"Pinie" hand planes (Czech company)
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Hi to You all
Does any one had some experience with hand planes or tools from this maker?
http://pinie.cz/en/our-productsThe reason I’m asking is because I’m, considering buying some hand planes because:
– It quite unexpensive, cheaper then 2nd hand market ECE or ULMIA (I know …these are great).
– Made in Europe
– And also there are good feedback (about vices) here in the forum about the Czech York tool makers as well.Any feedback will be apreciated
Ant贸nio
7 March 2015 at 12:17 pm #125323Those are some very odd looking planes, or perhaps unusual would be more fair.
I have never heard of Pinie before or seen their products in the UK, the Czech Republic seems to be bursting at the seams with new toolmakers at the moment. You may have to be the guinea pig for this one Antonio.
Matt
Ant贸nio,
Just noticed your thread. I have just purchased a scrub plane from Pinie and wanted to know if you purchased one and your experience?
Mine was little money and i thought i would give it a go. As it is a scrub plane, i am not expecting a great finish, just the ability to hack off material (no 4 for the final finish). I hope to give it a try this weekend as i am in the middle of making the workbench.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi Andy.
I didn’t bought one. I went in a different path.
I was offered some blades and made my own scrub also a friend gave me one old wooden “jack plane” and bought one #4 Record on ebay.But later I found this blog post:
http://bluesprucewoodshop.blogspot.pt/2016/05/pinie-wooden-scrub-plane.html
and talked with Stefan (the writer) and his own words for a scrub “it performs very well”Good luck with the workbench!
Ant贸nio,
Thanks for your feedback and the link, a nice and positive read.
I have managed to try it today. Blade needed a good sharpen (i did my best to get it sharp with my limited experience ).
First error, forgetting that it is a bevel down blade, so i found that it was tearing and unpleasant to use.
After destroying part of my workbench skirt, i realised the error of my way!
Flipping over was much better. Generally very pleasent and satisfying to use. It is light compared to a number 4 plane and cuts well. In truth i have never used a wooden plane before, so nothing to benchmark off.
I did find that i ended up with one or two chunks out of the wood, which was annoying. It was always the same piece that did this, so maybe either the wood was very soft or i need to sharpen better.
Last thing to note, the heal is small and my hand was cusping the blade, which was uncomfortable. The picture on the box shows a higher heal for better comfort, but not on mine. Maybe a mod for the future!
Anyway generally positive and fun.
Andy
11 November 2016 at 11:37 pm #142356Wooden planes work just as well as metal ones. As simple as the design may be, it is very robust and the hammer-tapping adjustent is just as precise as the adjustment wheel on metal planes, only a bit slower. My first plane was a cheap replica of the Stanley #4. I use it a lot, but frankly speaking, it would be more efficient to use any other plane with a blade that doesn’t move constantly. It must be said so, that the price was less than 20 Euro new, it is probably the lowest quality on the market. I have two more smoothing planes of similar size, a scrub plane and a jointer plane, all wooden. If the metal plane falls apart (which will happen sooner or later), I will use wooden planes only, because they are available easily on flea markets here in Germany, I pay around 5 Euro for one.
By the way, the Pinie planes look quite normal to me. It is a typical style in Germany (and probably in Czechia too).
Dieter
14 November 2016 at 10:21 pm #142411Dang 5 euros for a good wooden plane. Don’t let my wife find out, she will never let me go to Germany. I would have a whole garage full of them.
15 November 2016 at 7:10 pm #142426Thomas, not all of these planes are good, and I am lucky to live in Hamburg, a place, where many people think, that planes need a power plug and that annual rings are the marks left from coffee mugs on old kitchen tables. 馃槈 Look at it from the bright side: In Tennessee, you can probably get nice wood at half the price that I have to pay here, or even less.
Dieter
15 November 2016 at 7:26 pm #142427You got a point in the wood. There are a few sawmills with in an hours drive of my house. I do love to shop flea markets and such for tools and the older the better for me. Of course I love any antique that is well made.
Just out of curiosity, how much do you have to pay for nice lumber there? Depending on the quality here, I pay between around $5 and $8 a board foot for good quality oak, cherry and maple.
I love the annual ring comment. That was a good one.
15 November 2016 at 11:19 pm #142436I am always unsure about the meaning of “lumber”, “timber” etc. I paid 16 Euro a piece for 10 x 100 mm x 2300 mm (~ 3/8″ x 4″ x 8′) in oak in a DIY shop, and I had to look for good ones. Sawmills are too far away for casual shopping, I don’t even know, if you can buy directly from Sawmills in Germany. Since I have no serious projects for the moment that require hardwood, I prefer pallet wood most of the time. It is much better than it looks like before planing, and it is free.
Dieter
- This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Hugo Notti.
16 November 2016 at 12:40 am #142439Timber is a tree and lumber is the product after the log is sawn.
I have been known to pickup free wood where I find it.
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