Mid-priced planes

[SAB]

Hi,
I am working with a tight budget until I can bring some work to help pay for the shop.

Does anyone know Rewan type 5 or a Taytools true 5. As soon as I can I would probably get Hawk iron from Veritas.

Your help would be appreciated,
Steven

 

[derekcohen]

Seriously?!

These planes are cheap for a reason. They come along in with different names but the same junk. Cheap as they are churned out of an Indian factory. History says that they are either unusable (problems with fit) or will require hours of tuning.

Purchase a pre-1950 Stanley on eBay or similar.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[SAB]

Hi Derek,
Thank you for the information.
I will check around and find something.

Best Regards,
Steven

 

[jeffinsgf]

+1 on buying used Stanley.

 

[Cheese]

+1 on buying used Stanley.

Before I moved to LN, I also started off by purchasing older Stanley/Bailey planes in good shape. Cleaned them up, tuned them up and installed Hock blades. Just look them over thoroughly and check for cracked or warped castings...a pretty inexpensive way to get started .

Here's a Bailey/Stanley #5 that I purchased for $25, cleaned it up and added the Hock blade.

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[waho6o9]

Expanding your skill set is a great idea.

Rehabbing older planes, called fettling I think, will teach you a lot about how to set up a plane, sharpen a blade and or
chip breaker.

 

[pixelated]

Assuming OP is in the US, various old Stanley's are common in antique shops. Price and condition vary by quite a lot, but reasonably priced "users" are pretty easy to come by.

 

[derekcohen]

Expanding your skill set is a great idea.

Rehabbing older planes, called fettling I think, will teach you a lot about how to set up a plane, sharpen a blade and or
chip breaker.

Does the saying, “You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear” come to mind?

Stanley made excellent planes up until around 1950. They still need some fettling, but the foundation is solid. Add a Veritas PM-V11 blade.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[mattgam]

A used plane is the way to go.  I would also suggest skipping ebay and joining the facebook CIHI group. They run weekly auctions with very fair pricing on tons of vintage gear.  Around 1000 items a week change hands and the community policing is outstanding. I've never had a bad experience in over 50 purchases (I may have an addiction). 

I would also suggest Lake Erie Toolworks new plane irons.  The edge retention on them has been simply amazing.  James Wright has an outstanding review as well

 

[kevinculle]

My great uncle Art was a carpenter for the City of Pittsburgh from the time he finished serving in the Army in WW-I until he retired around 1960.  I was lucky enough to get one of his planes, a Stanley #4-1/2 that I have been able to date to around 1926-27.  I did a major freshening of the plane, still with the blade he had in it, and it works very well indeed.  I also concur that used planes at a reasonable price are the way to get started.

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[Cheese]

My great uncle Art was a carpenter for the City of Pittsburgh from the time he finished serving in the Army in WW-I until he retired around 1960.  I was lucky enough to get one of his planes, a Stanley #4-1/2 that I have been able to date to around 1926-27.  I did a major freshening of the plane, still with the blade he had in it, and it works very well indeed.  I also concur that used planes at a reasonable price are the way to get started.

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For better or for worse, the #4-1/2 plane is my favorite...just something about it, I like the heft and the maneuverability. I purchased & reworked a Bailey and eventually replaced it with a Lie Nielsen. Nice stuff.

 

[squall_line]

A used plane is the way to go.  I would also suggest skipping ebay and joining the facebook CIHI group. They run weekly auctions with very fair pricing on tons of vintage gear.  Around 1000 items a week change hands and the community policing is outstanding. I've never had a bad experience in over 50 purchases (I may have an addiction). 

I would also suggest Lake Erie Toolworks new plane irons.  The edge retention on them has been simply amazing.  James Wright has an outstanding review as well

It took me a while to find it, because searching "CIHI" on Facebook wants to provide you with CHI-town groups and links...

Search "CIHI Antique Tool", orhttps://www.facebook.com/CIHIresource/ to start.