Shoulder plane

[kooshball]

Anyone tried the new Stanley 12-140 No. 92 Shoulder / Chisel Plane yet:
http://www.stanleytools.com/default...R=12-140&SDesc=No.+92+Shoulder+/+Chisel+Plane

I am seeing it available for under $100 which sounds like a good alternative for the Veritas and Lie Nelson options. I am looking for a good way to true-up tenon shoulders and assume that this would fit the bill.

Anyone used this plane yet with any comments??

 

[Rob]

Here's a review on it at woodcraft. Doesn't sound like something I would buy. http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2000550/926/Rabbet-Plane-No-92.aspx?refcode=05INFROO#Reviews

 

[Rob]

And another review. I've been looking at shoulder planes myself.

http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/1818

 

[eyekode]

I have the veritas med shoulder plane. It is nice and you are welcome to try it out. I use it quite often, not just for tenons. I am tempted to make a large shoulder plane out of wood to compliment it for tenon cheeks.
Salem

 

[Gofor]

I have the veritas med shoulder plane. It is nice and you are welcome to try it out. I use it quite often, not just for tenons. I am tempted to make a large shoulder plane out of wood to compliment it for tenon cheeks.
Salem

Salem: Are you happy wtht the medium, or do you wish you had bought the large for more mass? (I still have an IOU from Christmas, and trying to decide on a shoulder plane or a rabbet plane)

Go

 

[eyekode]

It is a very nice plane. Are there times I wish I had the large shoulder plane? Yes. Are there times I wish I had the small shoulder plane? Yes. Are there time I wish I had a skew rabbet plane? Yes.

Good hand tools are funny. They add up to cost more than good power tools. But I don't mind buying them because they hold their value well (unlike power tools) and I enjoy using them.

On the flip side I picked up a well used Stanley 605 with some aesthetic problems recently for < 50$. Brilliant plane. Equal to the Lie-Nielsen's I own (except in looks ). So "good" hand tools don't have to cost a fortune. That being said I don't think you can save much by buying old shoulder planes (or skew rabbet planes).

Salem

 

[bob vaughan]

On page 2 of this post is a photo of some I've made before I got a Stanley 92.

http://ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=25055&page=2

 

[jmauldin]

I have the Stanley No. 92. Have had it for years and find I contantly reach for it, whether for tenons or anything else where I need to trim off an edge. I agree there are times when I wish I had a larger one, and a smaller one, but I am very happy with the one I have and don't see how I could do without it.
Jim in Mayberry

 

[JimD]

I have a 1 inch wide Stanley shoulder plane. I don't know if that is the model 92 but, if not, it is basically the same except for width. I like my Stanley and am happy I have it. I use it a lot to fit tenons. I often saw to close to the right thickness and then adjust the thickness of the tenon with the Stanley. Sometimes I fit the shoulder with it. I should do that more. It is fussier work but the Stanley is up to it. Adjusting the thickness takes so little time it is not worth fussing with taking a little more off with the table saw.

The grinding of the blade of mine was INCREDIBLY coarse. I was cleaning it up a few minutes ago on my new Worksharp 3000 using 80 grit sandpaper. You know it is coarse if 80 grit is finer - and it was a lot finer. Not much excuse for that except being sloppy. The sides seem to be square to the base, however, and that would be much harder to fix than sharpening the blade. The blade is also good hard steel. The mouth is pretty wide but it doesn't prevent me from doing the work I use this plane for. I have no doubt that the Veritas and others are nicer but I think the Stanley will do the same work. You should plan on spending a good bit of time sharpening the blade. And if you do not have a good power sharpener you might want to double think the Stanley. But once you get the coarse grinding marks out, it will take no longer to sharpen than any other blade.

Jim

 

[mkepke]

Just a caution..both of the planes in Rob's links are the UK-made #92, whereas the OP posted a link to the "Sweetheart" #92, which is not made in the UK (instead Mexico, I think).

Not saying one is any better or worse, but they are at least somewhat *different*.

Personally for the small difference in price, I would buy the Veritas and not bother with ANY of the new Stanley's, but that's just me.

-Mark

And another review. I've been looking at shoulder planes myself.

http://lumberjocks.com/reviews/1818