Tools & Materials
Veritas - Skew Rabbet Plane
Comfortable to hold and use
Aug 01, 2013
Comfortable to Hold and Use
The Veritas plane is comfortable to hold and use. It has the best fence and depth-stop adjustability of all the planes tested. After the blade has been aligned with the nicker once, setscrews in the body make it easy to return the blade into alignment after sharpening. Finally, the skewed blade cuts with minimal resistance and pulls the plane into the cut. Available in a right- or left-handed versions.
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