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Spear & Jackson
Spear & Jackson has been selling hand, garden, contractors, agricultural and landscaping tools since 1760.
The company was founded in the City of Sheffield, which is famous for the production of steel, cutlery and hand tools and continues to be our home over 250 years later.
Carpenters’ Tools
A carefully selected range of popular carpenters’ tools, including sliding bevels, carpenters’ try squares, mortice gauges and smoothing planes. Classically designed with rosewood-stained hardwood handles and brass fittings, these tools hark back to the days of traditional craftsmanship and woodwork.
We also offer Rafter Squares – Multi-purpose triangular tools used to make the basic measurement and mark lines for marking out dimensional lumber.
Joe –
Update 24/06/2020:Just a few nit-picks, since I stripped the whole plane down today.I noticed the handle has, like, a burn near the bottom, but it could just be a knot, maybe the wood swelled at the knot where it interacted with the coating or something, but the finish on the wood seems a bit rough all over in general. Not a big deal considering the price of the plane.When I removed the handle (tote), I saw that the bolt that holds it on was quite rusty; pretty weird as the rest of the plane looks pristine, but still no big deal.The bolt on the adjustment knob has some imperfections, meaning the adjustment knob gets a little bit stuck around the middle, a little annoying but not much of a problem, and will probably improve over time..The frog needed a bit of smoothing as the finish was, again, a bit rough, and just about every surface where the frog meets the base was either rough, uneven, had overspills of paint, or was just not sitting correctly. A bit annoying.. I spent a few hours smoothing, grinding, checking, everything.Still, I’m not going to remove any stars, because I like the plane, and it worked great even before I went at it (yes, it works better now) and I don’t see these things being a deal breaker. I mean, if you’re looking for the absolute perfect plane then you should probable be spending a few hundred quid for something where somebody is going to go and grind and smoothen everything perfectly for you, time is money as they say.But if you’re looking for something to take a shaving from your door that swells in the winter, or you’re new to woodwork, or you don’t mind the little imperfections, or if you want to put in the time yourself getting it perfect, then this is definitely a good choice.It feels really solid, I’d definitely prefer this to one of those plastic handled planes, or the cheap looking ones with the tiny blades and the little spokeshave adjustments.I have a few old refurbished no. 4 planes, but I always reach for this one when I work on anything large or tough, the extra weight and momentum is great. But probably not good for planing a door in situ..It even has a frog adjustment screw which I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t usually get on a cheap plane. Albeit it also took a bit of filing to get it working right.I definitely has some fun tweaking this plane, and I’ll probably do some more to it as time goes on. It’s a fun project!Original Review:No complaints. I’m not an expert, but this has been working fine for me so far. I think it was fairly sharp out of the box, but I sharpened it myself anyway and gave everything a bit of a smoothing/grinding.All the adjustments work, it feels good and solid.Even if it wasn’t sharp out of the box you can’t really complain anyway. I mean, it’s a plane, you’re probably going to be sharpening it every few days anyway, and tweaking, and smoothing parts of it.Great for the price.
Terri Robinson –
bought for my boyfriend on his birthday, he loves it! would recommend
Ronald Norfolk –
Brilliant plane and would recommend the product to anyone, I honed the blade myself to give me the perfect polished edge and I get very fine results with it
Hayden –
Really good quality tool, took a bit of setting up at first to get the blade correct.
Chris H –
Good plane for the price. I was originally put off by negative reviews, but decided to proceed & am pleased I did. The casting appears to be straight, and it did a good job on the door I was fitting. Very pleased with service I received from the supplier EBSL, who resolved an issue very quickly without having to return the item.
Bobby C. –
i have read a few reviews , but i will be honest . mine came ok its was flat and factory sharp. the only thing i was annoyed about is that the delivery driver dropped it as he delivered it and dented the back off the base plate, which i will have to fix.
Portland Mike –
Feels good. Working well after honing all the mating surfaces. The blade didn’t require that much.If you want an out of box ready to go planer buy electric. Even at 10x the price you’ll eventually need to tune it.
Flyman –
Als Ersatz für meinen Record No.5 aus den 1950er Jahren. Macht was es soll. Kein Wundereisen, aber mit guter Standzeit und langer Arbeitsschärfe. Auch für Hartholz geeignet. Guter Ersatz des Originals. Preis / Leistungs ist ausgezeichnet.
Hobb –
Las caras fresadas hacen que como garlopa la base sea buena, si bien el material es algo blando y se raya con facilidad, la cuchilla si es de calidad.No he podido perder todo el tiempo que me gustaria ajustandolo, pero en un ratito de pruebas:- El mecanismo de ajuste lateral se mueve solo, no aprieta lo suficiente. Hay que poner la palanca muy ajustada para que se quede quieto.- La boca es muy ancha, inmensa. Hay que adelantar la cama (frog) para intentar cerrarla un poco.- El hierrecito que se mete en el contrahierro para ajustar la profundidad es demasiado corto y en la posicion de mas arriba se sale de su agujero y deja de sujetar.- con una lima, he tenido que “afilar” el contrahierro, para que las cintas puedan salir libremente.Despues de estos ajustes, funciona perfecto.TARDO 3 MESES EN LLEGAR
Cliente Amazon –
È precisissimo e lo consiglio