbly hat with built in dust mask too Keith

:wink:

 

[Keith Smith]

Mike, no need I've already got one.

 

[Midnight]

LMAO.....

^5...

:lol: :lol: :lol: