what hand planes should everyone have and which ones do you have

I have a new stanley #5 and#3, only the#5 is imported here now. A Rolson rabbett plane which is a copy of a record I think. An new english made stanley block plane. I,m currently making my own plough and “old womans tooth” router based on some plans from the 1920,s. No jointers available here but maybe I can get something in chinatown .
Anant doesn,t import here so maybe that could be a business oportunity for me, they make a copy of the 45 but don,t know much about it. My plan is to make a full compliment of planes myself and use the manufactured ones as sinkers on some fishing line, but they will do the job for now.

-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand

Here are the ones I use.

A Number 4

A Number 5

A Number 7

A 9 1/2

A Sergent block plane

and a 78.

Plus these wooden planes that I only look at :D

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

The selection of planes depends the type of work the person do.
The more planes I have,the more planes I want…
My Arsenal is:
Veritas Bevel Up Jointer
Veritas Scrub Plane
Record “Stay-Set” No.5 Jack
Record “Stay-Set” No.4 Smoother
Record “Stay-Set” No.3 Smoother
Veritas Low Angle Block Plane
Stanley Low Angle Block Plane

I want some day to build my own planes, Infill type planes, that’s my dream.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

S-W-E-E-T!!!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

Hah!

Show off!

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

LOL

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

You can see my collection by viewing my projects and look at my hand tool cabinet. I started with an old Anant not sure what the size was, only used it once, and a small stanely HD block plane for very rough work. Then I got edumacated on planes, bought my first LN Planes, a #4 and #5 and am having trouble stopping now. I have a plane addiction, sad, so very sad ;o)

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Doubthead must have a real job I really want a rabit/shoulder whats the best modles not versal or nielson or barret for free+ any suggestions

as for the 55 I think I am close to finding the easy botton after getting it three weeks a go I have pulled it out twice looked at it turned knobs (insert chimp scratching head here) and read reread and reread the first 3 pages of the manual until I comprehend them now I just have to find the knurled nut marked a, the screws marked c,f,d, the right fence adjustment, the cam stock support, tha aux fence, the unnecisarry stop, excess over lever, the it just looked shiney but take it off thing and I can cut something. but there are no labels.

OHHHHHHHHH. I have to pick one of 55 cutters. I got it now just reajuust the spincter oskate to colaborate with the p36 space modulator and you can test cut the board to check the quadrant of the flux copasitor. It then opens up and there is a box with a 3hp router and 300 bits. then it will work

-- jay Rambling on and on again

I’ve owned a few shoulder planes. I just have the big Record now. L-N
copied it and I think the copy is a better plane. With shoulder planes
it’s about weight – the heavier planes can take cleaner cuts without chatter.

You can trim shoulders with any rabbet plane – a no. 78 will do – but you
would have to be more skillful to get very good results without having the
right tool for the job, a real shoulder plane.

These days I have about a dozen planes I think, down from more than
30 when I was more active as a furniture maker and plane afficionado.

I do most work with a no. 4 and a no. 5. I have a few of each, set up
for different types of work generally. Final smoothing, end grain and fitting
parts I usually use a L-N bronze no.4.

I seldom use a block plane. I like more mass.

I have a wooden 26” long jointer I made myself. Works good but the
sole needs tuning every couple of years or so.

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There is an interesting article by Garrett Hack at a special issue of Fine Woodworking magazine, “Hand Tool Skiils”: “8 Handplanes You can’t live withouth”, this is his list:
1.Bench Plane: Bedrock # 604 shown
2.Low Angle Block Plane: Lie NIelsen LA Block Plane shown
3.Jointer: Bedrock No.607 shown
4.Shoulder Plane: an old Stanley No.93 shown
5.Smoothing Plane: Lie Nielsen 41/2 shown
6.Spokeshave: Stanley 53 shown
7.A second Block plane: Lie Nielsen Apron Plane shown
8.Small Router Plane: An Old Stanley No.271 Shown.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

loren if you need to thin back anymore I’ll send you my address

-- jay Rambling on and on again

My collection is small, but get alot of use.
1. cheapy buck bros low angle block plane
2. #4 Victor
3. #78 Stanley Sweetheart rabbet plane
4. 30’s era #7 Stanley

The #7, my newest plane, I just refurbished, and made new handles for.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

I have a Stanley low angle block plane and a Dunlop #5. I of course want everything else.

