Lie-Nielsen - #51 Shooting Board plane. (Rating: 5)

Completed the new shooting board to go with my new plane from LN using the plans that came with the plane. As soon as the board was finished I started grabbing various pieces of scrap to try out the new plane. The 51 is heavy, the momentum helps move the plane with skewed blade through all types of wood with ease. Included in my testing today were pieces of Mahogany, Hard Maple, QSWO, and pine. Without any additional sharpening the plane cut through all wood end grain with ease.

Should have made the purchase several years ago. Looking forward to putting the plane to good use on an upcoming library project I will start soon.