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Lie Neilsen #7
I've been lusting after a LN #7 for quite some time and finally have
got the nod from my wife, bless her heart. My indecision starts when I look at the low angle joiner for $100 less. I have a low angle smoother and a low angle jack that I just love using. My question is why I would want the bench plane over the low angle one. What will the regular #7 do that the low angle can't and vice versa? My credit card is starting to smoke in my wallet with anticipation! Thanks for any input Scott in KC |
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Lie Neilsen #7
"Scott" wrote in message ... I've been lusting after a LN #7 for quite some time and finally have got the nod from my wife, bless her heart. My indecision starts when I look at the low angle joiner for $100 less. I have a low angle smoother and a low angle jack that I just love using. My question is why I would want the bench plane over the low angle one. What will the regular #7 do that the low angle can't and vice versa? My credit card is starting to smoke in my wallet with anticipation! Thanks for any input Scott in KC I have the LN low angle jack and while it absolutely shines when planing straight clear grain, the low angle is more prone to tearout when the grain starts getting tricky or reverses. You may want to keep that in mind, especially if you'll be using your #7 to flatten panels, not just joint edges. Whichever you decide, congrats on the purchase. jc |
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. net: "Scott" wrote in message ... I've been lusting after a LN #7 for quite some time and finally have got the nod from my wife, bless her heart. My indecision starts when I look at the low angle joiner for $100 less. I have a low angle smoother and a low angle jack that I just love using. My question is why I would want the bench plane over the low angle one. What will the regular #7 do that the low angle can't and vice versa? My credit card is starting to smoke in my wallet with anticipation! Thanks for any input Scott in KC I have the LN low angle jack and while it absolutely shines when planing straight clear grain, the low angle is more prone to tearout when the grain starts getting tricky or reverses. You may want to keep that in mind, especially if you'll be using your #7 to flatten panels, not just joint edges. Whichever you decide, congrats on the purchase. jc One of the 'advantages' of the low angle plane is that, with the purchase of additional blades, one can have 'higher angle' planes available by swapping in reground blades. Works pretty easily with bevel up planes. Not quite so simple with bevel-down, traditional setups. Higher angle setups deal with changing grain patterns somewhat more easily. Enjoy your new tools. Patriarch |
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Lie Neilsen #7
"Patriarch" wrote in message . 136... "Joe" wrote in . net: "Scott" wrote in message ... I've been lusting after a LN #7 for quite some time and finally have got the nod from my wife, bless her heart. My indecision starts when I look at the low angle joiner for $100 less. I have a low angle smoother and a low angle jack that I just love using. My question is why I would want the bench plane over the low angle one. What will the regular #7 do that the low angle can't and vice versa? My credit card is starting to smoke in my wallet with anticipation! Thanks for any input Scott in KC I have the LN low angle jack and while it absolutely shines when planing straight clear grain, the low angle is more prone to tearout when the grain starts getting tricky or reverses. You may want to keep that in mind, especially if you'll be using your #7 to flatten panels, not just joint edges. Whichever you decide, congrats on the purchase. jc One of the 'advantages' of the low angle plane is that, with the purchase of additional blades, one can have 'higher angle' planes available by swapping in reground blades. Works pretty easily with bevel up planes. Not quite so simple with bevel-down, traditional setups. Higher angle setups deal with changing grain patterns somewhat more easily. Enjoy your new tools. Patriarch Very true. I've often considered going exclusively to low angle planes for this reason. One of the things that has kept me from doing so is that on the low-angle, bevel up plane, the chip breaker function is lost close to the cutting edge. It's been my experience that the chipbreakers function becomes more and more important the steeper the cutting angle. So while you can get many different angles with bevel up using different blades, there are diminishing returns the steeper you go. Either way, I wish I had the OP's problem. jc |
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I was leaning towards the low angle version as it seems more versitile based on my experience with my other two low angle planes. I have yet to experiment with using higher angle grinds on the blade, but am looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks again for the input Scott in KC |
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Lie Neilsen #7
"Scott" wrote in message ... I've been lusting after a LN #7 for quite some time and finally have got the nod from my wife, bless her heart. My indecision starts when I look at the low angle joiner for $100 less. I have a low angle smoother and a low angle jack that I just love using. My question is why I would want the bench plane over the low angle one. What will the regular #7 do that the low angle can't and vice versa? It seems to me that the No 7 worked better for me with shooting boards than the low angle jointer... found the same thing with the No 5 vs. the low angle jack when I tried my No 5 against my friend's low angle jack. It was a combination of the feel of the plane in my hand and my greater tendency to rock the low angle planes... the greater mass helps too when shooting long or wide stock. For bench planes I've got L-N 4, 5 and 7 and an L-N scrub. The 5 and scrub are recent purchases and the more I use them the more I like them. I ordered the 5 for my boys to use as a jointer as the 7 is too big for them... but now that I've got it I find that it's great for me too! ;~) I'm tinkering with the sharpening of the No 5 at the moment... moving towards a more convex grind a bit at a time until I find the sweet spot for me. Next on my list is the, finally released, large router that Tom told me about over two years ago. One always has to have the next purchase in mind upon completion of an acquisition. ;~) John |
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