From: bonaccio@griffin (Tony Bonaccio)
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Subject: Re: Lie-Nielson Planes
Keywords: planes
Date: 12 Aug 92 03:18:20 GMT
Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility

Well, I have one of his low-angle, manganese-bronze block planes.  They were 
on sale a while ago at Woodcraft - $50 or so - and I picked one up.  I'm no 
expert, but I'm quite impressed.  The machining is beautiful and the plane 
is a real pleasure to use.  I haven't had to re-grind the bevel yet, but 
the lack of a blade tilt adjustment will require that this be done with 
a fair amount of precision to keep the blade square to the sole.  Other 
than that, I think my Lie-Nielsen is a nice tool and would recommend it to 
anyone.

Tony

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 13:30:11 PDT
From: Bennett Leeds <bennett@mv.us.adobe.com>
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To: buffum@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Jeff Buffum)
Subject: Re: Lie-Nielson Planes

You wrote:
> With this recent discussion of Primus Planes, I was wondering what peoples
> experience has been with Lie-Nielson planes.  I got their catalogue and 
> they make several bronze-manganese reproductions of old Stanley planes as
> well as what looks like a fairly nice small shoulder plane.
> 
I've used a friend's edge trimming plane - the one that planes  
perpendicular to the face. It has a skewed blade whose depth is  
adjusted via a lever on the back side.

The plane is made well, and seems to have robust castings and a nice  
thick blade. However, the adjusting mechanism leaves much to be  
desired. The lever's other end fits into one of a few grooves on the  
back of the plane blade, thus moving it up or down. However, the  
adjustment range is significantly less than the spacing between the  
grooves, so that I couldn't get to the depth I wanted. 

I ended up (with my friend's permission) resharpening the iron, with  
the result that the blade got a tad shorter, and thus the depth I  
wanted was obtainable. My friend was thinking of essentially blowing  
off the lever and adjusting it by tapping.

From the glowing description of the plane by both Lie-Nielson and  
Garrett-Wade and Woodcraft, I expected glass smooth cuts. I did get  
very nice cuts on maple, good cuts on cherry, but I got tear out on  
some other woods, like Koa. The skew doesn't really compensate for  
the low-angle in terms of tear-out, IMHO (low angle planes usually  
have more tear-out than high-anglers).

But, the level of workmanship is high, and the tool is a joy to hold.  
For over $120 it doesn't perform it's specialized function well  
enough for me.

- Bennett

Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 13:28:59 EDT
From: millios@homxa.att.com (William L Millios)
To: buffum@cj.sw.stratus.com
Subject: Re: Lie-Nielson Planes
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Organization: AT&T
Cc: 

In article <5495@transfer.stratus.com> you write:
>With this recent discussion of Primus Planes, I was wondering what peoples
>experience has been with Lie-Nielson planes.  I got their catalogue and they make
>several bronze-manganese reproductions of old Stanley planes as well as what
>looks like a fairly nice small shoulder plane.
>

Please post a summary of responses yo ureceive via Email.  Others
out here without the financial resources to shuck out the bux for
a planer are interested, as well.  :^)

Bill
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