February 14, 2025
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VERITAS One-Hand Plane with Bevelled Iron (Skew Block Plane)
This plane is truly versatile. It is unmatched for finishing grooves, planing end grain, or refining wood joints. Additionally, it can be used like a regular one-handed plane.
Top left in the image: Right-handed plane
Bottom right in the image: Left-handed plane
Top left in the image: Right-handed plane
Bottom right in the image: Left-handed plane
The flat angle smoothing plane is the right plane for work on the shooting board. You can even hold it with one hand if you just place the workpiece - four fingers on the flap, thumb and palm on the upper side cheek!
With a shooting board, you do not feel the weight of the plane, and it is guided in such a way that you get an exact parallel edge. The workpiece is held in such a way that the end grain fibers cannot break out, especially at the end. Such a shooting board can be as simple as in the picture or a bit more elaborate, for example, to shoot miters.
With a shooting board, you do not feel the weight of the plane, and it is guided in such a way that you get an exact parallel edge. The workpiece is held in such a way that the end grain fibers cannot break out, especially at the end. Such a shooting board can be as simple as in the picture or a bit more elaborate, for example, to shoot miters.
The iron is beveled at 15°, allowing it to enter the wood more gently, as it is not immediately confronted with the full width of the blade. This is particularly noticeable with end grain. Since this plane is open on one side like a rabbet plane, the cutting edge aligns perfectly with the plane's cheek, allowing for very clean rabbets to be planed. The adjustment screw at the back allows for both the iron feed and lateral positioning to be easily and accurately set. Three small screws in the cheeks at the height of the iron hold the iron in the desired position and prevent it from shifting during work. A scoring knife in front of the iron's cutting edge prevents tear-out when working with difficult wood or when planing against the grain. This scoring knife can be adjusted in both depth and width or completely retracted when planing with the grain or on a flat surface.
The plane body made of ductile cast iron has a plane bed of 12° and a movable sole front piece that is completely enclosed by the plane body. The locking knob made of Bubinga fixes the width of the plane mouth. With a small screw in front of the knob, a desired narrow plane mouth width can be set. It also primarily protects against the sole front piece and the blade touching each other.
The stop construction with Bubinga stop jaw (89 mm long and 8 mm thick) can be finely adjusted using the brass knurled screw.
The stop construction with Bubinga stop jaw (89 mm long and 8 mm thick) can be finely adjusted using the brass knurled screw.
