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NO 62 SWEETHEART LOW ANGLE JACK PLANE

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The Classic STANLEY No. 62 Sweetheart Low Angle Jack Woodworking Planer is made from extra thick, 3/16-inch A2 steel for excellent edge retention with cherry wood handle and knob for comfort. The wood planer hand tool has a norris-type adjuster and adjustable throat plate for different types of wood.

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Low angle jack plane with a thicker blade made of A2 steel for increased edge retention that reduces "chatter". Product has a limited lifetime warranty and had easy use adjustments and has a lateral patented adjustment locking feature.

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Technical Details

Brand

‎Stanley

Material

‎Blend

Color

‎Iron

Item Dimensions LxWxH

‎15.8 x 6.7 x 3 inches

Item Weight

‎2.89 Kilograms

Style

‎Woodworking,Classic

Included Components

‎NO 62 SWEETHEART LOW ANGLE JACK PLANE

Certification

‎certified frustration-free

Cutting Width

‎2 Inches

Manufacturer

‎Stanley

Part Number

‎12-137

Item Weight

‎6.36 pounds

Product Dimensions

‎15.8 x 6.7 x 3 inches

Item model number

‎12-137

Batteries

‎Lithium Ion batteries required.

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

‎No

Size

‎One Size

Item Package Quantity

‎1

Batteries Included?

‎No

Batteries Required?

‎No

Warranty Description

‎Limited lifetime

Additional Information

ASIN

B002B56CUY

Customer Reviews

427 ratings

4.6 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#286,827 in Tools & Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement)
#7 in Jack Planes

Date First Available

June 22, 2008

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4.6 out of 5

427 global ratings

5 star		79%
4 star		12%
3 star		6%
2 star		2%
1 star		2%

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2022

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The hand plane, so far, has been excellent. It's a massive step up from the cheapo one I was using before (some no-name plane) and from what I can tell the sole is flat. It adjusts in all the ways I want: the throat plate slides well and the blade adjustment is easy/intuitive. It's comfy for me and the iron seems to be good quality. I'm sure it's not as nice as a veritas, but as a hobbyist I couldn't quite justify the cost of those.

The only downside was that it arrived with the cap popped off and the tip of the iron lightly deformed. It hadn't done much damage so I didn't bother returning anything, but I was a little miffed to be sure. It was probably just rough handling during transit, but it was still disappointing.

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DIY guy

Fine workmanship and great value

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 28, 2022

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I have a dozen or so classic Stanley hand planes that I use with some being a hundred or so years old. So I know how well made the classic Stanley hand planes are. I was very pleasantly surprised with the quality of this plane. In fact, I'd say that it is minimally as good as any of the classic stuff, and considering the nice thick A2 steel blade, better in some areas.

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jose luis ortiz

Excelente compra

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 20, 2022

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Me gusta la calidad de construccion del producto. Sera utilizado principalmente en trabajo de luthier.

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David S.

Top quality and value low angled jack

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2022

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You will read mixed reviews of the Stanley Sweetheart No. 62 LA Jack Plane. Reading around, it seems that the factory in Mexico where they have been made since 2009 had some early teething problems but the standards of workmanship and quality control appear now to be much improved.

The plane that I received could not be faulted in any way. The plane has a flat sole and sides ground to perfect 90 degree angle for shooting and it is beautifully finished. Apart from wiping off protective oil and softening some edges (two minutes with a file), all I had to do was hone the blade.

First use, with hardly any time spent to adjust the depth of cut and set the mouth, the plane delivered continuous gossamer shavings over the length of the board ... extremely satisfying and not something that I typically achieve with my other planes. I think the plane highly rewards a modest level of woodworking skills. It is easy to use. I work mainly with very dense highly figured African hardwood, construction grade timber that is generally quite difficult to work. Over a few weeks using the Stanley SW #62, I have suffered negligible tear out, which had been a a consistent irritation using Bailey pattern bevel-down planes (although my vintage wooden Jack and 'cheap and cheerful' Chinese pattern wooden plane just about coped). The iron has required minimal resharpening. The plane is a good weight, although some may feel that it is a little off-balance (forward weighted) and I find the large rear tote is a little large for my hands. But I have become pretty comfortably accustomed to adapting to these features and they don't impact performance. And it is undoubtedly a thing of beauty that delivers great pleasure in ownership.

