SamirCanada - 7-18-2011 at 06:21 AM
Hi fellow oud making passionates,
I thought I would share with you my recent experience with this plane I purchased on the weekend.
If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be simply... Stunning.
here is the link to the Lee Valley low angle smooth plane:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=51870&cat=1,230,41...
I had been debating purchasing a low angle bench plane for a long time. I decided to go for this one because I was in need for a dedicated smoothing
plane. I had been looking to replace my newer production Stanley no.4 which is extreemly low quality and very fussy to use. I am so glad I went for
the LV BUS, it really is a dream to use and it takes super thin shavings for fun.
I am in the process of making a custom kitchen cuting block for my wife and I was getting discouraged from trying to surface the end grain rock maple
to an acceptable finish. I went and bought the plane, polished the blade up to 8000 on a waterstone within 5 minutes. After a few passes the board
had a miror like polish from the planing. I was really blown away by the performance of that plane.
For those looking for a very good smoothing plane... this is a great purchase.
The only downside is that, it cannot be used as a shooting plane since the sides are not machined flat on the sides. There is another LV plane the
"low angle smooth plane" which can do that. The reason I opted for the BUS is that it has a much thicker and wider blade and the blade are
interchangable with the LV low angle jack plane and LV low angle jointer plane which are probably my next 2 purchases down the road.
Thank you for reading 
sabbassi - 7-18-2011 at 06:48 AM
Hi Samir,
Very nice tool. High quality LV. I have not had any LV tool yet but have read many positve (only) things about them.
Will probably replace my stanleys with LV in the future.
What do you intend to plane with it? anything or is it for special purposes.?
regards,
Samir
SamirCanada - 7-18-2011 at 07:37 AM
I got it with the A2 steel blade because I entend to plane the ribs and fingerboards of my ouds with it.
I have some indian rosewood, ebony, mohagany, cocobolo, kaya, figured maple etc... I think hard woods like that which can contain a lot of silica
require a very good plane to handle.
SamirCanada - 7-19-2011 at 06:10 AM
just a quick pic,
sorry for the camera phone quality.
