Tuning and using a $10 Harbor Freight hand plane
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3 February 2016 at 6:38 pm #134483
Here’s a video where I un-box and tuneup a $10 bench plane (~No 3) from Harbor Freight. It ends up taking beautiful shavings.
3 February 2016 at 7:07 pm #134484About what size is that plane? A #3?
I’m asking because I have a #3 without a rear tote, and I wonder if it would fit
4 February 2016 at 12:55 am #134494Very interesting Marty. Thanks for that. Though I don’t think I’ll be running out for one …
1 May 2016 at 12:15 pm #136841Thanks for sharing, nice job on the re-hab. Good to know though you buy one of those cheapie’s and make it have way decent and use it for what you suggested. I won’t use my good planes on ply or MDF either.
I also like how you adapted those pony clamps to your HF clamps, I used thin plywood and used double face tape whhich has worked so far.
Steve
18 June 2016 at 8:41 pm #137943Nope, being a Harbor Freight habitue’, I’ve become familiar with their numbering systems. 33 is not the equivalent of a No. 3, as in a Stanley smoothing plane. They simply want to see if any customers will ask for a No. 32, a No. 25, or even a No. 16, to see if they can get a hand plane cheaper than the Harbor Freight 33. I’ve never seen the No. 33 on sale, so maybe sometime, somewhere, someone might get a bargain
In the meantime, thank you for the tuneup video. I’ll see if it can help my grandfather’s Stanley No.3. It might not help; it wouldn’t hurt. I’ll keep looking next to the Aldi chisels. We can watch and see how low a price point can go.
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18 June 2016 at 9:08 pm #137945I agree it’s not a #3, but his question was how big it was, and I do think it’s closest to a #3 size wise. Thanks for your comments.
[quote quote=137943]Nope, being a Harbor Freight habitue’, I’ve become familiar with their numbering systems. 33 is not the equivalent of a No. 3, as in a Stanley smoothing plane. They simply want to see if any customers will ask for a No. 32, a No. 25, or even a No. 16, to see if they can get a hand plane cheaper than the Harbor Freight 33. I’ve never seen the No. 33 on sale, so maybe sometime, somewhere, someone might get a bargain
In the meantime, thank you for the tuneup video. I’ll see if it can help my grandfather’s Stanley No.3. It might not help; it wouldn’t hurt. I’ll keep looking next to the Aldi chisels. We can watch and see how low a price point can go.
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[quote quote=137943]Nope, being a Harbor Freight habitue’, I’ve become familiar with their numbering systems. 33 is not the equivalent of a No. 3, as in a Stanley smoothing plane. They simply want to see if any customers will ask for a No. 32, a No. 25, or even a No. 16, to see if they can get a hand plane cheaper than the Harbor Freight 33. I’ve never seen the No. 33 on sale, so maybe sometime, somewhere, someone might get a bargain
In the meantime, thank you for the tuneup video. I’ll see if it can help my grandfather’s Stanley No.3. It might not help; it wouldn’t hurt. I’ll keep looking next to the Aldi chisels. We can watch and see how low a price point can go.
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19 June 2016 at 3:21 pm #137956I purchased one of these as well. I think it wouldn’t make a good smoother. You’re better off picking up a garage sale #3 or #4. But in 30 minutes of work, this plane makes a great scrub plane. All you need to do is put a nice radius on the cutting edge. The mouth is already huge, so no work there. This little thing has become my thickness planer.
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