Spare blades are very hard to find for this plane ... something that Stanley really ought to address ... but they can be located from a persistent search over the internet. I intend to buy another one or two blades to grind to sharper angles of attack. Veritas offer such blades for their low angle jack plane and users suggest that they can significantly add to the versatility of the plane, especially in coping with difficult stock.

I don't have any experience of using the Veritas and Lie Neilson equivalent planes. The Veritas, in particular, seems to have some interesting additional features (such as a stop screw to prevent the adjustable mouth from damaging the blade) but you are going to pay a lot more money for what seem to be relatively small benefits.

Maybe, if resources were less tight, the Veritas might be the better plane in absolute terms. But ... for sheer bang for my buck ... I think the Stanley #62 has been a wonderful purchase.

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ajacksonian

Recent vintage, before they improved the QC

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2014

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I got mine used from a guy who didn't use it as much as he expected to and, as delivered, it was functional.

What it was not, however, was up to spec. A 2" iron is what the bed of this plane is to accept and in trying to get an IBC iron in, the lack of QC on the interior casting was apparent. I'm used to the concept that if you are going to use cast iron and have an interior bed, then that should be part of the casting. Either this was a two-part affair with the bed cast separately and put into the form for the rest of the plane, or someone was half-drunk on the milling machine because the bed was at a few degrees skew which meant that the iron was about 1/16" off the 2" spec. IBC iron did not fit, and the entire body narrowed internally just a fraction of an inch to cause paint to be a problem in moving a new iron in.

I really wasn't going to return it for that. I mean, that is why I have diamond files and a rotary tool hand cooker available!

From the mouth to the back of the bed on the one side the casting needed to be filed and then tooled back. The entire width down to the mouth had to be tooled back, as well, which means the paint had to go. As with any such procedure you do a little at a time, clean, test the fit, find the spots you missed or that just need a bit more severe treatment, and go back to work. The mouth itself needed to be fractionally relieved. The bed is also at a slight angle, but I can live with that. After a few hours of work, and taking out one file reserved for axe blades to just hog off the worst of the miscasting, the IBC iron (which is a dead-nuts 2") fit with just a bit of pushing and urging.

After all that a few test cuts showed that the plane was up to snuff, just needs a bit of camber added to the iron. Works well.

I used an after-market L-N toothed iron for their version of the 62, took out the Stanley adjusting mechanism, and let the cap and tight fit keep it in place and use a 1 oz. brass hammer to tap the toothed iron into place. Works perfectly! Just put on some sole wax to let it slide a bit better and I couldn't be more pleased with it.

If you get an older casting (say by 2 or 3 years is a guesstimate reading the reviews here, and thanks to the other reviewers who chart this out!) check it at the store to make sure the casting is straight and the blade is 2" on the button. Or take something that is exactly 2" with you to slide up and down the bed. Bought as a user tool for cabinetry and other woodwork that needs small amounts of flattening of unruly grain (like ambrosia maple) in which a toothed iron is one of the best ways to deal with the problem, and I'm not willing to pay L-N prices for their plane (their irons, yes). Of the three available, Stanley, L-N and Veritas, pricing made the choice as Veritas has a different iron spec, while L-N just changes their internal iron adjusting system.

If I had it all to do over again would I purchase this new (or used but new casting)? No. Lesson learned. With this and a green side plane that needed the green removed, I've come to the conclusion that 'vintage' is when the specs were set and held.
I would pay a bit more and get a 'vintage' 62 from the days when Stanley actually knew how to cast iron and do a proper QC. You would think that 19th century technology wouldn't be so difficult to do. This is the last of 'new' planes I'm purchasing.

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Dan’s Flags and more.

