Lie Nielsen 102 Block Plane

Shorter than the 60 12 by an inch it fits comfortably in the hand and apron pocket.

Lie nielsen 102 block plane. We grind a 250 bevel on our block plane. Thank you for your patience and support. Ln 102 is an apron plane. I dont own it and can work with my lv std.

Like our low angle bench planes these planes all have the blade bevel upall of our block planes have the blade bedded at 120 with the exception of the no. The bronze body will not rust. For high figured wood the bevel helps too. The adjustable mouth is critical for minimizing tearout.

If you intend to do a lot of trimming an apron plane is well suitable. We have jointers for cleaning up and squaring the edge or face of stock planers to thickness it these tasks were traditionally done by a stable of planes of different size and shape each powered exclusively by elbow grease. 101 violin makers plane which is bedded at 200. If this is your first block plane i would go for an adjustable low angle block plane.

The lie nielsen 103 standard angle block plane is the brother to the 102 low angle block planethe 103 plane has the iron bedded at 20 degrees which along with the 25 degree bevel that comes on the iron presents a 45 degree cutting angle to the wood being a bevel up plane. However the plus is it got a broader blade and it got lateral adjustment side to sidefor the blade. With some attention to tuning the lv block plane is hard to beat for the price. It finishing and tuning is not as good as ln.

102 bronze low angle block plane is a general purpose block plane based on stanleys original no. Lastly my friend with the boarder hand prefer his lv block plane to. The blade is made from a2 tool steel hardened to rockwell 60 62 which holds a sharp edge for a long time. 102 low angle block plane shiny.

The adjustment of the mouth is not good as ln. Hand planes are tools that are easy to overlook in the modern shop.