#1 Bench Hand Plane - Smoothing Plane - V3 Reviews

4.5 Rating 6 Reviews

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“Both the cap iron and the chip breaker were ground crooked. The cap iron didn't sit flush to the blade all the way across. I had to re-profile both. The blade was fine and honed up well. If it wasn't on sale, I would have returned it. I have Wood River, Veritas, and Lie Nielsen up to #7, a couple of dozen total. This #1 was the only one with glaring manufacturing defects out of the box. The size makes it more of a novelty than a worker relative to a block plane.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“First off, let me start by saying I love hand tools and will use one over it's modern electric counterpart whenever I can. I have a host of vintage Stanley planes from #2 all the way up to #7. Most are from the sweet heart era. I have a #1 and #2 and a large scraper plane from lie-Nielsen. several weeks ago I saw the WoodRiver #1 sitting in the cabinet at WoodCraft. I had been using my #2 and a small block plane for many small pieces and was feeling a bit like Goldie Locks in that one was too big and the other too small and need to find one that was "just right". I thought this would be perfect size and consider pulling my #1 Lie-Nielsen out of the cabinet... a brass version, but did not want to put a lot of wear on it (kind of silly since I bought it to use, but then they became kind of a collector's item). The price was right for the WoodRiver #1 and I wondered if it was any good or if I would be tossing my money away, but I took the chance and bought it. I honed the blade to a razors edge and put it to work on my first project beveling the edges of a (jewellery box) tray. It cut like butter and gave me a nice even bevel. Wow, nice. I have since used it to surface an ornamental lamination (glue-up) consisting of several different types of hard woods. It was a real pleasure to use. It is quickly becoming my favorite plane.”

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Posted 10 months ago

WP From SPRING

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“A couple of years ago, I began accumulating Stanley hand planes. I have most of the common sizes. I've learned how to set them up, hone the blades and how to use them. This reissue of the Stanley #1 bench plane caught my eye, and I just couldn't resist! After all, an original Stanley #1 would cost at least 20 or 30 times the cost if this little jewel! So, what is it like? It's a really accurate reissue of the original Stanley #1 plane. There is no lateral adjustment on this particular model, but there was no lateral adjustment on the original, either. The body casting is really nice. The machining and polishing on the parts is excellent. The blade and chip breaker are similar to what I have seen in original Stanley planes. I can't wait to take this out to the workshop and make some shavings!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Great tool”

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Posted 4 years ago

WT From GALLOWAY

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“Ive done a lot of wood projects over the years but I generally use sanding over planing, which hasnt exactly made the job much easier at times. I made a few projects over the last few weeks and bought a 12inch disk sander to work on them but all it was doing was marring the wood around the spot I really needed to smooth down to the rest of the surface, leaving me even more sanding. At homedepot I saw a tiny $10 plane and ended up buying it to see how it'd deal with some of the smoothing / shaping I needed to do, and it worked out great. So I wanted to look for a good quality plane, small but not a hand cutter like the one Id just bought. This #1 from WoodRiver fit the bill and from what I can tell from playing around with it for quite a few hours its going to be exactly what i need. I love the very fine adjustment on the blade depth. It'll easily shave off even strips thinner than a sheet of notebook paper. Best money Ive spent on a tool in a long time. Probably going to buy a larger model over the next couple weeks. Glad I paid the extra and got this WR instead of settling for junk from another company.”

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Posted 6 years ago

KB From Manhattan

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“I was very impressed with the Quality of this little plane. All I had to do was to put a micro bevel on the Blade in within 5 mins I was making paper thin ribbons. I Think I will order a 5 1/2 jack Plane next month. Great job guys!!!!!”

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Posted 7 years ago