Lie Nielsen Bench
However though i had a great time and learned a great deal building the bench i would be very tempted to buy a bench from lie nielsen if i were considering making a new one.
Lie nielsen bench. Best of all it was fully ready to go out of the box after honing the blade on a strop to further refine the factory edge. The bench probably cost me around 500 00. Lie nielsen hand planes crafted in warren maine usa since 1981 are among the finest planes made in the world today. 8 jointer plane to the irresistible no.
Lie nielsen replacement blades lie nielsen chipbreakers tapered molding plane iron blanks. Available for chisels 3 16 and under tall jaws for mortise chisels and thick blades long jaws for very short blades and angled jaws for skew blades. Lie nielsen s collection of bench planes arguably the most beautiful ever made is the most complete currently in production from the magnificent no. If you look at the specs betwen the veritas 4 1 2 and the ln 4 1 2 you will find that the lie nielsen has a thicker blade a cyrogenically treated blade and the lie nielsen is also a half pound heavier.
Based on the stanley 10 which went out of production in the mid 1940s we modified the design to fit the bedrock format. In this video chris schwa. Like most of you i was all set to build my own bench. Knowing what i know now i could probably build my dream bench to end all benches for about 800 1000.
It has excellent machining for great fit and finish. The lie nielsen 4 1 2 is easily the best plane of the bunch that i have. Also known as a carriage maker s or jack rabbet plane this is the largest rabbet plane made. A while back my family decided to give me a nice and probably undeserved present of the lie nielsen workbench.
The sole on my lie nielsen is dead flat giving me shavings in the 5 ten thousandths range with no tearout on curly and quilted maple. This was in the summer of 2011. At the time i think they called it the new improved workbench or something like that. How lie nielsen toolworks is keeping you safe save when you pick up all three over seven hours of instruction from two talented craftsmen celebrating maine s bicentennial and the proud tradition of made in maine since 1981.
10 1 4 bench rabbet plane.