Block Planes Come in Two Flavors

This past weekend I spent a little one on one time with one of my many favorite hand tools…my Veritas Low Angle block plane. Block planes aren’t just for cutting end grains and there seems to be a lot of confusion over standard angle and low angle planes.

Regardless of which style you choose, they’re both bevel up and thus are extremely versatile given the fact that bevel ups are so much easier to alter the effective cutting angle.


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Related posts:

  1. Bevel Up Planes
  2. Backbevels – Altering Pitches on Traditional Style Planes
  3. A Few More Thoughts on Bevel Up Planes
  4. Bevel Options
  5. The Block Plane is a Bench Plane SP 94

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