Lie Nielsen 102 Block Plane

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.

Lie nielsen 102 block plane. If you intend to do a lot of trimming an apron plane is well suitable. 102 is a low angle bevel up block plane with the body available in manganese bronze. Ln 102 is an apron plane. The adjustment of the mouth is not good as ln.

102 low angle block plane shiny. Shorter than the 60 12 by an inch it fits comfortably in the hand and apron pocket. 101 violin makers plane which is bedded at 200. 102 low angle block plane lie nielsen toolworks.

Lastly my friend with the boarder hand prefer his lv block plane to. The bronze body will not rust. With some attention to tuning the lv block plane is hard to beat for the price. 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.

The adjustable mouth is critical for minimizing tearout. Block planes are the workhorses of the shop. For high figured wood the bevel helps too. 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.

102 bronze low angle block plane is a general purpose block plane based on stanleys original no. Thank you for your patience and support. We grind a 250 bevel on our block plane. I dont own it and can work with my lv std.

It finishing and tuning is not as good as ln. The blade is made from a2 tool steel hardened to rockwell 60 62 which holds a sharp edge for a long time.