Clifton planes are crafted from the finest mat When I think back to my hunt 15 years ago for Clifton Jointer Plane Weather my Stanley BedrockI can't help but envy the new generation of woodworkers who can buy a top notch new plane right off the poane. The combination of the frog, frog seating, extra thick plane blade and the two piece cap iron produces an amazingly rigid and clifton no 7 jointer plane quest cutter and bed mechanism. The Knob and handle are carefully shaped, sanded and sealed from Walnut. This ensures absolute stability of the Frog, providing a firm and solid surface for the cutting iron, this again rests on a fully machined upper side of the Frog.

It doesn't have the accuracy of the really long planes, but it's long enough to be a great panel plane with a good heft to it that makes it sit solidly on the wood. This is the closest equivalent to an English panel plane and it also makes a fine, large shooting plane.

If you do most of your accurate joinery using power tools, the Clifton Number 6 plane is a good choice. It's practical for someone who needs a pretty long plane for final surfacing of glued up boards, but only occasionally needs a very long plane for accurate edge joints. Of the long planes it's the least common - most people go for the number 7 - but it does have its place.

If you use power tools for milling wood, a nice smoother 3 or 4 and a Number 6 are the perfect complements. The Clifton Number 7 Jointer plane is 22" long and is designed for jointing accurate surfaces and edges to true. It's a little too long and heavy for general work, but when you need an accurate long plane it's perfect. This plane is heavier than a traditional Bedrock number 7, but a lot easier to manage than the even larger number 8 with only a minuscule loss of length and accuracy.

The extra weight gives it lots of momentum to glide through tough grain. Made in Sheffield. Blackwing Pencils. Professional Scraper with Prepared Edges. Starrett Combination Square Selection Wizard. Pyramex Clear Safety Glasses. Spoon Carving Knives by Ray Iles. Preppin' Weapon Sanding Block. Just opened up the boxes for my Cliftons 4 and 6.

Can't say I was surprised by the top-notch build quality, as I did plenty of research and knew what I was getting. Even so, I'm finding myself reluctant to put these to work.

Maybe I'll stick with my cheap generic planes for just a bit longer and save the Cliftons for a nice project So I decided to look into Clifton hand planes but a lot of mixed reviews out there, in any case I decided to take the dive and purchased one and received it the following day.

Took the plane apart, cleaned it up, checked for flatness and square all seemed to be great so I started flattening the back of blade to remove all factory scratches and polishing the back I do that with all my blades also honed the edge which took a total of 10 minutes and then put it to the test on a 40 x 84 solid white oak table top I am just getting into flattening large table surfaces using hand planes.

I use it somewhat like a for plane. Its heft and width makes it cling to the work piece, and with a sharp iron it does an awesome job. As an added benefit, the blade keeps an edge for a long time.

I bought this despite its aesthetics and haven't regretted that purchase for a second. One more thing: The largest US woodworking chain just added Clifton planes to their catalog - for a whole lot more money. If you buy one, and you should, buy it here. I have a Clifton 7 and it is a very nice plane, the blade takes a nice edge and the overall finish of the tool is very nice.

I would rate this plane equal to a Lie Nielsen 7. I own this item I manufacture this item. When Record were taken over and production headed east, the original factory was bought out, and is now run by Thomas Flinn of Sheffield.

With a magnificently equipped factory, generations of Sheffield metalworking nowse and the freedom to do the job properly, it's little wonder that they make such magnificent tools. Made from Sheffield's finest saw plate carbon sprung steel, this cabinet scraper can be sharpened down both long edges as well as the ends if requi Clifton Cabinet Scrapers are made from Sheffield's finest saw plate carbon sprung steel. Clifton Cabinet Scrapers are made from Sheffield's finest saw plate carbon sprung steel, this cabinet scraper can be sharpened around its entire ou Clifton Cabinet Scrapers are made from Sheffield's finest saw plate carbon sprung steel, this cabinet scraper can be sharpened down both long edges Clifton Block Planes are crafted from Clifton Smoothing Plane is excellent for fine trimming and final smoothing and it's the smallest of the Clifton Bench Plane range.

Clifton Bench Pl Clifton No 4 Smoothing Plane is an excellent classic medium-sized Smoothing Plane for final finishing and tasks such as drawer fitting. Clifton Be Clifton e - No 5 Jack Plane is the "jack of all trades", a mid-sized plane that can be used for smoothing and flattening medium sized timbers. Clifton bench planes are crafted f Clifton No 6 Fore Plane is the classic cabinet maker's bench plane and gets its name from the length of your fore arm, excellent at producing long Clifton No 7 Jointer Plane also known as a Shooting Plane is the professional cabinet maker's essential jointing plane when planing the largest boa Clifton No Shoulder Plane fills the need for a longer and wider, accurate shoulder plane.

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