On reccomendation from an elderly part-timer at woodcraft who seemed keen on his plane knowledge, I purchased the 212b and man was I pleased. I needed to level a couple tops that is a bubinga veneer with cherry edging that was proud of the veneer by a good 1/16″. I was concerned that the bubinga (expensive) veneer would tear as I got close to flush and I’ve got one shot at this thing so no margin for error. I had never used a scraper plane. I have several other of their planes and this one did not dissapoint either. I watched the youtube vid on the planes before using it. The shavings produced by the 212b were so fine they literally turned to dust in my hand and no chatter. It was ready to go out of the box as well! Well I took it slow and took thos surfaces down to a perfect match and very close to finish ready.
All I can say is I’m a huge fan of scraper planes now. It sure is nice use their planes and the sound of that swoosh as it passes over the wood is very relaxing.
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I got the little one that fly rod makers use but without the rod groove in the sole. It was perfect for blending the rough weathered boards into the boards in better shape on the table my son wanted. It was made out of reclaimed oak fence boards from Loudoun County, VA where he grew up and he and his wife wanted to retain a lot of the weathered character and horse bitten edges. I jointed each face with the most weathering and knots just to the point where you could still see the patina. Then ran other side thru the planer to 3/4" After glue up the scraper plane allowed me to blend the high and low spots. It left a wavey surface but that was what they wanted. They live in an old house in Maine where the wooden floors are put down with cut nails, so it all works together.
Bones,
LN and LV do a great job of testing their products out very well before putting them on the market. Not every maker does this. I have never been disappointed with any tool from LN or LV.
About scraper planes. The LN Cabinetmaker scraper is not something I would recommend because the blade is at a fixed angle, and my experience is that I need to adjust the angle for the hook. So I like the small one, which is the one you got, and the big one..
You mentioned that you got advice from someone at Woodcraft. Only three Woodcraft stores still sell LN planes. Do you live near one of them? Unfortunately, the one I work at is not one of the three. I miss that. On well. Life goes on.
Mel
both i frequent do
Did not realize that had happened. Both that I frequent in deleware and pa still have them.
The 212 is a fabulous plane. it's so nice to use, even on large surfaces, that I dumped my large scraper plane.
It feels in use just as smooth as a small plane if there's a good polish on the blade rolled into a burr.
It may be my favorite tool that LN makes.
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That one has been on my list for a while, but hasn't bubbled up to the top yet. Good to hear it's a good tool. (even though it's decidedly un-green, and doesn't have a dust collection port ;-) )
The harder I scrape/plane the better the dust collection gets. As you can see from the first pix above I get quite close to the work and pull all that dust right into my lungs and keep it from mother earth and the ozone layer and Al Gore and all the rest. Pant pant.
Picture of table I was working on with the LN is attached below. It is supposed to look reclaimed and full of knots and cracks.
Nice job on the table. It looks great.
Nice! Love that rustic look. Makes me want to run out an actually get some decent hand planes. I still haven't done this yet. I need to though! Maybe this year!
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