![]() Removing the arris is simple with a block plane as the singlehanded use means your non-dominant hand is free to hold the wood. I in no way want to discourage anyone from owning one, but not all block planes listed under the name block planes were created equal some that I know and speak of should never have been made. I use mine periodically throughout year, mostly some quite specific work surrounding small components and then for some single-handed functions. ![]() Of course that’s fine, I just don’t want people the do what the big brothers do that’s all. I know a statement like this usually brings in a tirade of comments of how others find them to be their most used and useful planes. Don’t be confused as to their functionality and worth. These planes are not bench planes as such and therefore do not do nor were they intended to do what bench planes do. ![]() My basic view of the smaller planes called block planes is that they might occasionally prove handy but they have only limited real value in terms of general woodworking use unless you are working on smaller work at say finer levels where larger planes may perhaps be a little cumbersome or for some other specialist application. ![]() The Veritas block plane version they dubbed the apron plane is one of my favourites in the block plane range.
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