Veritas/LV Large or Medium shoulder plane? Which one to buy?

[Kevin in Keswick]

Hello,

I am going to be buying a Veritas shoulder in th every near future. I would like to hear from you guys about your experiences with either and which one you would buy if you only bought one. I am a complete novice at M&T joinery but want the right tools in place before I go down that road. Can anyone give thoughts on why one might be better than the other? I really appreciate your thoughts and respect your opinions and any info you can share, whether it's hands on knowledge of the planes or just general expertise in this area would prove really beneficial to a rookie like me. Hopefully Rob Lee can maybe chime in on this.

Thanks alot for any thoughts or advice,

Kevin

 

[marcus]

Hi kevin,

Unless you're going to be doing unusually large work I'd get the medium - it's quite big enough for most jobs and is lighter and more convenient....

Marcus

 

[Kevin in Keswick]

Thank you all for providing your thoughts, unfortunately I don't seem to be any further ahead.

Other than cleaning up a 3/4" dado, what can't the large do that the Medium can?

At this point, the majority seem to suggest the medium but a few others have said "if you are going to only have one shoulder plane, it should be the large". Why is that?

I am leaning towards the large becuse the extra mass seems to me like a good thing and my hands are on the larger side.

To anyone that has the medium, why did you choose it over the large or vice versa?

Sorry for the questions but i really don't have any experience with these planes and I don't want to end up taking it back after the fact. As you can tell, I tend to ask alot of questions and research before making a purchase of any kind. I plan on going to LV in the next few weeks when I can get a chance and give both planes a good trial run. I guess that is when my final decision will be made.

Again, thanks for all your thoughts.

 

[Smudger]

Buy them both, try them out and decide which one you prefer.

Then send the other one to me for disposal.