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2 June 2019 at 8:30 pm #577346
Matt,
Can you post a pic of the Harbor Freight Plane? I had an HF plane a while back that I converted to a scrub. It worked great, and I used it until I got my hands on the LV Scrub Plane. Even after that, I found it to be a great coarse/medium tool after the LV Scrub, before a jack plane (I think I had a 5″ radius on it, IIRC). I gave it to my dad a few years back, so I can’t offer a pic. The one I used had the adjustment more like a spokeshave; there were 2 adjustment screws, one on either side of the blade. I did purchase it 7 or 8 years back, so maybe their build quality declined. Even that particular plane would have been useless as a smoother.I agree with the post about following paul’s method. I just finished restoring a #4 that actually even has a crack at the mouth. I can’t tell it in use. It seems more stable than any plane I’ve ever used, after flattening the frog and cleaning up all it’s connection points. No hint of chatter.
27 January 2017 at 11:04 pm #308775I’ll second Sven’s thoughts on a scrub plane. I have the one he shows in the picture. It’s a beast. I put a 1/4″ deep hollow on the back face of two 16′ long 4x4s, that were decorative columns surrounding a fire place mantle, because they weren’t sitting tight to the wall. It took less than 10 minutes.
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.
6 September 2015 at 2:09 pm #130129I was recently considering converting one of my #4’s to a scrub plane. Instead, I noticed a small plane at harbor freight for 10 bucks, that I converted to a scrub. The mouth was already huge, so all I had to do was grind a camber on the iron. I’m pleasantly suprised at the quality of this plane (unfortunately). For a scrub, it will work quite well. I’m still enamored with the Lee Valley and Lie-Nielson planes though. I had the chance to try out a Lee Valley #4 on curly maple at a show recently…It pulled off a feat I’ve never done with my stanley’s…No tearout, and glassy smooth.
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