STANLEY Hand Planer, No.4, Adjustable, 2-Inch Cutter (12-404)

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STANLEY Hand Planer, No.4, Adjustable, 2-Inch Cutter (12-404)

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Pros

If you have sharpening tools and time, it's great bench plane. Set one up as a semi-scrub plane for doing yeoman's work on the bench. Set the other as a fine smoothing plane for touching up the surface.

Bailey pattern #5 with two irons - one for scrubbing and one for flattening. A wet sharpening stone is imperative for this to work so order one with it. I am sure with a finer sharpener a super fine edge is achievable. Good for woodworker who deals wi... Read More

For this price it worths the money. Takes a little bit of tuning just like any other. Part of that is that i wanted to take on the challenge of flattening and tuning an inexpensive hand plane.

Cons

It has no chip breaker (also called a cap iron) to stiffen the blade and help keep the shavings from jamming the *, assuming you could ever get a shaving from this disgrace. The knife is simply too thin and is prone to slight bending when used on hard... Read More

After a few weeks of use, the handles are already loose (although they can be tightened). The adjustment screws are also way too small of a radius. The studs for adjusting arent the same length and the threads aren't parallel precession.

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Quality

Overall, i'm very happy with the plane.

I wanted an inexpensive plane to try out and learn with and i am very happy with it so far.

But the near glassy edge that i managed to get on the side of the piece of pine i was working with also tells me that i'm going... Read More

I have heard before of the plastic handles having seams and molding flaws that can be felt with the fingers, but mine did not have any.

Price

For the price is more than what i expected.

For this price it worths the money.

Bench planes are listed in almost all the beginners' wood working resources as a necessity, so i figured i'd give it a try - th... Read More

So not too bad overall given the price.

Packaging/appearance

The one i got was great right out of the crappy plastic packaging.

Was in a pinch and needed to shave down some boards.

It will not work right out of the box.

I pulled it out of the package and first disassembled it to clean off all the grease.

Competitiveness

Works better than the lowes brand one i bought

Overview

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plane, iron, good, flat and sole.

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This product had a total of 932 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 12 2024.