Planes - Smoothing - Page 4 of 6

This No. 6 fore plane from Veritas features a single knob to adjust the vertical and lateral placement of the blade.

A comfortable smoothing plane made in Germany and based on the classic Baily design.

This 18th-century-style wooden coffin smoothing plane from Clark & Williams features a beech body and 01 steel blade.

The Veritas plane is cast from ductile iron and trimmed with hardwood handles and knurled brass knobs. Its blade is a full 1/8 in. thick and made from A2 steel.

Use a plane rather than sandpaper to prepare the final surface

This plane is patterned after Stanley’s No. 164, but makes a number of improvements over the original. It features a 3/16-in.-thick A2-steel blade, cherry handles, and a body cast from ductile iron.

The Veritas low-angle smoother is cast from durable ductile iron and outfitted with bubinga handles and an A2-steel blade.

Made in Sheffield, England, Footprint’s smoother is a close match to the original made by Stanley. It features a three-piece lateral adjuster, a solid-brass blade-adjusting screw, and a frog-adjustment screw.

Handplanes represent an important group of tools, not only for woodworkers pursuing traditional techniques but also for woodshops that rely mostly on machines. Planes do everything from remove milling marks…

Clifton has patterned this plane after the Bedrock design. It features bubinga handles, and fittings that are machined from solid brass or stainless steel.