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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The depth and lateral adjusters work with a perfect smoothness. Adjustments are ridiculously simple and smooth and don't require the thumb and forefinger strength that cheaper planes do.

The bedrock design has two advantages over other planes. The #4 is a very versatile plane and i bought the second one for teaching woodworking to autistic children, which i do as a volunteer at the otto specht school. Tested with red oak.

This plane is fantastic and i wholly recommend it to a woodworker looking for a high quality plane without spending buku. Sharpening is a big deal for woodworkers. Woodworking with hand tools is very therapeutic for people with asd.

The design and craftsmanship of this chisel is outstanding.

In this is a great plane, and i'm really happy with almost everything about it. This plane has all i could ask for. Absolutely loving this plane.



Cons

The metal used is pretty soft. The threaded rod for the knob appears to be to short. Loosen and the cap is too loose. Also the lever cap slips out from under the screw when adjusting the iron.

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Highlights

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Quality


This is a high quality tool that if properly cared for will last a lifetime.


Wipe em down good and sharpen the irons and you’ll see they work very well.


It takes even shavings, as thin as i'd like them (like tissue paper, as a test), and left a knotty pine 2x4 scrap as smooth as ...  Read More


The blade is super sharp and even the burr was removed unlike a set of chisels i bought here last week where every chisel had a huge burr.

Price


This is a great value hand plane.


This plane's performance is simply astonishing for the price.


Considering the price, this was pretty disappointing.


35 or 40 bucks was way to low for something like this so i wanted to go mid way between 35 and 400.

Shipping


It came tuned and i was able to get into it right away.


Was delivered three days after placing my order.


I bought one for each of my kids and had them shipped first to me to inspect them.

Packaging/appearance


It was in perfect condition and was very impressive out of the box.


The sole is dead flat and i didn’t need to do anything except take it completely apart to check all of the parts, wipe off the ...  Read More


The sale came dead flat right out the box and though the frog assembly did require a bit of tune-up, the results are simply worth it!


Com) with 1000 and 16,000 grit shapton stones and was slicing 1,000th” ribbons off of hard maple 15 minutes after unboxing the plane.

Competitiveness


In my opinion this wood river #5 plane is the best jack plane for the money.


These woodriver bench planes are based on the iconic stanley bedrock planes, which were some of the best bench planes ever produced.


As soon as i got the plane, i did a side by side comparison with my old stanley (with a veritas blade).


The stanley/veritas combo clearly outperformed the woodriver.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    plane, flat, quality, nice and sole.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 173 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 27 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Anyone would recommend honing the blade prior to use


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The foot is flat and the frog and alignment are spot on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I say usable out of the box as it did produce a decent shaving right out of the box but after putting a micro bevel on the iron it produces


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The chip break was dead flat and did not need dressing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Did follow the recommendations to sharpen and wax it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If it lacks anything it will be because you didnt pay enough attention to sharpening


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The sole bottom and sides were surface ground perfectly flat with the sides 90 degrees to the bottom


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The blade iron had a very small concavity which was flattened very quickly

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