I’m looking for a good shoulder plane. Does anyone have a recommendation for a new tool. I can’t find any detailed comparison articles – I like the idea of the #92 rabbeting plane because it can also be a chisel plane. Don’t have a big budget right now for tools, so I need to buy the most versatile – what am I giving up in comparison to something like the http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=48430&category=1,41182,41192&ccurrency=2&SID=
or the http://www.lie-nielsen.com/tool.html?id=073&cart=106952361661354
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I picked up the new Veritas medium shoulder plane as soon as they arrived at my local Lee Valley store. This was my first shoulder plane so I really had nothing to compare it to. I had looked at the LN 073 up close on a previous occasion but was scared off buy the price. Although I was, and still am, operating on a modest budget, I knew that I would be more satisfied if I made sure this tool was the best I could afford. So I gave up on the used route and saved my pennies for the LV version.
I have been extremely happy with my choice and for its very precise purpose, wouldn't want any less quality. A tool that truly has a single purpose and you want to be able to depend on it when you need it.
Popular Woodworking also called it an essential tool for its price in their recent issue.
I have the LN 073 and wouldn't trade it for anything. Massive, well built, can be used to pair dust, or make shavings in endgrain. Its size works well in my big hands too.
Matt
I have the Veritas plane and absolutely love it. Being able to flatten the bottoms of dados as well as cleaining up tenons makes it very flexible. I'm just finishing up a dinghy/bradle that had a bunch of scarf joints that were gravy with this plane.
$135 seemed like a lot, but it is a real piece of art!
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