Wood body planes are usually adjusted with a mallet of hammer so that is not really a drawback for this plane. You said the mouth is too narrow. The body and sole is wood so it can easily be reconfigured. The iron needed sharpening. You don't need expensive stones to do that. Use the sandpaper method. The iron may not hold an edge but it won't be difficult or overly expensive to put an edge on it. I am not trying to defend the plane as it might very well be junk. I just wanted to point out that some of your concerns might not be all that much of a problem. Like you said, "9 bucks". And it's something you can just throw in a drawer without worrying about hurting it or losing your investment. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
I doubt if pulling as opposed to pushing is going to make a huge difference. Wooden planes are traditionally a bit tricky to adjust. I can never get quite as fine a shaving out of a wooden plane as a metal one.
It never occurred to me that this could be a copy of a Japanese plane. Japanese planes usually have a longer "handle" in front of the cutting edge. The few marketing photos I could find of it in use show it being pushed. I'll give pulling it a try. Can't hurt. I do have a Japanese rabet plane. I'll get around to showing it one of these days.
Thanks for the comparison for simple planing tasks! Put some wheels on it 😆
Wood body planes are usually adjusted with a mallet of hammer so that is not really a drawback for this plane. You said the mouth is too narrow. The body and sole is wood so it can easily be reconfigured. The iron needed sharpening. You don't need expensive stones to do that. Use the sandpaper method. The iron may not hold an edge but it won't be difficult or overly expensive to put an edge on it. I am not trying to defend the plane as it might very well be junk. I just wanted to point out that some of your concerns might not be all that much of a problem. Like you said, "9 bucks". And it's something you can just throw in a drawer without worrying about hurting it or losing your investment. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Great tip on sharpening with sandpaper. I wish I had thought of it. Of all the low cost tools I have tried I think this one is the most practical.
I know exactly what you mean..." I found this scrap wood laying around the Shop" ( 200 bucks worth of Mahogany Board appears)
These Japanese planes are made to be used on the pull stroke.
I doubt if pulling as opposed to pushing is going to make a huge difference. Wooden planes are traditionally a bit tricky to adjust. I can never get quite as fine a shaving out of a wooden plane as a metal one.
It never occurred to me that this could be a copy of a Japanese plane. Japanese planes usually have a longer "handle" in front of the cutting edge. The few marketing photos I could find of it in use show it being pushed. I'll give pulling it a try. Can't hurt.
I do have a Japanese rabet plane. I'll get around to showing it one of these days.