Sharp Right out of the box.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 10, 2022

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It was packaged very well. Was delivered a day ahead of schedule. Bought it for the low angle blade for end grain and use with the shooting board. Blade was Sharp right out of the box was able to cut end grain right away. Very happy with the product.

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Terrible Quality Control

Reviewed in Singapore 🇸🇬 on October 10, 2022

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The handle was wobbly and it looked as though someone had already tried to tighten it as the screw was damaged. I also tried to tighten it but it’s fully tightened.

It can’t be used as what hood is a plane with a handle that slips and turns as you move?

Amazon we’re also useless when asked to return. They would not send a replacement h til this has been received. I don’t think I’ll try the replacement as obviously Stanley don’t care about quality. I’ll try an alternative.

J Carlson

Have been extremely pleased as I put this through a lot of use for smoothing, jointing and bulk removal

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 21, 2016

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Never used a plane before so please take my review with that knowledge. Although I've had this and tinker with it a few weeks it has just been in the last three days I have gotten to use this plane a lot. I didn't realize just how amazing these things were and wish I would have bought one years ago. I ordered diamond plates to sharpen the blades on but those had not arrived yet so I've been using this plane as is came right out of the box. I'm building a nicholson style workbench and trying to do as much with hand tools as possible except for ripping the longer pieces. Being in a small town the best lumber I could get was still pretty warped and cupped and so I've needed to use this plane a lot already (about 156 linear feet of planks planed so far) and I have been very impressed with the results. I've been using this one plane for smoothing, jointing and bulk removal...I get what they mean now when they call it a jack plane (jack of all trades...er I mean planes). Now if I had other planes that were better at one of those jobs maybe I'd not like this one nearly as much but being the only one I have ever used and with it doing all I've asked of it I'm very pleased. Even after three evenings of planing it still moves smoothly and is cutting very nice so mine definitely came sharp enough and is holding it's edge so far. My only gripe was the corners of the blade have sharp corners so it makes it tough to plane a large surface without seeing where the plane had been before (tough to make it blend). I learned my diamond sharpening plates have arrived so first thing tomorrow those corners of the blade are going to be rounded a tiny bit to make that easier. I also will be excited to see how this performs once well sharpened.

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Mario Alberto Flores Chavarin

CALIDAD EXCEPCIONAL

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on August 16, 2022

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UN CEPILLO CON CARACTERISTICAS PREMIUM CORTA COMO MANTEQUILLA INCLUSO A CONTRAFIBRA Y A LA VETA NI SE DIGA. INCLUSO EL CARPINTERO MAS NOVATO PODRÁ APRECIAR LAS BONDADES DE ESTE CEPILLO. VALE CADA PESO DE LO QUE SE PIDE POR EL.

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Samuel Sharpe

Loose rear handle - no matter how much you tighten it

Reviewed in Singapore 🇸🇬 on June 7, 2022

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Other than the loose rear handle, this is a solid and well constructed plane. But the loose handle makes it unusable and I had to return it. When I took the plane out of the packaging the rear handle wobbled and tightening the screw didn't help. The rear handle is held in place by one long brass screw that runs through the neck of the handle. However, on the plane I received it seemed the base of the handle did not fit properly onto the metal body of the plane, meaning that the handle had 2-3 mm of give, and wobbled back and forth. There was no damage to the plane, so this is either a design issue, or poor machining at the factory.

D.M. Wilknott, West Hill, On

Uncle Stanley comes through

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 26, 2017

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I was surprised this was as lovely as it was. I had heard and seen the disappointment of many on YouTube when they opened their package. I have to tell you I must have been really lucky. This was perfect, a flawless piece of equipment that will become invaluable to me. The fit and finish was better than I could have imagined, and the sole of the plane consistent and very flat from front to back. The mouth is also very, very good, for me this was a good experience. I really can't say a bad thing about this whole purchase. Top notch from start to finish.

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Brand	Stanley
Material	Blend
Color	Iron
Item Dimensions LxWxH	15.8 x 6.7 x 3 inches
Item Weight	2.89 Kilograms

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