Has anyone ever used the LN 40-1/2 scrub and not loved it? I was on the brink of pulling out the plastic before gathering my senses. So here instead’s a Krenov scrub plane I finished last night: quartersawn white oak with walnut wedge, 8.5″ long, with Hock 1.5″ curved blade. I’m very happy with what it’s doing compared to the LN. Save some money and make your own tools, so you can buy other ones…
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At $135.00 I guess you did save some money. Of course you could have found a perfectly good scrub plane on Ebay for what you paid for that Hock blade. But then it isn't always about saving money, is it. That's a plane you made yourself, and it will probably out live all of us. Good job 5418!
-Chuck
P.S.
The Steve Knight blade I bought off the 'bay should be here tomorrow. The couple of pieces of purpleheart came today. I'm not sure when the two will merge into a plane. But soon.
Looks to me like it could benefit from some handles, and losing a few corners.
simple "block" planes are ok for delicate smoothing, but scrubbing requires some serious energy imput.
BugBear
At about the tenth board processed in a day with that 'scrubber' all of the design flaws (and there are a few) will become apparent to you.
I was given a LN scrub for my birthday, so I'm quite happy with it. Also, I'm used to the rear tote configuration. But I think if I needed a scrub today, I'd probably follow this advice and get an ECE scrub. I've not used it myself but I've found so much value in the data at that site, I'd trust it to guide me on a scrub choice.
Your plane looks really cool but the big tote on the LN lets me hold comfortably whilst working hard. I wonder how I'd feel mashing the ECE and its horn, or yours, about! :)
Hi guys,
I appreciate all the inputs. Making planes is a lot of fun, especially because of the almost instant gratification :)
I'll probably shape the plane a little bit more as I go along, maybe carving out a side-grip. Personally though, I do prefer a simple blocky plane shape to a sculpted one that you have to hold in a certain way. You can move your hand around for different grips (I also prefer straight handle saws to ones with shaped handles). The neat thing about wooden planes though is that you don't have to decide on the shape right away.
Peace and may your next joint be a perfect fit.
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