The CHEEZIEST Hand Plane Ever Made!! I Have It!!

No offense but I am glad i do not have this plane, this thing is ugly.
The only good thing about it is that it easy to find in the sawdudst

-- Bert

I figured a Harbour Freight aficionado like yourself, B2rtch, would be able to verify whether this is a twin to the HF #33. Any idea? Nope, nothing you can say about this plane would bother me; I bought it for the sacriligeous abomination that it is…

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The color of the Sea Gull plane looks like Hunter Orange. I guess that’s the one to use if you’re handplaning and deer hunting at the same time!

-- People say I hammer like lightning. It's not that I'm fast -- it's that I never hit the same place twice!

A HF knockoff? Lol…could there be such a thing?

Ahh, Don B, so it’s maybe for planing deer racks? Lol I get it, planing outside during hunter season?

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

Lol, Shane.... Could it be? in the Bizarro World, maybe the knockoffs are better than the originals? LOL…
I just looked at the HF listing for a #33, it’s got a cast iron sole and brass hardware, much better than this thing.

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

I might have been tempted to buy that plane too. Just to brag that I owned the worst plane ever concieved. Its so bad that its almost cool. Kind of like owning a mint Ford Pinto.

All it needs are yellow flames painted on the side…

If you can figure out a way to throw that thing, it’d be great for trap shooting. I’d even paint the handyman the same color just to do the same thing. :-)

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Tedstor: That’s exactly why I DID buy it! It takes the pressure off, because no plane I ever buy in the future will be as disgusting as this one,...oh wait, what if I find another Sea Gull that’s full of rust and cracks?

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

I knew DonW would remind me of his contempt for Stanley Handyman planes! Over the past year or 2 I’ve avoided buying Handyman’s on Don’s advice, but it was a package deal with the cool Rabone boxwood ruler, which I also need another one of like a hole in the head. My city is officially devoid of good used planes, I’m getting 1 to 3 planes a week arriving from eBay deals to feed my cravings. ChuckC: I’m trying to decide on a color to paint ALL my planes…never thought of a flames motif!

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

The HF plane in fact looks pretty good certainly much better than this one and it is made of cast iron, only the blades look similar.
I understand that the HF plane can be made in a good user.

-- Bert

Let me know what you think. I hope you love the Handyman. I’ve got a few I’ll give you a good deal on. Even the ones I could actually get to work, which I’ll admit is most of them, but the two or three I just wouldn’t do what I wanted soured me.

The sad thing is, you know when they made that orange beauty the thought was, “we’ll get some suckers to buy this thing”.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Thanks, Bert! Though I’ve heard the grain is painted on, I understand that these #33s perform pretty well. I’d almost consider getting one, but I’d use it for converting to a scrub plane, like a Stanley #40.

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

DonW: I’ve got a bunch of Handymans, when I read about how dissatisfied you are with them some time ago, something about not holding an edge, mine all went to the back of the shelf. I’ll use them for traders, or whatever…

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!