Chris Knight
Established Member
I needed a couple of hinges for a little cabinet I'm making and dropped in at George Higgins in Sidcup where I finally splashed out £21.95 on one of these Chinese planes - the kind HNT Gordon has copied. I didn't really need it but its low price and a couple of good reviews I had read in the past by Lyn Mangiameli intrigued me sufficiently to try it.
Once home, I simply put the double iron (ie more or less a a conventional Bailey type with cap iron) into the plane, tapped the wedge home and tried it on a piece of hard maple I keep handy for checking the adjustment of my planes. The result astounded me - it was a perfect wispy shaving and it left a nice polished surface.
I tried it again on a piece of softish mahogany with the same pleasing result.
The plane is made from some rather attractive reddish, hard wood. The sole is dead flat and it feels nice in the hands. Overall length of this one is 10 inches. It is 2 1/2 inches wide with a 2 inch blade.
This is one plane you can't really go wrong with.
Once home, I simply put the double iron (ie more or less a a conventional Bailey type with cap iron) into the plane, tapped the wedge home and tried it on a piece of hard maple I keep handy for checking the adjustment of my planes. The result astounded me - it was a perfect wispy shaving and it left a nice polished surface.
I tried it again on a piece of softish mahogany with the same pleasing result.
The plane is made from some rather attractive reddish, hard wood. The sole is dead flat and it feels nice in the hands. Overall length of this one is 10 inches. It is 2 1/2 inches wide with a 2 inch blade.
This is one plane you can't really go wrong with.