LN cabinet makers scraper plane
I Had a birthday this week and I went out and treated myself . I bought the LN dowel plate ( mom gave me some money cause i am still her baby boy…at 55) and I thought I might have a use for that tool. In addition I bought that scraper plane. one word……….WOW…………..what a sweet tool. Yea, at $195 it is not cheap but I always figure a good deal happens when you look back and quickly forget the price because its just satisfies your needs so well. Right out of the box; no sharpening, flattening or honing or even blade depth set up. If I had a ton of money, Id plank down a stack of $1000’s so high in front of Tom Lie Neilsen hed have to sell the company to me just so I could have the satisfaction of knowing I make tools that border on works of art.
Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
” If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy……..yessa!”
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Cherryjohn,
Really glad to hear that as I've been going back and forth about buying one of those puppies. Does it leave a glass smooth surface?
Bill
I am building a mission style coffee table so I tried it out on red oak. No need to sand after using it and the scrapings it leaves are like whisps of fine lace. You wont regret the purchase
Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
I've been looking at these.... Lie Nielsen was at a show in Springfield, MA this past weekend, but they didn't seem to have any there... of course I really didn't want to look that hard as I would not have been able to fight the urge.... based on the price you quoted, the one that you purchased is the one that they consider the "Cabinet Maker's Scraper", not the "Large Scraping PLane" correct?
After your glowing review I suppose that I need to buy one :-). Kind of out of sorts this morning as I almost had a serious shop accident last night... maybe buying one would make me feel better.
Thanks for the review.
--M
I got the cabinet makers plane...the one with the rabbetting body. It is a little smaller in overall size but with the blade traversing the whole width of the body, the effective scraping area is almost the same. i was at the Mass Woodworkers show as well and I saw this plane there. I was unsure of which one to buy until I went to Woodcraft in Portsmouth and looked at them again and weighed the ups and downs of both.
I used my birthday as my excuse to buy one. if you need to pound your thumb to motivate you...............whatever works!Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
I once used a borrowed Stanly #112 scraper plane, much like the larger LN model, and have wanted one ever since. I only recently discovered the LN Cabinet Scraper Plane. Could you explain why you chose the cabinet model over the larger plane?Thanks,
Tom
Versility .it has tilting handles and a rabbeting body in case I ever want to scrape up against an edge and, as i said before, the difference in the widths of the blades is very slight and the overall length is not that much of difference either. Price differenec is $15 I think. I came close to getting the big one but...........well I figured that the differences was so slight, the versility was in the smaller one and and if my wife asked how much it cost, $195 seeems a lot less that $210 to a woman. All she said was " you bought ANOTHER plane??" Ah women, for the most part they know very little about tools and that is a good thing for usWicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
..and in the spirit of that $195 verses $210...he waited until he got to the Portsmouth store in New Hampshire to avoid the tax....lol. How come were so great in our Mother's and have so many shortcommings with our wives....sigh !!
see.........i was supporting NH as opposed to Taxachusetts. We have a business profits tax here but no sales tax so the business pays on its profits which I assume Woodcraft does a fair job of generating. Keep it homeWicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
I've used the LN scraper plane and agree it's great. When I get ready to buy, I'm going to get the Veritas version of this #112 plane. The veritas is of similar quality, is notably less expensive, and has a feature the LN lacks--a screw to adjust blade flex. You can slightly flex the blade for fine tuning and for creating a slightly convex cutting face.
No complatins about the LN, except at $200+, it's a tad pricey.
Paul, I saw that veritas plane in use at the Massachusetts WW show. Worked great and youre right it is about $90 cheaper but............now this is my artistic side talking here................. put the two side by side and what one moves your soul?Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
Hands down, the Veritas moves my soul. That's because my soul is tied to my wallet!!!
I've also looked at the Veritas plane, and noted the flex adjustment. The LN plane uses a much heavier blade which you couldn't flex if you wanted to.I've used a #112 (without flex), and I've used a card scraper, flexed of course. So which plane is more useful? Has anyone done a comparison, at one of the ww shows possibly? I've always been under the impression that with the blade clamped into the plane, that bowing the blade was unecessary. If that's indeed the case, then a heavier blade would reduce chatter.Tom
Tom
I have the L-N #112 and you are correct about flexing the blade being unnecessary with the L-N.
If you take a scaper card and drag it across a surface, it will chatter significantly. If you take the same card and using your thumbs flex the card, the amount of chatter will be significantly reduced.
The need to have an adjustable flex on the L-V #112 is because of the thin blade and its inherent blade chatter. L-V also offers .125" replacement blade.
I got my L-N before the L-V was announced, but seeing both side by side I would still opt for the L-N._________________________________
Michael in San Jose
"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." Bertrand Russell
Mikey, tell me it isnt so...................we agree on something??Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
Has anyone tried the Veritas scraping plane insert, whereby one can insert a scraper to work like a scraper plane, in any standard #4, #5, #6, #7, Bailey plane?
Ahh,Thanks Michael, that's exactly what I was wondering. If I can ever muster up the cash for a scraper plane, I will probably buy the LN. Now, I will need to decide between the #112 copy and the cabinet model.Tom
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I thought that on the larger, #112 copy, the blade angle is adjustable, whereas on the cabinet model it's fixed. I take it that wasn't a factor in your decision?I owe much of my shop to the generosity of my wife, even though she knows nothing about tools at all. In fact, my mother in law frequently accuses her of marrying me just because I'm handy. But then, I have other qualities that my mother in law will never know of, ...I hope. ;-)Tom
no you are correct. it does have an adjustable blade angle.it just wasnt something i was concerned with........maybe I need to be............!! Now lets see what can i do to justify that other scraper?.....I already have the small one ( in bronze) now the cabinet makers scraper. Ideas?
Wicked Decent Woodworks
Rochester NH
" If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"
Well I almost cut off my thumb as opposed to pounding it, but...I think I might just have to order a scraper plane now :-)Surprised that I didn;t notice that plane at the LN booth... must have still be dizzy from looking at the Mini-Max at the end of that isle.... The show was better than last year, but still not great...Cheers,--M
All the discussion is on the plane, but I have the dowel plate, and use it a fair amount. You will like it too also, I suspect. Ebony dowels are pretty cool, and a bit tricky to source otherwise. May nary a scrap of wood be wasted.
Alan
http://www.alanturnerfurnituremaker.com
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