#5-1/2 Bench Hand Plane - Jack Plane - V3 Reviews

3.8 Rating 21 Reviews

About Woodcraft:

Woodcraft Supply, LLC is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking tools and supplies. You'll find Woodcraft stores in more than 70 major metropolitan areas across the U.S.; and Woodcraft annually distributes 1.5 million catalogs featuring more than 10,000 items to all 50 states and 117 foreign countries. The Woodcraft catalog is a standard among woodworkers as the most complete offering of first rate products for woodworking available anywhere. Woodcraft also publishes six issues of Woodcraft Magazine annually.

Visit Product Page

Phone:

800-535-4486

Location:

1177 Rosemar Rd,
Parkersburg
West Virginia
26105

Visit Product Page

“Mine was in very good shape. No problems with setup, sharpening, or honing. It really is a pleasure to use, especially coming from a #4 as my historical go-to plane. Rob Cosman's system for setup worked well from me and I am not a typical hand sharpening person. I have a shooting board and this planes weight and size improved my technique there as well.”

Helpful Report

Posted 1 month ago

Mark Seasholes

Unverified Reviewer

“Nice plane; Good price (especially when on sale). Sole is flat to withing 0.0015" Sides are square to sole. Able to cut shavings down to 0.002" right out of the box! Not too bad! Thinner shavings possible with a little blade sharpening and honing. My only issue thus far: I'm not sure the frog seats 100% inline with the plane body. The frog seems to be a slight angle and I'm having trouble figuring this out. Good news is that I can compensate with the lateral adjustment level. And, only a slight adjustment is needed. Note that this plane is improved with Rob Cosman's star knob (and to a lesser extent by the addition of his hex screws).”

1 Helpful Report

Posted 1 month ago

“Great value really nice to use”

Helpful Report

Posted 1 month ago

Richard Whitby

Unverified Reviewer

“A well-built, nice-looking plane, with a solid casting and frog. But but neither the edge nor the blade as a whole was flat. It took considerable time to sharpen. And it took nearly hour of working furiously with a coarse diamond stone to make area where the blade and chip-breaker meet sufficiently flat. Maybe I'm wrong for expecting better, but I did.”

1 Helpful Report

Posted 2 months ago

“If you can only buy one hand plane, get this one. The 5 1/2 is the most versatile of all the planes. I went through the standard Rob Cosman tuning process (hand planes are NEVER ready for use out of the box) and it required very little tuning at all. The sole was dead flat as was the sides. Can’t wait to build my shooting boards. Very pleased with the quality.”

Helpful Report

Posted 2 months ago

“WoodRiver 5-1/2 I’m new to woodworking and I bought all of the sharpening stones to tune in. My problem is not knowing how to use this plane. Never been able to get even a touch shaving. Talked to WoodRiver and they have no instructions on what different screws are for or anything.”

1 Helpful Report

Posted 3 months ago

“I will say, if you like the old style bailey planes get these hand planes. Rob Cosman helped design these planes. I own the block plane, the 4 1/2 and the jack with the hopes of obtaining the jointer plane soon. These planes are HEAVY which is great for use. I highly recommend sharpening the iron for best results. The lateral adjust is very simple to understand once acquainted with its function. I also recommend using wax to help these planes glide easily. For the price you can't go wrong. I love them and I prefer these planes over the bench dog garbage rocker sells IMO. If you are considering these planes I highly recommend them.”

2 Helpful Report

Posted 7 months ago

“I always loved my antique Bailey planes and never had any complaints. That said, I wanted something more square to shoot with. Now that I have this as a basis of comparison, I see this is a whole other thing. Not sure I could go back now. I've always loved a No 3 plane. I wonder what the WoodRiver No 3 is like??? Hmmm....”

2 Helpful Report

Posted 10 months ago