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29 December 2012 at 11:49 am #5789
on another note – thanks Matthew for sharing the link – has anyone noticed the shipping costs on that German site? Given the relative weakness of the euro, ordering from that site looks like it could be quite cost-effective.
29 December 2012 at 11:05 pm #5835hello Juryaan
I bought his small high angle smoother for difficult grain. It whispers! It is truly a beautiful plane and lovely to hold and use. It is also very pricey, but I don’t regret it.
Jonathan
I have a question about planes.
I noticed that alot of people are talking about Lie Nielsen and Veritas planes,but in England there are also the planes from Clifton.
These planes are similar priced but i don’t hear much about these planes,is there a reason for this.
Personally i like the look of the Clifton planes above the other premium hand planes.
Anonymous18 January 2013 at 10:03 am #6647Hey juryaan,
A while ago Clifton had a quality problem which was more down to the foundry than anything else. Give a company a bad rep and It sticks.
Some say the quality even today is hit and miss, more so than other companies. From what I have read even Lie Nielsen have been sending some less than great planes out lately.
At the end of the day, It all comes down to personal choice buddy
18 January 2013 at 5:35 pm #6664[quote quote=6647]Hey juryaan, A while ago Clifton had a quality problem which was more down to the foundry than anything else. Give a company a bad rep and It sticks. Some say the quality even today is hit and miss, more so than other companies. From what I have read even Lie Nielsen have been sending some less than great planes out lately. At the end of the day, It all comes down to personal choice buddy [/quote]
Hi Ken, I agree with you regarding quality on some tools are hit or miss, but have never heard of Lie-Nielsen and also Veritas having any quality problems beyond a rarity which will always happen in this world (nothing is perfect) – as a matter of fact, their tolerances and quality are sometimes considered overkill. I am curious where you read this – I have never heard of such a thing and live in the US where they are based out of.
I have a mix of planes – vintage, Veritas, and Lie-Nielsen
Anonymous18 January 2013 at 6:35 pm #6667[quote quote=6664]
Ken Haygarth wrote:
Hey juryaan, A while ago Clifton had a quality problem which was more down to the foundry than anything else. Give a company a bad rep and It sticks. Some say the quality even today is hit and miss, more so than other companies. From what I have read even Lie Nielsen have been sending some less than great planes out lately. At the end of the day, It all comes down to personal choice buddyHi Ken, I agree with you regarding quality on some tools are hit or miss, but have never heard of Lie-Nielsen and also Veritas having any quality problems beyond a rarity which will always happen in this world (nothing is perfect) – as a matter of fact, their tolerances and quality are sometimes considered overkill. I am curious where you read this – I have never heard of such a thing and live in the US where they are based out of. I have a mix of planes – vintage, Veritas, and Lie-Nielsen [/quote]
Hi Michael
It was posted on some forum, I read it while I was searching for something else. The guy had posted asking what had happened to Lie Nielsen quality as he had to return a plane twice through bad machining around the mouth. I have spent the last 30 minutes looking for it again.
I’m a great lover of Lie Nielsen tools, I have there saws and a few chisels. I think every company will have a few rough ones slip through the net at some time. There customer service is second to none.
Quangsheng planes are mighty tough, today I dropped my No 6 off the top of the workbench. It had a hard landing onto a tiled surface , It did alter the blade setting but no damage to the plane its self, after resetting the blade it was good to go. Well pleased, it did crack a few tiles though 🙂
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