Veritas medium or large shoulder plane?

[fergy]

Except for cleaning dadoes, what advantage would the medium have? I would assume I could do even more with the large than I could with the medium, and it does seem to look like it fits the hand better than the medium.

For the most part, I see myself using it to clean tenon cheeks and shoulders, so the large one just give me more surface for cleaning up cheeks. It would also seem to work well with a shooting board.

Thoughts and opinions?

 

[eyekode]

Check out this thread it has lots of opinions: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40326

My vote is for the medium. I think the large may be awkward on most furniture sized joints. But i dont have first hand experience. And I prefer a router plane for working on tenons.
Good luck!
Salem

 

[WoodWrangler]

Vote: medium

 

[SteveColes]

When in doubt, get both.:tool::rotflm:

 

[decibel]

Trying to reply and I hit thanks . Anyway I have the large one and it
Does well for me it does have some heft to it and the medium would probably be ok as well.

If u want to put your hands on the large before making a decision you can check out mine.

 

[fergy]

Trying to reply and I hit thanks . Anyway I have the large one and it
Does well for me it does have some heft to it and the medium would probably be ok as well.

If u want to put your hands on the large before making a decision you can check out mine.

Cool! Shoot me your contact info via PM and I'll give you a call to arrange a time to stop by. Thanks!

 

[KenOfCary]

I have the medium and wish I had the large. But then I've been working on some large tenons lately (Roubo Workbench).

- Ken.

 

[bigcat4t9r]

I have both and use both but like tth heft of the large if I was getting one. The large worked great building my bench, but the medium definitley is nice on more "normal" sized joinery.

 

[Semmons23]

Take a look at the lie nielson rabbet block plane. I just got one with Nickers and it's working great for tenon work but then can also be used as a block plane or rabbet plane