cheekyboy
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Am after a new shoulder plane but there is so much to choose from please please please help me with this task do i go LN / veritas /clifton or the new new stanley prem range ????????????????????? 
Shoulder plane oh what to buy ?????????????????
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OPJ
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What size are you looking for? Small, medium or large? What kind of work do you intend to use it for? You must have something in mind... :wink:
Personally, I've used the Lie-Nielsen at college (I think it's the medium size?) but I still prefer the Veritas one. It's well made and the blade gives excellent performance but, the Veritas plane has more in the ergonomics department - you can position knobs or handles in several positions to suit whatever work you are doing.
Personally, I've used the Lie-Nielsen at college (I think it's the medium size?) but I still prefer the Veritas one. It's well made and the blade gives excellent performance but, the Veritas plane has more in the ergonomics department - you can position knobs or handles in several positions to suit whatever work you are doing.
Mreagleeyes
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Veritas Large Shoulder Plane. That's the one I settled on. Liked the adjustable handle and feel of it. Went for the Large as I can use it on edge and use it with a shooting board to make models.
Depends on what your uses are really.
Depends on what your uses are really.
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Look at my avatar....... that one
Soon as I got this I sold the Veritas large
If budgets are a constraint (I only paid £100 over the Veritas for the Bridge City), then I would go for the Veritas over the LN
Soon as I got this I sold the Veritas large
If budgets are a constraint (I only paid £100 over the Veritas for the Bridge City), then I would go for the Veritas over the LN
cheekyboy
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Thinking of a medium mainly for work on tenons and shoulders !!!!!!!!!!
has any one played with the new stanley ones yet are very cheap on tilgear ? or is it to good to be true ????????????????
has any one played with the new stanley ones yet are very cheap on tilgear ? or is it to good to be true ????????????????
Alf
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Don't you find your shooting board gets inexplicably narrower...? :?Mreagleeyes":u4n9b9mt said:
Apart from my Aled Dafis one - I use the medium LV - it's the right size for me.
For the uninitiated I think that what Alf is alluding to is the blade on a shoulder plane extends to the side edges - unlike a bench or shooting plane (LN No.9) - and therefore the shooting board edge will be cut into on each cut.
Rod
- I use the medium LV - it's the right size for me.For the uninitiated I think that what Alf is alluding to is the blade on a shoulder plane extends to the side edges - unlike a bench or shooting plane (LN No.9) - and therefore the shooting board edge will be cut into on each cut.
Rod
I agree, the new Stanley looks too good to be true - it's even cheaper than their standard one! I'm waiting for a proper review of one, nothing found so far. As I need it purely as an occasional "get out of a hole" tool, rather than an everyday one, that saving makes it very tempting, however good the Veritas is.
Boz
Boz
woodbloke
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I sold my big LN shoulder plane and now use the medium LV, but I also have the small bronze LN with the rosewood wedge, which is very pleasant - Rob
Paul Chapman
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I bought the Clifton 3110. Can also be used as a bull nose and chisel plane. It's based on the old Record 311 but built to a far higher standard.
Cheers :wink:
Paul
Cheers :wink:
Paul
I'd have to agree with Paul (as I so often do). If I had to have only one shoulder plane the Clifton take a lot of beating. Fits in the hand beautifully so great for one handed use - and with the bullnose and chisel plane options it's versatility is second to none.
Alf
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I was. However adjustable it seems an odd choice for shooting, but I suppose as long as one's aware of the potential difficulty, why not?Harbo":3a0c0l2u said:
So I wonder if this thread is helping the OP... Surely there's some make of shoulder plane that hasn't been recommended yet? HNT Gordon still in business? What about Philly? :lol:
Cheers, Alf
Philly
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bugbear
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cheekyboy":15p0v5qo said:Am after a new shoulder plane but there is so much to choose from please please please help me with this task do i go LN / veritas /clifton or the new new stanley prem range ?????????????????????
What uses do you have in mind?
BugBear
Alf
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Now there's pretty then. 8) *sits on hands and reminds self that to justify tools one should really do some actually woodworking occasionally first*
Cheers, Alf
Cheers, Alf
Philly
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Made that one for "El Presidente", Al.
Philly
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