Quangsheng Rebating Block Plane Passaround

jlawrence · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:02 pm Post subject:

Tom, I see no point in you even attempting to try and get them in the post before xmas.

Come on then, what are your first impressions of it.
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OPJ · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Tom, but there's no rush. I'm happy for you to wait until the new year, when things will have hopefully died down a bit. Smile

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lurker · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:

Tom,

Just do your usual thing:

Drop it on the concrete floor a couple of times
Run the plane over a bit of wood embedded with a nail
Leave it somewhere warm & damp for a few days
use as a hammer
Use blade as a screwdriver

THEN report back Wink

wizer · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

shhh, don't tell Matthew Wink

I've just got them next to be in bed at the moment. I will arise from my pit soon and venture out to the workshop later. Though I might not doa review today, I think I'd like a couple of plays to make up my mind.

First impressions are: I don't get an ounce of 'cheap' from looking and handling them.
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lurker · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

By "them" I assume you have the spokeshave too??

Get up you lazy bu££er - I've done 4 hours work!!

I bet your Physiotherapist didn't say "lie in bed as long as you want"

woodbloke · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

wizer · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

Jim there's only so much physio you can do in one day. What else am I supposed to do? Standing in the workshop for more than an hour, hurts like hell. Sitting in a chair is a no no. It's too cold to go out? It's not like I'm enjoying it, I'm bored as hell!!
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lurker · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject:

wizer · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject:

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Alan Jones · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject:

Wizer ,I was aware that these were not from the same Chinese manufacture as the Tillgear offerings, but they are none the less Chinese offerings. So why the general change in attitude . If I remember correctly Tillgear were berated for selling cheap copies of western goods ,with even threats of boycotting them for doing so.
Personally I wouldnt touch them as I will only buy one plane of a type in my lifetime ie one 4 1/2 one 5 1/2 etc so prefer to buy Clifton etc as the cost differential over a lifetime is insignificant. My LIe Nielsons ,Cliftons etc will allways have a considerable residual value, can the same be said of far eastern offerings? The saddest aspect to me is that the potential purchasers of these will be complaining when their jobs are lost to the far east.

wizer · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject:

Well issues of buying from the far east aside.

These planes seem to be very high quality. I'll report later on just how high that is. They have been well received in the states with no particular harsh backlash to support LN. The Tilgear ones were found to be of poor quality, especially the irons. So I'll be looking at that and the others can cast their opinions too. That's the benefit of a passaround.

For the record. I think I'd also rather have Clifton. If only for the 'keeping it British' angle. That said, I'm on meagre earnings and could do with a better block plane than the Stanley I have. So this could well be a stop gap until Clifton go ahead with their block plane.
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lurker · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject:

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Alan Jones · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject:

Wizer is the mythical Clifton block plane ever going to be produced? I reckon Ill be pushing up daisies before that arrives.Unless you know something I dont Wink

in which case pray tell Smile

lurker · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject:

Alan,

I think his point is that as Clifton don't do a block then buying a squashi whatsit does not breach your buy British Campaign.