Wood River Chisel Plane Review

I ve been eyeing them for a while mostly due to the beautiful bubinga handles that fit so wonderfully in the palm and the on sale price of 29 99.

Wood river chisel plane review. This plane is made of cast stainless great machining nice size and great price. Think of a chisel plane as a chisel perched atop a wedge to control the angle edge in front and a depth adjustment to control the cut. For someone looking for a bevel edge socket chisel at a lower cost these are a solid option. Did some research and settled on wood river for my first major hand tool investment.

I received these for christmas this year. Rob walks you thru getting a small woodriver chisel plane ready to use. For paring chisels they are a great buy at 53. Woodcraft woodworking supply makes a line of planes and chisels branded wood river.

Unless you want to buy one of the older stanley bedrocks and spend days tuning it. 09 16 2017 08 24 pm by dimensions 1 comment so i decided to expand my hand tool collection. The sole is dead flat and the edge is razor sharp right out. Woodriver small chisel plane features a at 4 1 2 long 5 oa.

Bedrock top lie nielsen center wood river bottom woodcraft the parkersburg west virginia company that sells woodworking tools by mail order and through a national network of retail stores recently introduced a new line of planes under the woodriver name. Wood river 5 1 2 hand plane unboxing. Out of the box there was a lot to like about these tools. Woodriver has entered the bevel edge socket chisels market with a full range of sizes including the basic four piece set 1 4 in in 3 4 in and 1 in which i tested for this review.

My only real complaint is thier quality control could stand a little improvement but if you go in and play mix and match you will get a great set of chisels. On top of that putting a nice blade and cap iron on it like hock plane blades will cost you about 70 80 bucks. I am really pleased with the quality and performance of this tool. To their credit they have continued to improve them.

First impressions review of wood river butt chisels. The quality of these woodworking tools is amazing. Comparing them to my japanese chisels well i cant compare them but i would still recomend them at the usual price of 80 bucks. This is just a short review based on the initial set up and a few paring and chopping exercises.