Fit and finish were very woodriver #5 bench plane online on my example, no complaints for the money, it's no LN, but it's no LN price either. Learn More. We improved the lateral adjustment lever and added a traditional style bearing for better control of the blade. If not, a recording will be posted on Youtube for people to watch. Ships on June 1, check in-store availability. But, cleaning Woodriver 5 Bench Hand Plane V3 Off off the packing grease the thing seemed really set. ViolinMagick 0 Posted November Woodriver Ultimate Bench Plane Kit 10 24,

Thanks for the review. Sac - I am very sure you will love the 5. The fit and finish is first rate and it only took me about 5 minutes to put an edge on it sharp enough to shave with. I will be building a Lap Harp starting in a couple of days. The build will be streamed online if I can get internet in my shop. If not, a recording will be posted on Youtube for people to watch. Stanley has many versions of the 5 that can be vastly different from one another My friend Chris bought a Woodriver 5 while out here on a trip.

He did a bunch of tuning and tests and will have a review on his blog later. We then both took turns planing a very rough very figured piece of Mesquite.

We got the surface to polished with very few problems. If the blade was crap, it wouldn't have tolerated Mesquite for how long we played with it. Overall it rated pretty well, very well for the cost. Seems very bang-for-buck but the legal kind. Looking at the Woodriver one, it seems to be a replica i. Bedrock series. I'd heard they were pretty good for the price.

This is my first bench plane. Out of the box, the handle was a bit loose, but was easily tightened. Having no experience with bench planes other than what I've read, I watched Shannon's video on his Wood River plane which helped out a lot.

I disassembled it to clean off the packing grease, honed the blade, reassembled and was off and running. I didn't wax the sole right off the bat, but after I did that it Woodriver 5 Bench Plane Young was much easier to use. I will likely buy other Wood River planes in the future. They seem like an excellent value. I just bought the low angle block plane, and used it today for the first time. Form, Fit, Finish, and performance is better than any of my other planes Stanley 4, 5, Std.

Looks like I'll sell these and rep[lace them with V3 Wood River! If you buy it new, it is probably a v3. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Reply to this topic Start new topic.

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