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

those handles are great what are they

-- jay Rambling on and on again

I just began my collection(addiction). I have “collected” Stanleys #4,5,6,7, 60 1/2, and 93. If I wasn’t doing my work bench with just hand tools, I wouldn’t have bought the #6. I would have put off buying a #7 for a little while, also. I must add that I bought these used and have spent hours refurbing each one. Eventhough it’s a great learning experience, I will be shopping the L-N and Veritas lines in the future.

-- A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ~Benjamin Franklin

Last year I started with a new Clifton #5 Jack Plane, and then added an Anant Kamal #4. I just finished flattening the soles and sharpening the blades on a new Stanley 60 1/2 low angle block plane, and vintage #4 and #5 Stanley/Bailey planes that I had recently found at an Antique store.

When I get back up to the Upper Peninsula, I have a Stanley/Bailey #6 fore plane, and a #4 Stanley/Bailey smoothing plane that have been waiting patiently all winter to be re-furbed.

I’m looking for a #7 jointer plane. However I don’t intend to be a collector. These are tools that are going to be put to work.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

Geez, where to begin…

Okay, I use two #102 block planes, a Stanley and a L-N, a #40 scrub, #’s 3, 4-1/2C, 5, 605C and a 7. They are all type 11s except for the 605, it’s a type 6. Now, for the ones I want to tune up are a type 11 #4C and type 3 #s 603C, 604-1/2C, 605C, 606C, 607C and 608C. Someday I’ll get around to tuning them up.

If you don’t know your Stanley types then you just don’t know how good Stanleys have been. The type 3s are from around the turn of the LAST century while the type 11s are ten to twenty years younger.

I’ve also have a number of transitional Stanleys that are in rebuildable shape but I’ll save them for retirement. HA!

Always,
J.C.

P.S. My wife thinks I have a hoarding problem and just because I own over 75 at last count… or was it 85…

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Stanley #5 and #7 from estate sale of a family friend that died (damn vultures put his wife in a home, sold all his stuff to rabid evil people who literally RAN across his lawn to fight their way in the door…I managed to get in the house and get his planes…$25 each. I can remember him every shaving they take.

Stanley #78 off ebay…under $20.

The rest I plan on making myself….however, I more and more think about finding a #4 smoother instead of making it.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - Unknown Shaker

I inhereted planes from both my father and my father-in law. I currently have and use: aStanley/Bailey #5c circa WWl,
a WWll vintage #5 Stanley, a pre-WWll high knobed Stanley #4, aStanley 220 with a “Stanley Rule and Level Co.” stamped iron, and a nice Stanley #1 “Sweetheart” circa 1925.

I bought two rabbetting planes at fleamarkets;one is a Montgomery Wards plane without any depth stop, and the other aCraftsman.

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This is my plane cabinet. The bottom shelf is the currently usable planes, and the next shelf up contains some that either need to be restored, or purely collectibles (like the brightly colored vintage “student” planes).

• Modern (cheap) Stanley that I use for utility purposes like door jams or construction
• Millers Falls No 56B (Favorite block plane)
• Record No 077 rabbet/bullnose (Other favorite plane)
• Stanley Bullnose plane with SweetHeart blade
• Little Stanley “finger” plane (as I call it) with SweetHeart blade

• Stanley No. 4 with SweetHeart blade
• Stanley Bailey No. 5
• Stanley Bailey No. 6

I’ve been writing about my hand tools in THIS BLOG lately.

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You can see mine in my blog. Welcome to the slippery slope.

