Plough/Plow or Combination Plane?

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  • Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 9:33 am #3729

    Do you have a preference for any particular type of Plough or Combination Plane?

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 9:42 am #3731

    Short answer, no I don’t own one as yet. 😉

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 9:55 am #3732

    Plans are afoot, plus a few spare blades my friend 😉

    ejpotter
    23 November 2012 at 2:09 pm #3739

    I have a woodie plough, that I’m very much still learning how to tune and use.  I bought the body locally with one iron, and bought a complete, almost matched set of irons from Pat Leach.

    Just moved to NE Ohio

    Erik Curtis
    23 November 2012 at 4:51 pm #3742

    I own a Record 043 that I bought on ebay and have used the Veritas plough before. Both work really well. It took a little bit to get the Record to work correctly, as is making an auxiliary fence and such, but now it works just as well as the Veritas.

    griz
    23 November 2012 at 5:49 pm #3743

    I have the Veritas and am very happy with it.

    Brent Ingvardsen
    23 November 2012 at 5:56 pm #3744

    I dont own either one. Been seriously looking at the Veritas.

    Meridianville, Alabama, USA

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 7:23 pm #3749

    Hi Eric,

    Depending on how well matched the irons are for your wooden plough plane it’s often possible to have things up and running after a few adjustments to the grooves in the rear of the irons, the top of the rear skate, or the wedge, plus a little wax on the fence beams. 🙂  I love using mine when I’m in the zone 🙂

     

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 7:27 pm #3750

    Hi Erik,

    Record 043’s are little beauties 🙂  Did you manage to buy one with single or double fence rods?  Two models were made and the second rod was a later addition to try and keep the 043 in balance with the 044 🙂

    I’ve not tried a Veritas plough plane, but can imagine it’s well made and a good user plane. 🙂

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 7:28 pm #3751

    Hi John,

    Nice one 🙂

    Anonymous
    23 November 2012 at 7:29 pm #3752

    Hi Brent,

    All I can recommend is for you to take your time planning your purchase and try before you buy whenever possible. 🙂

    Brent Ingvardsen
    24 November 2012 at 3:55 am #3767

    Thanks Gary.

    Meridianville, Alabama, USA

    Ron Harper
    24 November 2012 at 4:09 am #3768

    I have a 45. A 55 and 3 wooden plough planes. If i had it to do all over again, the 45 would be all I need in this area. Care does need to be taken with the honing of the cutters, but it will do what any plough plane will do.

    Charles Cleland
    24 November 2012 at 7:07 am #3774

    I have a 45 currently in route from an ebay purchase, looking forward to unboxing it to see if I bought a good one or a lemon 🙂  Always the worry with ebay and fuzzy pictures 🙂

    Washington State, USA
    My own humble blog:
    http://toolsofourfathers.wordpress.com/

    Anonymous
    24 November 2012 at 7:45 am #3776

    I couldn’t agree more with Ron regarding the 45/045 combination plane, as Record’s 405 is among my favourites.  This doesn’t discount owning others, because having a couple of plough planes can and does help if you’re making a few items and wish to save time changing cutters.  We used to have my grandfather’s #55 in the workshops, but one of my brothers inherited it when he passed away during the early 80’s.

    My favourites from among my selection are my #405, #050 and #44 🙂  I’ll try and post pictures of my selection later.

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