Tools & Materials
Bevel-Up Low-Angle Jack Plane is a Workshop Workhorse
Furniture maker Garrett Hack demonstrates a variety of uses for a bevel-up jack plane.
Jan 17, 2014
An unusual member of the bench plane family, low angle bevel-up smoothers like the No. 62 are a versatile addition to any handplane arsenal. The adjustable mouth on this particular plane means it can be used for aggressive milling, jointing, and even smoothing.
Furniture maker Garrett Hack generally keeps two irons on-hand for his No. 62—one that’s been cambered for use when smoothing, and another that’s been honed straight across, for jointing and more aggressive work. In this short video, Hack demonstrates a variety of uses for this workshop work horse.
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At 0:13 in the video a #7-1/2 Lie Nielsen plane is shown, but the audio always says #62 plane. Could you tell us which plane you are using ? Thanks
As far as I can tell, he is using the 62. The wrong bit of b-roll might have been edited in.
Thanks. Makes sense that it is a #62 as the length of #62 is 14 inches, while length of #7-1/2 is 22 inches; in video shots where the plane can be seen against the arms or body of Garrett Hack, it looks like 14 inch rather than 22 inch.
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