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/WayneC/blog/578

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I’ve got a number that have been ‘aquired’ over the years:
28” wooden try, greenheart sole (‘shop made)
17” Norris A1 panel plane
Record Calvert-Stevens smoother
Maple and rosewood convex sole shaping plane (‘shop made)
Genuine Krenov smoother…made by the man!!
LN No9 Iron Mitre
Emmerich pear body/lignum soled smoother
Rosewood high angle smoother (Tiawan)
Cuban mahogany/rosewood soled smoother (‘shop made)
Record No4 smoother…extreme fettele and refurbishment
LV BU smoother
LV LA jack
LV LA try
LN 60.5 block
LV DX60 block
LV NX60 block
Stanley 271 small router
LN shoulder plane, big one
Record Compass plane
Wooden jack plane, 50mm cutter

-- The most dangerous thing in a workshop is a bit of sandpaper....

Total newbie to planes and everything else. I tried a few LV’s at a Woodworker’s show here last weekend, and I had so much fun. It was amazing to peel off such miniscule sheets of wood fiber and leave such a smooth surface. The best part of the whole show was spending an hour with William Ng on hand planes. Only a handful of people were there with me, so it was almost one on one for this newbie. That man is incredible. Really demystified a lot for me regarding planing. It would be great to go to one of his classes. His recommendation to me for a first plane was the LV low angle Jack plane. Very versatile. I may re-prioritize and get the hand plane before I get planer/jointer machines.

I really liked the sound of his method of finishing, too. Hand plane > Card Scraper > 320 hand sanding with the grain to avoid circles in the furniture when the light hits it just right > burnish with soft cloth > finish. Creates very little dust. I’m going to make furniture someday. Just like my great great grandfather!

-- Scott - Katy, Texas

As a bare minimum, I think every wood mauler should have at least a block plane, and a preferably a #4 along with it. I accumulate planes like my wife hoards shoes, so I have lots of sizes, but if I had to thin the hurd to the essential few, I do most of my damage with a block plane, #3 or 4, and a #5-1/2. For big surfaces the #7 sure comes in handy too. Among a few oddballs, I have a Bedrock 605 type 6, Bailey 5-1/4 Sweetheart type 13, Stanley 220, Millers Falls 8,9,11,14, and 18, and Record 09-1/2, 03, two 04s, 04-1/2, 05, 05-1/2, 6, and 7. I’m currently looking to snag a Record 60-1/2 block. I tend to go for the Record and Millers Falls planes over the Stanleys, but it’s probably more because of the colors than any performance advantages! (LOL…) (Like anything else, the cutter and setup really determine the end performance)

I want to shot the same pic with all my tanks and rockets! it’s comming!

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

My set of handplanes…
Record 076 Bullnose
Cheap Stanley Contractor grade Block Plane
Stanley No.72 Chamfer Plane
Lie NIelsen Scraper Plane
Stanley No.3
Record “SS” no.03
Record “SS” No.04
Stanley No.4 1/2
Stanley No.10 Rabbet Plane
Record “SS” No.05
Stanley No.7
Veritas Bevel Up Jointer Plane.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

hey MOAI.if you ever want to sell your Stanley No.72,let me know.

60 1/2 block, #4, Veritas medium shoulder plane, #12, and if you can afford it a LN #164. Also don’t under estimate the power of a card scraper. Ebay is the way to go.
-Rabbet

Stanley #3 (Vintage 1894-1898)
Stanley #4 (Post WWII)
Stanley #5 (Vintage 1916)
Stanley #5 (Post WWII)
Stanley #7 (Vintage 1920’s)
Stanley 12-920 Block Plane
Stanley #92 Shoulder Plane
Craftsman Filister Plane (Vintage)

The #3, #5, and #7 planes have all been outfitted with Hock blades and chip breakers, the others are using original blades and chip breakers.

The only ones I bought new were the block plane and the shoulder plane. One of the #5’s I inherited from my Dad. The others all came from eBay or garage sales.

Of all of them, the one I like the least is the block plane, so I am considering a Lie-Nielsen to replace it.

The one I like the most is the #3.

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