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Pros & Cons
Pros
This trimming plane is incredibly useful. It does a surprisingly good job of rounding the edge of a board. The blade is easy to sharpen and reinstall exactly where it is needed.
This little guy performs very well. It is not flimsy and looks like it will last forever.
Sharp and maneuverable. Works amazingly well for small cuts. For my work, it does the job of producing the size shavings i was needing.
Perfect little device for shaping balsa on a model airplane. Use tiny taps with a small hammer to adjust, great for profiling an airfoil.
Cons
Tiny piece of junk. The bottom is painted and not flat.
Highlights
Quality
It’s made installing my laminate floor to a professional quality of workmanship.
My front door expands and contrasts with high and low temperatures causing is to hit the sides when opening and closing, this h... Read More
It very much will hurt your hand if you're doing anything more than very light and superficial planing.
Right out of the package, and after adjustment, i made shavings so thin you could read a newspaper thru them.
Price
If i remember correctly i got it for under ten dollars or around ten dollars.
I was cheap and not wanting to buy a planner to just do this.
It won't replace a block plane, but, for the money, it should be pretty useful.
I had thought they were all huge and looked at them and costed 30 or more bucks.
Packaging/appearance
Out of the package, i was a bit taken aback by how tiny it is, but once i got used to it, it's actually the perfect size for wh... Read More
Overview
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- This product had a total of 1,663 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 30 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This tool is needed for doing it correctly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Great mini plane for the price but 1 drawback there are no replacement blades specific to that model available
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So get out your sharpening stone
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have a dewalt planer for full size pieces a large hand plane and now this mini one for edges to make flush with one another
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The blade doesn’t fit snug so it can take a few attempts to set it but for the price it’s definitely does the job
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wouldn’t recommend buying to someone who doesn’t have the tools to sharpen the blade though
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Edithad this little thing for awhile longer now
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Again you need to be able to sharpen it
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