Faithfull FAIPLANE5 No.5 Jack Plane in Wooden Box

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Clifton No 6 Fore Plane is the classic cabinet maker's bench plane and gets its name from the length of your fore arm, excellent at producing long straight edges for jointing boards together, or for.

The accuracy of this mechanism allows for the Cutting Iron to be advanced to give a virtually "Zero" mouth opening, allowing the finest shavings to be taken even on the most difficult of timbers. The Bedrock design uniquely allows the mouth width to be adjusted without dismantling the Frog and Iron assembly. The Frog and Frog Seating in the body of these Bench planes is based on the Bedrock design, first seen on early Stanley planes, meaning the seating pad in the body is fully machined flat to mate with an equivalent full face and machined, underside of the Frog. Quangsheng bedrock pattern handplanes, unlike the more common Bailey pattern, have a full contact area between the body and the frog, hence the name 'bedrock'. The small, square teeth leave a textured surface that can be smoothed with a finely set plane or a scraper.The Veritas 5-1/4W varies from the traditional 5-1/4 in various ways, but the two most significant dimensional differences are that the Veritas has a 50 mm (2 inch) wide blade (rather than 44 mm - 1-3/4 inch) and the mouth is 110 mm (4-3/8 inch) back of the nose compared with 89 mm (3-1/2 inch) for the original.

The BEDROCK design uniquely allows the mouth width to be adjusted without dismantling the Frog and iron assembly.After heat treating, the blade is fully surface ground on the top, back, and cutting edge, giving a smooth, flat surface that will take a mirror finish very quickly. The plane is fitted with a T10 high carbon steel tool blade which can take a keen edge, and that has been hardened to RC60-64 for maximum edge retention. The frog can also be adjusted to widen or narrow the mouth of the plane without the need to remove the irons. The renowned design has a screw mechanism that allows the frog to be adjusted without removing the blade or lever cap, easily allowing the blade to be adjusted relative to the sole to adjust the mouth opening. In addition, the construction of the frog is unique — it features a fully machined fit between frog and body, adjustable from the rear without having to remove the blade and cap.

This bench plane's cutting iron is 2 3/8" wide and 3mm thick, increasing rigidity, with a hardness of 60-62 Rockwell C, and the cryogenic treatment means that these blades will hold their edge even longer. This extra length of sole in front of the blade makes it much easier to cut accurately because the extra long nose makes it easier to maintain the sole flush to the material at the start of a cut. Furthermore, the higher weight will help to compensate the higher force needed due to the wider blade.The Lever Cap is made from grey polished Cast Iron with the Screws and Adjusting Wheel from polished brass. jack plane is designed to be used across the grain, its weakest direction, to correct twists, cupping and bowing and bring the board close to the finished dimension. Compared to my Stanley no5, probably from the 1980's, it's the one with the plastic handles, I got it secondhand, the Faithfull outshines it at every turn, whereas the Stanley's sole was convex, (that's probably why it was so cheap) the Faithfull was almost flat and needed very little flattening and yes, you can use it straight out of the box even though honing is recommended. If you do not contact us within 14 days of purchase, we will direct you to the manufacturers guidelines. We also manufacture Clifton hand planes which includes a wide range of premium quality bench planes, shoulder planes and spokeshaves.

The 3 mm thick high carbon steel blade is hardened to 61 - 63 HRC and connected with a thick and stable chipbreaker. Having since moved on to two additional colleges I’ve always made sure we did business with Tilgear. The plane features a lateral adjustment lever that is used to ensure the blade sits square to the mouth opening. The sheer mass of the plane, combined with the large side wings, makes it both more stable and more effective than its predecessors.To do this, loosen the outside two of the three screws located at the back of the Frog seating pad (underneath the adjusting wheel), then turn the central screw clockwise to close the mouth and anti-clockwise to open the mouth. The accuracy of this mechanism allows for the Cutting Iron to be advanced to give a virtually "Zero" mouth opening, allowing the finest shavings to be taken even on the most difficult of timbers. Note that this style of toothed blade works only with the bevel-up planes and not with the regular "bevel-down" bench planes. It is made from ductile cast iron and has the same adjustable frog with a combined feed and lateral adjust mechanism that is sturdy, yet sensitive and accurate. The thickness of shavings I'm achieving with this plane, now that I've changed the battery in my Vernier caliper, are 0.