Low Angle Block Plane

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Product Description

Product Description

Our Low and Standard Angle Block Planes are fashioned in such a pleasing shape that they will rapidly become the most used tools in your kit. The mouth of the plane is made to take a maximum .008 - .010 inch cut, which is a compromise size suitable for most woodworking. Tight mouth versions are available for specialized applications.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0018AB3IE
• Item model number: 102I
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,550 in Home Improvement (See Bestsellers in Home Improvement)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect tool, May 1, 2008

By	Run Man "Buck" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This is a fantastic plane. The sole is dead flat, the blade is thick and was razor sharp out of the box, and the chipbreaker is perfectly flush across the width of the blade. Blade adjustment is simple and it stays locked in. I have only to lightly hone the blade from time to time on a water stone and it beautifully cuts everything from curly cherry to pine; it even did a decent job chamfering some ironwood from here in the desert. Not to get too poetic, but even here at work, I can actually remember the feel of the plane in my hand as it cuts the wood. Now I just have to save up for some bigger LN planes :-)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for, December 18, 2008

By	Yotgrot (Cypress, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

I have had the bronze body version for a long time. This is the hardest working tool in my shop and I'm afraid I have to respectively disagree with the view that the Stanley comes close... The stanley blade floats and chatters, while the adjustment is fiddley - I also have the Stanley, but I only use it on unforgiving harsh material like chipboard -- the bronze body of my Lie-Nielsen is beautiful, but it's soft and the sole picks up marks from some of the harsher man-made boards.... so, if you can live with the lesser beauty of the grey iron body of this model, then you have got yourself something you will always enjoy and can use everywhere. I'm only trolling this site because I'm considering getting the iron body one as well.
Never buy a cheap tool!

4.0 out of 5 stars A little gem, but pricey, October 1, 2008

By	D. vjr (Leavenworth, Kansas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a little beauty. Feels just right in the hand, and I am particularly impressed with how it eases off end grain.

The reason I give it four stars rather than five is the price. I think some of the better Stanley low angle block planes (check the reviews) might do almost as well at considerably less cost. Buying this Lee Nielsen is probably like buying a Mini Cooper S when in fact a Toyota Corolla would do the job.