| Review by Doug S. | posted 59 days ago | 536 views | 0 times favorited | 15 comments | ![]() |
- Brese 875-250 Infill Smoother
- Brand: Brese | Category: Hand Planes

I’d been lusting after an Infill plane for a while and this one jumped up and bit me. 

Talking with Ron Brese, I decided to Pimp My Plane with something a bit extra on the level cap screw. So after getting the counterbored screw and some abalone and epoxy, here’s the inlaid cap screw. 

So far I’ve tried this out on Jatoba, Red Oak, Ipe, Purpleheart, Mango, and Maple, all with excellent resuls. It really doesn’t matter whether you plane with or against the grain as it just wont tear out. Shavings are somewhere between 0.000” and 0.0015”. Cant get any more exact than that as my digital micrometer doesn’t seem to like working in that neighborhood.
A little Jatoba
Some curly mango

And some curly maple

Put one on your Christmas list this year and if you’ve been very good, Santa will bring you one :-)
http://www.breseplane.com/
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15 comments so far
teenagewoodworker
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posted 59 days ago
now thats nice! don’t think i’ve been good enough to put one of those on my list ;). could use one though!
sIKE
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posted 59 days ago
Forgive my ignorance, what do you use an infill smoother plane for? Whatever it is used for it is beautiful.
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Doug S.
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posted 59 days ago
sIKE. These aren’t used that differently than any other smoother except that the mouth is so tight and shavings so fine you can go direct to finish without sanding/scraping on a lot of woods. I’m still getting used to planes without adjusters but once you get this one tweaked just so, it’s a real joy watching wood fluff come tumbling out.
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motthunter
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posted 59 days ago
nice… if anyone has an extra one of these, please let meknow… I could help you find a place to store it.
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Don Newton
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posted 59 days ago
If I started right now, and I mean right now, I couldn’t be good enough to get one of those from Santa. Heck, I’d have to try real hard to get one for next year!
-- Don, Pittsburgh
Chardt
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posted 57 days ago
Wow, that is a beauty.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 57 days ago
any chance of a haircut and shave?? seriously beautiful plane and nice fine shavings just as they should be.Alistair
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thetimberkid
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posted 57 days ago
very nice plane!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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BeechPilotBarry
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posted 57 days ago
Too nice to use… REALLY NICE!
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Doug S.
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posted 57 days ago
Scotsman
I kept meaning to take a gag shot of a can of Edge shaving gel, my arm all lathered up, with the plane hovering above as if I were going to do the old armhair shaving blade sharpness test by planing my arm smooth. Every time I had someone around to take the shot though, I kept forgetting about it. Just as well, because non-WW folks give you some strange looks about the big hairless track:-)
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Grumpy
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posted 57 days ago
Great looking tool Doug. Whatever you do don’t drop it .
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BeechPilotBarry
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posted 57 days ago
“I kept forgetting about it. Just as well, because non-WW folks give you some strange looks about the big hairless track:-)”
I thought all of us who sharpen hand tools had one.
It’s the mark of a secret society!
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TheGravedigger
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posted 54 days ago
That’s what happened to my head!
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jim1953
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posted 53 days ago
Nice plane
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rtb
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posted 36 days ago
only 1 track ??
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