Dieter Schmid - Fine Tools
	Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 7 A - 10711 Berlin - Germany Tel ++49 (0)30 342 1757 - Fax ++49 (0)30 342 1764 Website: www.fine-tools.com

Dieter Schmid - Fine Tools Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 7 A - 10711 Berlin Tel ++49 30 342 1757 - Fax ++49 30 342 1764 Website: www.fine-tools.com

Overview Planes

Smoothing Planes - For Fine Finishing

Smooth planes are used for the finest finishing work on the surface. Before sandpaper was in common use, such surfaces as veneers were not rubbed down but "smoothed" with the smooth plane. It was essential to set the iron with extreme precision and to work with the highest degree of skill. All the smooth planes listed here have a 48 mm (approx. 1-7/8 in.) wide iron and a cap iron. The cutting angle of the ECE planes is 50°, of the ULMIA planes 49°. The length of the body is 220 mm (approx. 8-5/8 in.)! Planes with mouth adjustment are known as "reform smooth planes". An adjustable plate in the sole of the plane permits the mouth to be reduced in size, either for particularly fine work or at the stage when the sole of the plane has been worn and has had to be trimmed. Even if there is note in the box to say a new plane is sharpened ready for use, this must be taken with a pinch of salt. You need to get to know a new plane, and sharpening it will rapidly deepen the acquaintance. Your plane will repay you with good work. Whether or not the manufacturer instructs you to do so, sharpen the iron, and hone it, and do the same with the cap iron. This is the only way to ensure that no shavings will get between the cap iron and the blade, clogging up the plane. It will also not hurt to smooth the sole of the plane a little further, by placing 600-grain sandpaper on a dead flat surface and going over it with the plane a few times. Click images for enlargements!

	Smoothing planes with wedge to hold the blade - made by ECE With white beech sole Body: red beech ECE nr. 104S Order nr. 301023 Price € 67.00 With lignum vitae sole Body: white beech ECE nr. 104SP Order nr. 301025 Price € 86.00 Instructions for wedged planes

	ECE smoothing planes for lefthanders! Notice: lefthander planes! With white beech sole ECE nr. 104SL Order nr. 301063 Price € 67.00 With lignum vitae sole ECE nr. 104SPL Order nr. 301065 Price € 86.00

	Replacement blade for ECE planes with wedge Order nr. 301215 Price € 17.30

	Smoothing plane made by ULMIA with lignum vitae sole ULMIA nr. HP3-48 Order nr. 300314 Price € 90.00

	Primus Smoothing Plane with white beech sole with blade adjustment Body: Red beech ECE nr. 704 Order nr. 301003 Price € 118.00

	Primus Smoothing Plane with lignum vitae sole with blade adjustment Body: white beech ECE nr. 704P Order nr. 301004 Price € 137.00

	Primus Reform smoothing plane with blade adjustment and mouth adjustment for finest smoothing. This is the most famous ECE plane. Magnified view and operating instructions! Body: cherrywood Sole: Lignum vitae ECE nr. 711 Order nr. 301047 Price € 170.00

	Primus Reform smoothing plane for lefthanders Body: cherrywood Sole: Lignum vitae ECE nr. 711L Order nr. 301067 Price € 170.00 Notice: lefthander plane!

	Replacement blade for ECE Primus planes Order nr. 301216 Price € 22.60

Replacement blades come without chipbreaker. Blades with chipbreaker you find here!