The Awful Buck Bros. smoothing plane
I don't like this plane. The metal that the blade is made from is far too soft. The blade dulls quickly. The fit of the parts, from the factory, was poor at best. It's difficult to get the frog to sit flat and not move. The most embarassing part of this is how much time I spent flattening the sole of the plane and the frog, only to find that it's still unusable.
Update: August 6, 2007
This plane is no longer extant. While cleaning yesterday, I decided that this chunk of metal and wood was so utterly useless that it wasn't worth keeping around.
The Awful Buck Bros. smoothing plane
I don't like this plane. The metal that the blade is made from is far too soft. The blade dulls quickly. The fit of the parts, from the factory, was poor at best. It's difficult to get the frog to sit flat and not move. The most embarassing part of this is how much time I spent flattening the sole of the plane and the frog, only to find that it's still unusable.
Update: August 6, 2007
This plane is no longer extant. While cleaning yesterday, I decided that this chunk of metal and wood was so utterly useless that it wasn't worth keeping around.